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October 14th, 2010
01:46 PM ET
Can you believe in Bigfoot and the Bible?![]()
UFOs and the Bible - how do you believe in both? That’s one of the questions that aroused the curiosity of three sociologists who wanted to examine the religious values of believers in the paranormal. In “Paranormal America: Ghost Encounters, UFO Sightings, Bigfoot Hunts, and Other Curiosities in Religion and Culture,” the authors asked if religious people are more prone to believe in the paranormal. Carson Mencken, one of the book’s co-author’s, says more conservative Christians, for example, tend not to think too much about UFOs and Bigfoot.
To research the book, the authors visited houses that were reputedly haunted, spoke to people who said they had guardian angels, and had their palms read. Christopher Bader says many paranormal devotees don’t see themselves as flaky - it’s the other paranormal believers they wonder about.
I’ve long heard old folks say that people of faith shouldn’t dabble in the occult or paranormal. I once interviewed the last surviving priest who actually participated in the incident that inspired the horror film, “The Exorcist.” The boy’s possession (the “possessed" kid was changed to a girl for the movie) was allegedly triggered by his decision to use a Ouija board to contact a dead relative. Is a person of faith who delves into the paranormal taking a risk? Or are they, in the words of some people in “Paranormal America,” just being flaky? |
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"The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the Supreme Being in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter," Thomas Jefferson.
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buffoon
"The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus by the Supreme Being in the womb of a virgin, will be classed with the fable of the generation of Minerva in the brain of Jupiter," Thomas Jefferson.
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I have not researched this so I'll say this. If jefferson actually said this he was spiritually blind, as you are for following that staement. Watch out for that ditch!
Steve and Buffoon –
Jefferson's quote was in response to Calvin's approach to Jesus, and to John Adams trying to persuade him to become reformed in his thinking. He begins his correspondence to Adams by saying, "I can never join Calvin in addressing his god. He was indeed an Atheist, which I can never be; or rather his religion was demonism. If ever man worshipped a false god, he did. The being described in his 5 points is not the God whom you and I acknowledge and adore, the Creator and benevolent governor of the world ..."
See the full letter here: http://www.amazon.com/Adams-Jefferson-Letters-Complete-Correspondence-Jefferson/dp/0807842303
This quote was simply a disagreement between two men about a specific religious issue.