What’s a Christian to do with Bigfoot?

My next big book project is called Gray Barker’s Book of Monsters. It surveys the host of monsters, aliens and boogeymen West Virginia ufologist Gray Barker wrote about over the years. It turns out that he was fascinated with Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman. Of course, he connected Bigfoot to flying saucers because that was…

Sci-fi Televangelism – Summary and Conclusions

We have been reviewing a presentation called “Science Fiction: Televangelism for ET Religion” given by fellow science fiction author Dr. Michael Heiser gave  at the 2017 Roswell UFO Festival. Basically, Heiser has set out to demonstrate that sci-fi is isn’t just escapism entertainment but is “deeply theological.” Over the course of the series, we covered…

Alien Salvation: Answering A Cartoon Argument Against ETs

It sounds like an old joke: “Superman, Chewbacca and Spock walk into a bar…” Except in this case, it’s a cartoon strip by fellow creationist Dan Lietha, so no bar… and Superman’s reading the Bible. The animated strip ostensibly seeks to answer the question: “Is the Idea of Alien Life in Outer Space Biblical?” Fair…

Simon Turpin’s Really Bad Argument Against Transhumanism and Space Colonization

Originally posted on Defending Genesis:
I’m a Biblical Christian who loves science fiction. In fact, I write scifi books! Robots have been a staple of the genre since they were first conceived. One of the first things we wondered about was just how smart they’d be. With this speculation came a natural Frankenstein-induced fear: will…

Earthbound? Psalm 115:16 and the Question of Alien Life

  Many anti-alienists cite Psalm 115:16 in support of their position. For example, Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis begins his article, “Do I Believe in UFOs? Absolutely!”, with an off-hand note about how God “made the stars also” [Genesis 1:16], using it as a springboard for an argument  to build that Earth is center…

Alien Delusion: Fearmongering Anti-Alien Movie from Gary Bates in Production

It has just come to my attention that a film adaptation of Dr. Gary Bates’ Amazon bestseller Alien Intrusion is in the works, due to be released Christmas 2017. This is NOT good news.  As I demonstrated in Strangers and Aliens, Gary Bates’ book is a bastion of anti-alien fear-mongering supported by bad Biblical arguments and logical fallacies. The fact…

Consensus Science, Geocentrism and Aliens

Originally posted on Defending Genesis:
In 2003, the late science fiction author Michael Crichton delivered a lecture at Caltech entitled, “Aliens Cause Global Warming.” The purpose of the lecture was to take to task the sort of science that uses political and social pressure to enforce groupthink. His lecture is often cited in critiques and…

A Shout-out to Answers in Genesis for a Recent Display of Rational Restraint

Originally posted on Defending Genesis:
It seems that lately this blog has been fixated on?creation exotheology, theology that concerns itself with how Biblical Christianity might deal with the discovery of extraterrestrial life. One of the reasons for this is quite obviously because I just published a book on the subject. Of course, I wrote the…

Read the Most Hated Book in Creationism

Originally posted on Defending Genesis:
It’s the same old story. The consensus hides behind an appeal to authority while suppressing dissenting views by barring those who stray from the party line from discussion forums and attacking the dissenter instead of his arguments. We’ve seen it a thousand times. FROM EVOLUTIONISTS. Since the publication of Strangers…

The UFO Deception: How Answers in Genesis & Other Creationist Organizations Are Getting Aliens Wrong

It just kills me how many people conflate the modern UFO phenomenon with the separate question of whether alien life exists beyond Earth at all. A couple weeks ago, I took the time to respond to creation astronomer Dr. Danny Faulkner’s article, “Is Belief in Alien Life Harmless?” in the Oct/Dec 2015 issue of Answers…

ET Go Home! How Conservative Christianity’s Rejection of Aliens Reveals Bigger Concerns

Do extraterrestrials exist? Would the discovery of intelligent alien life beyond this planet invalidate the Bible? Would Christ have to live and die on multiple worlds in order to save fallen aliens? These are the sorts of questions that some Christian speculative fiction authors and exotheologians have wrestled with for centuries. While the Bible makes…

Is Belief In Alien Life Harmless? Why Creationists Are Wrong About Aliens And The Bible

“The thought that aliens might be living on other planets may sound innocent enough. But lurking underneath are some deep theological dangers.” This little blurb begins Dr. Danny Faulkner’s article, “Is Belief in Alien Life Harmless?” in the Oct/Dec 2015 issue of Answers magazine. It lets us know right from the start where the article…