If we look further though it is easy to see why most religious people are truly unaware of the paranormal events taking place around them.
These people, no matter what the evidence shows, will not deter from their rigorous religious teachings at any costs. The religious person often feels a sense of betrayal of their lifelong teachings about God and the existence and beginning of man simply because of a new approach intended to find the answers we need. These new approaches are not intended to discredit spiritual beliefs at all, but rather to place an origin with the evident. One of the main religions in the United States and abroad is Christianity. Christian people I have determined to be fact, are the most closed-minded people walking the face of this planet. They are largely responsible, not all, for the numerous UFO misinformation out there today. I have seen many upon many Christian people denounce the alien and UFO hypothesis simply because they say that the Bible does not clearly speak of such, therefore it is not real and if anything is demonic in nature. People, just because the Bible does not point out other living creatures that may or may not be here on Earth or anywhere else in this universe does not mean that they do not exist nor does it automatically place this phenomenon in an 'evil' category. To me this is a very shallow perception by all who stand by this view and it is due mainly to the ignorance built by common religious practices and a mere lack of an educated review of the preponderance of the evidence.
Religion has taught many from an early age of basically what to 'expect' in life and how also to deal with life's misfortunes and hidden events. What happens when something takes place totally out of the scope of what we have been taught? Time has shown when these events happen; many people do not have a concise and intelligent grasp on the real world before them. Undeniable, yet unidentifiable phenomenon is nearly always instantly written off and discarded in order to prevent our common beliefs from becoming entangled in a web of uncertainty and confusion. I have found from many interactions that especially Christians are quick to throw out any deviation from a 'religious' teaching as evil as well as unimportant.
Why?
Simply unknown or unidentifiable information is certainly not evil, but this is the way that most Christians as well as other religious groups treat it. These people simply cannot explain it nor does the Bible or other religious writings teach it, so it has to be bad. This is an irresponsible, harsh and reckless way to deal with things we know little about. It is simply ridiculous. People use religion as an excuse so to speak, so they do not have to deal with the common occurrences of the world in which they live. Religion is used too often as a place that keeps us from earthly reality; it is also a place that handicaps one's mind from venturing out to understand the universe in which we live. God gives us the intellect to inquire and research the world in which we live and the intellect to know that there is more to it than what we perceive, no matter what excuses or tools we choose to use as shelter.
You can certainly see how government misinformation and religious influence can misguide a person's belief system of things that truly exist around us. They both have a way of altering our mind set of life and also of what life could have in store for us in the future. There is no mistake about it. In a way I guess all of this goes back to fear. Fear of the unknown is possibly the worst fear there is. Wouldn't it make it better to find the origins of an unknown so that we could deal with it more appropriately? That is what we need to do regarding the UFO phenomenon, instead of 'hiding' our faces in denial. How do we go about this? How do we begin to understand the unexplainable? These are good questions and I hope to shed a little light on the answers so that we all can come together as one and study this topic with equal intelligence, to have the ability to by-pass other avenues of misguided information that have been created by mere uncertainty and personal attempts of deceit.
I want to be understood here before we continue. I am not rocking the religious boat or am I casting stones at particular people or beliefs. Each and every person certainly has a right to what they choose to believe and follow. I am a Christian. I was brought up through the years in church and I have strong roots with all Christian beliefs. I believe in God. I do not however, consider myself 'religious'. I want all of you to understand that religion is a mere 'act' in believing, a set of carnal rules, and a sort of physical participation or interaction. Religion does not prove or disprove your true inner or 'spiritual beliefs' in God, or does it prove you to be a Christian or set in stone your actual belief in a higher intelligence. Too many people have allowed 'religion' and 'spirituality' to become intertwined. Religion is an 'act', a 'going through the motions' type of interaction where 'spirituality' is what you actually know to be true within your own soul and a lifelong relationship with God through a spiritual relationship.
Many, upon many, barriers lay claim to our ignorance of the UFO and alien phenomenon, we allow it, it's not just government deceit or religious practices alone. However, no matter how evolved or self sufficient we think we are, humans tend to cling to the promises spoken by other humans rather than using their own individual reasoning regarding things that effect us personally. It seems we are more able to cope with what reality is through the eyes of others. Perhaps this removes us to some extent from the actual situation at hand, therefore releasing much of our responsibilities and involvement thus mentally reducing the anxiety and fear it harbours. If we are able to overlook an uncomfortable situation it, for the moment, allows us to stay in the comfort zone we desire.
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