Religion

I don't buy into it--and I don't promote it. Which fool have I quoted to you?

The outrageous stuff can be fun, because I like to see how people think. And there are some real goodies out there. LOL I had to confront one once a a party held by MUFON. Fortunately, the host was able to talk him down. He had really thrown me for a loop with his fanaticism.

I suppose you think I'm that way, too, but I'm not.

My initial reply to the OP was meant to disagree with the flat-out statement that there are no references to ETs in the Bible. The ancient Hebrews had no concept of alien life as we think of it, so they couched their encounters in terms they could understand. How do we know for a fact that what they called an "angel" was not actually an extraterrestrial? The writers made a point of distinguishing the being from a human. Of course, they might have just made the whole thing up. But they're not the only ones who described stuff like that; these stories are worldwide. What do they mean? I don't know, which is why I don't simply brush them off as so much flotsam on the stream of history.

Edison tried 10,000 times to create the lightbulb. Guess it's a good thing he kept pursuing that needle, eh? LOL

Meanwhile, I'm not complaining. I'm carrying on a conversation. If you don't want to talk, that's fine. I enjoy the subject, but I'll leave you alone if you don't.

Caveat: I would appreciate it if you would quit inferring that I'm a religionist. I'm a science-trained atheist, I don't hold fanatical beliefs, and I'm open to any line of argument you'd like to pursue.

Even leprechauns.