By Reverend Mark Hunnemann
Sometimes there is truth to the warning of the ‘slippery slope.’ For example, the longer (and more people) disregard God’s Word about not contacting the spirit realm, then the further away from reality they tend to get. Once you begin ‘sliding down’ the slope of spiritism then a spirit of delusion begins to take over. The bible warns about a delusional spirit descending upon mankind in the last days. What were once vices are now virtues. Weirdness and implausibility appear to the deluded mind to be cool and even rational. There is a triplet of issues, amongst many, that I’d like to use as Exhibits of this slippery slope into folly/danger.
It is becoming increasingly popular to connect Bigfoot with Aliens. Because Bigfoot activity is often attended with UFO sightings, and because of the seeming difficulty to collect Bigfoot evidence, and because they are also linked to all sort of paranormal phenomena, some folks are beginning to theorize that Aliens are the origin and cause of this Cryptic ‘thing’. Hence, we now have a conjunction of two phenomena which used to be viewed as distinct.
This theory does take into serious consideration the very frequent association of Bigfoot activity with paranormal activity. Of course, many other Bigfoot researchers see them simply as a natural phenomenon….purely biological. But the weakness there is the inability to explain how or why Bigfoot activity is shrouded in paranormal activity.
So, in order to explain the phenomena, some researchers are looking to an Alien/UFO connection. This may make sense to them but I think it is part and parcel of the delusional thinking…and the slippery slope.
There is an excellent site on Facebook called “Ancient Aliens Debunked”. I mention this because there is strong evidence that both of these phenomena are demonic. Once you ‘peer behind the veil’ of both Bigfoot and Alien sightings, the paranormal activity associated with both can best be explained by demonic activity.
Once you fully grasp the Angel of Light Principle, then it has tremendous explanatory power. Satan/demons can appear as ANYTHING….including Bigfoot or Aliens!
TWC has a TV show in which they claim to be the first team to capture a ghost. These guys profess to be Christian in their convictions. However, when they are about to pray the leader usually says something like, “Let’s first fist bump the Big Man.” A slip of the tongue? Given the widespread deficient understanding of God’s character, I’m not sure….I certainly would not want to speak that way of the Holy Lord of Glory—a God of consuming fire-- who is the creator and judge of heaven and earth.
Okay, what do we make of this unprecedented attempt to capture a ghost? First, they haven’t actually caught anything yet. I mentioned the slippery slope earlier. There are thousands of groups in the US, and numerous TV shows, which are devoted to validating or debunking paranormal claims. These shows are meant to entertain, and the law of diminishing returns begins to apply—need something new…something further ‘out there’. In other words, slipping down the slope.
I have to ask you this: what sense does it make to try to capture an alleged soul/spirit? What makes them think that a box—no matter how many bells and whistles it has—can contain a spirit?
Most cultures from the dawn of history up til today, are respectful or even fearful of these entities. They might try to repel them but not capture them!
On one show these professing Christians were convinced that the entity they were trying to capture was demonic. Slippery slope. What kind of ‘maggot in the brain’ type thinking would it take to even think of attempting to capture a demon? A spirit who is pure evil and exceedingly more powerful than they/us…it SHOULD appear as pure madness to try to capture an unclean spirit. Is it not against the spirit of the Word that tells us in Jude and 2 Peter to not show disrespect to Satan/demons? They are using earthly means to try to fight a spiritual battle.
It grieves me to say this but a powerful delusion has settled upon the paranormal community due to its persistently disobeying Leviticus 19:26; Deuteronomy 18.
I am acutely aware of my own failures and brokenness, so I don’t want to seem as coming across as harsh. However, if we have to wait until we are perfect before we are allowed to steer folks away from serious danger, then nobody will be able to cry ‘halt’ when they see someone about to fall off a cliff. Or down a slippery slope.
Ralph Sarchie. Of the many demonologists out there, he has been catapulted almost overnight into the center of a lot of attention. I have no doubt that Ralph is a godly man and anointed in his ministry. If you are not aware, he and his team are on TV as well.
My concern is two-fold: he believes in trapped spirits, and the manner in which he cleanses homes. It distresses me how quickly and capriciously he comes to the conclusion that some spirits are human. But once you step on the earthbound spirit slope, then you are bound to slip.
But of greater concern at the moment is how he, too, dismisses the command to not disrespect the diabolical. Whatever his personality or background as a cop, that must be brought under the Lordship of Christ. It is not uncommon for Sarchie to provoke demons by demeaning them or cussing them. I cringe when he calls them cowards and uses profanity in his provocation.
Speaking of the slippery slope, of the thousands of folks who are coming under his influence, how many other budding demonologists will adopt his profane provocation, or take it a step further? Once you cuss a demon, where will it lead to? Jude and 2 Peter warn us for a reason.
The way to avoid slipping down the slippery slope is to stay away from the slope!
Mark Hunnemann is the author of Seeing Ghosts Through God's Eyes: A Worldview Analysis of Earthbound Spirits. It's also available in eBook format.
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Friday, October 16, 2015
Ancient Aliens/Astronauts Debunked
By Reverend Mark Hunnemann
It seems that almost every week the History Channel has yet another program on Ancient Aliens/astronauts. Though this issue is closely related to the notion of alleged current alien activity, there is a distinction because these shows focus on all of the supposed evidence around the world for alien activity IN THE PAST. Hence, the title “ANCIENT Aliens”.
Of course the alleged alien activity in the past usually leads to some comments about alien existence today.
I am convinced that all true “alien”/UFO activity today is demonic in nature, and there is a plethora of evidence for that conclusion. When the bible mentions that Satan can appear as “an angel of light’ that is meant as a general principle of wide-ranging deception. That is why I like to call it the “angel of Light PRINCIPLE.” (2 Corinthians 11:14)Satan’s deception abilities are limited only by his considerable intellect and diabolical imagination. If Satan, the Prince of Darkness, can appear as totally opposite of his true nature—when he appears as a gloriously holy angel or even as Jesus Christ Himself—then, appearing as an alien or a little girl would be easy in comparison. Remember that when we first see Satan in Scripture he is deceptively guised as an innocent serpent, which at the time was not yet a slithering, fear inducing snake. Notice that neither Adam or Eve were repulsed by Satan’s guise. Instead, since we don’t know what the serpent originally looked like, .we can assume that it was innocent looking…even attractive. The Angel of Light Principle was in action from earliest human history……
While academics reject this show as miserable pseudo-science, it has taken pop culture by storm.
The basic premise of the show is that in ancient times aliens visited our planet and interacted with our ancient ancestors, often empowering them to do things that they allegedly could not have done with their primitive technology. There are many other ‘projects’ (some good, and some nefarious) that supposedly have universal evidence of having happened.
Honestly, I have seen few shows that are so riddled with logical errors, factual mistakes and out-right lies. Instead of inventing the wheel, I am including a link to a website—Debunking Ancient Aliens….Chris White. The author was a former “believer” and he does not merely shoot down a few of their theories, but shows clearly that the whole argument is intellectually bankrupt through and through.
Repeatedly, ancient astronaut theorists will present some phenomenon, note its oddity, and ignoring all other explanations, make the giant leap that ancient aliens is the only proper/adequate explanation of the phenomenon. See the logical fallacies (and falsifying of evidence) they commit re: the Nazca lines, crop circles, Puma Punku, Easter Island, the Pyramids, and Incan sites, etc.
While I had wanted to address this issue for a while, it wasn’t until they butchered the bible's teaching on angels that I got miffed enough to be motivated to write. There are many things I don’t know, but I do know Hebrew and Greek-thanks to several semesters of each in seminary….and my continued using of it. The word ‘angel’ in Hebrew and Greek simply means “messenger” , but they attempt to twist the Hebrew and Greek texts. Ignoring all biblical theology, these “experts” postulated that the biblical angels (and God Himself!!) were really aliens! I trust that my anger is righteous anger. They ignore biblical details when mutilating the texts in Ezekiel, and come to conclusions antithetical to the theology of Ezekiel and the whole bible.
This is awful on several levels. They assume the truth of ancient alien theory and then look for anything they can twist to support their preposterous assumption. They show evidence of consciously ignoring compelling evidence that contradicts their theories. Most serious of all, is the blatant dishonoring God and His holy Word.
For example, one thing they talk about a lot are how big the stones were that ancient folks moved to their religious sites. “Must have been a laser or levitation from an alien craft” they breathlessly assert….ignoring the groove marks of ancient tools, logs, and ropes which could have easily accomplished the task. The problem is exacerbated by their habitual exaggeration of what needed to be achieved—eg lying about the weight of the rocks. The discussion of the pyramids is especially noteworthy re how the stones were put in place.
Please notice the range of topics he debunks below. The great thing about this site is that you can click on a particular topic and watch a short video, or quickly read the notes of the shows.
As my son said, the only reason he watches this stupid show is because of the interesting sites and scenery!
Megalithic sites: Intro, Puma Punku, The Pyramids, Baalbek, Incan sites, Easter Island. Ancient artifacts: Pacal’s rocket, The Nazca Lines, Tolima “fighter jets”, Egyptian “light bulb”, Ufo’s in ancient art, The crystal skulls Ancient text issues: Ezekiel’s Wheel, Ancient nuclear warfare, Vimana’s, Anunnaki, Nephilim, Misc. and conclusion - See more at:
http://ancientaliensdebunked.com/
If you are unable to click on the link, please cut and paste it into your browser
Ancient Aliens Debunked is a 3 hour refutation of the theories proposed on the History Channel series Ancient Aliens. It is essentially a point by point critique of the “ancient astronaut theory” which has been proposed by people like Erich von Däniken and Zecharia Sitchin as well as many others.
The film covers topics like:
Ancient building sites: Puma Punku, The Pyramids, Baalbek, Incan sites, And Easter Island. Ancient artifacts: Pacal’s rocket, the Nazca lines, the Tolima “fighter jets”, the Egyptian “light bulb”, UFO’s in ancient art, and the crystal skulls. Ancient text issues: Ezekiel’s wheel, Ancient nuclear warfare, Vimana’s, the Anunnaki, and the Nephilim.
All the claims are sourced at the website: http://ancientaliensdebunked.com
It was produced by Chris White and includes commentary from Dr. Michael Heiser.
It is distributed for free on the internet and is a completely non-profit project. Viewers are encouraged to share, and burn copies to DVD, as long as they do not profit from its distribution.
You can download the video by using sites like http://keepvid.com
After you download a copy you can also burn it to DVD by using a very simple and free program like Freemake Video Converter http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/
It seems that almost every week the History Channel has yet another program on Ancient Aliens/astronauts. Though this issue is closely related to the notion of alleged current alien activity, there is a distinction because these shows focus on all of the supposed evidence around the world for alien activity IN THE PAST. Hence, the title “ANCIENT Aliens”.
Of course the alleged alien activity in the past usually leads to some comments about alien existence today.
I am convinced that all true “alien”/UFO activity today is demonic in nature, and there is a plethora of evidence for that conclusion. When the bible mentions that Satan can appear as “an angel of light’ that is meant as a general principle of wide-ranging deception. That is why I like to call it the “angel of Light PRINCIPLE.” (2 Corinthians 11:14)Satan’s deception abilities are limited only by his considerable intellect and diabolical imagination. If Satan, the Prince of Darkness, can appear as totally opposite of his true nature—when he appears as a gloriously holy angel or even as Jesus Christ Himself—then, appearing as an alien or a little girl would be easy in comparison. Remember that when we first see Satan in Scripture he is deceptively guised as an innocent serpent, which at the time was not yet a slithering, fear inducing snake. Notice that neither Adam or Eve were repulsed by Satan’s guise. Instead, since we don’t know what the serpent originally looked like, .we can assume that it was innocent looking…even attractive. The Angel of Light Principle was in action from earliest human history……
While academics reject this show as miserable pseudo-science, it has taken pop culture by storm.
The basic premise of the show is that in ancient times aliens visited our planet and interacted with our ancient ancestors, often empowering them to do things that they allegedly could not have done with their primitive technology. There are many other ‘projects’ (some good, and some nefarious) that supposedly have universal evidence of having happened.
Honestly, I have seen few shows that are so riddled with logical errors, factual mistakes and out-right lies. Instead of inventing the wheel, I am including a link to a website—Debunking Ancient Aliens….Chris White. The author was a former “believer” and he does not merely shoot down a few of their theories, but shows clearly that the whole argument is intellectually bankrupt through and through.
Repeatedly, ancient astronaut theorists will present some phenomenon, note its oddity, and ignoring all other explanations, make the giant leap that ancient aliens is the only proper/adequate explanation of the phenomenon. See the logical fallacies (and falsifying of evidence) they commit re: the Nazca lines, crop circles, Puma Punku, Easter Island, the Pyramids, and Incan sites, etc.
While I had wanted to address this issue for a while, it wasn’t until they butchered the bible's teaching on angels that I got miffed enough to be motivated to write. There are many things I don’t know, but I do know Hebrew and Greek-thanks to several semesters of each in seminary….and my continued using of it. The word ‘angel’ in Hebrew and Greek simply means “messenger” , but they attempt to twist the Hebrew and Greek texts. Ignoring all biblical theology, these “experts” postulated that the biblical angels (and God Himself!!) were really aliens! I trust that my anger is righteous anger. They ignore biblical details when mutilating the texts in Ezekiel, and come to conclusions antithetical to the theology of Ezekiel and the whole bible.
This is awful on several levels. They assume the truth of ancient alien theory and then look for anything they can twist to support their preposterous assumption. They show evidence of consciously ignoring compelling evidence that contradicts their theories. Most serious of all, is the blatant dishonoring God and His holy Word.
For example, one thing they talk about a lot are how big the stones were that ancient folks moved to their religious sites. “Must have been a laser or levitation from an alien craft” they breathlessly assert….ignoring the groove marks of ancient tools, logs, and ropes which could have easily accomplished the task. The problem is exacerbated by their habitual exaggeration of what needed to be achieved—eg lying about the weight of the rocks. The discussion of the pyramids is especially noteworthy re how the stones were put in place.
Please notice the range of topics he debunks below. The great thing about this site is that you can click on a particular topic and watch a short video, or quickly read the notes of the shows.
As my son said, the only reason he watches this stupid show is because of the interesting sites and scenery!
Megalithic sites: Intro, Puma Punku, The Pyramids, Baalbek, Incan sites, Easter Island. Ancient artifacts: Pacal’s rocket, The Nazca Lines, Tolima “fighter jets”, Egyptian “light bulb”, Ufo’s in ancient art, The crystal skulls Ancient text issues: Ezekiel’s Wheel, Ancient nuclear warfare, Vimana’s, Anunnaki, Nephilim, Misc. and conclusion - See more at:
http://ancientaliensdebunked.com/
If you are unable to click on the link, please cut and paste it into your browser
Ancient Aliens Debunked is a 3 hour refutation of the theories proposed on the History Channel series Ancient Aliens. It is essentially a point by point critique of the “ancient astronaut theory” which has been proposed by people like Erich von Däniken and Zecharia Sitchin as well as many others.
The film covers topics like:
Ancient building sites: Puma Punku, The Pyramids, Baalbek, Incan sites, And Easter Island. Ancient artifacts: Pacal’s rocket, the Nazca lines, the Tolima “fighter jets”, the Egyptian “light bulb”, UFO’s in ancient art, and the crystal skulls. Ancient text issues: Ezekiel’s wheel, Ancient nuclear warfare, Vimana’s, the Anunnaki, and the Nephilim.
All the claims are sourced at the website: http://ancientaliensdebunked.com
It was produced by Chris White and includes commentary from Dr. Michael Heiser.
It is distributed for free on the internet and is a completely non-profit project. Viewers are encouraged to share, and burn copies to DVD, as long as they do not profit from its distribution.
You can download the video by using sites like http://keepvid.com
After you download a copy you can also burn it to DVD by using a very simple and free program like Freemake Video Converter http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/
Mark Hunnemann is the author of Seeing Ghosts Through God's Eyes: A Worldview Analysis of Earthbound Spirits. It's also available in eBook format.
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