by Cowboy Bob Sorensen
A kind of holiday was made to celebrate Star Wars movies, a cash cow for the Disney Corporation since 2012. Many space operas came along afterward, such as the dreadful Starcrash a year later. Fans do not really need a holiday, as there is something Star Wars frequently happening throughout each year.
Some folks make a distinction between science fiction which is generally more serious and thoughtful, and sci-fi, which is usually mental fluff. Early Star Trek had real and imaginary science in their stories, and Stargate SG-1 used some actual science.
Fantasy and science fiction have been around for a very long time, but it really took off in the twentieth century. Comic books had science fiction. Television and movies got into the act later.
It is interesting that many Christians enjoy science fiction and sci-fi, but the majority of the authors of these and fantasy material (they often overlap) are misotheists. Indeed, the suspension of unbelief must be increased for us because of not only atheism, but the premises are evolutionary. Ever watch
Doctor Who? The Time Lords are an ancient race, a concept based on the Big Bang and cosmic evolution. Many other stories are based on or at least get the Darwin imprint by citing evolution.
The existence and evolution of aliens elsewhere in the universe is axiomatic for secularists. Many professing Christians also think that there is intelligent life in the universe. They often draw from arguments used by secularists.
"But Cowboy Bob, the universe is so big, it just has to have other life in it!"
That kind of thing might be called an argument from wishful thinking. Going by numbers from secularists (including billions of years), the universe should be littered with intelligent beings. But there's not a peep. See "
Abiogenesis and the Silence of the Space Aliens" for more.
Like many others, I used to believe that God created alien life. My arguments were sound — but that's all they were: sound. Since the Bible doesn't discuss them, they exist and God didn't bother to tell us (argument from silence fallacy). Actually, it could be an argument from conspicuous absence. That is, the Bible doesn't mention space aliens anywhere because we are created in God's image and the earth is special to him. Theologically, extraterrestrial intelligent life cannot exist.
Actually, as a Christian, May 4 reminds me of a more important fourth day that involved the creation of the sun, moon, and all the stars by our all-powerful Creator God (Genesis 1:14–19). And speaking of creation, did God create advanced alien races, like Wookies and Jawas, scattered across the universe? (More on that question in a moment, stay tuned . . . .)
To read it all (it's kind of fun as well as spiritually significant), blast off for "Did God Create Alien Life?" Yes, I still watch and read sci-fi and science fiction, but I do it through a biblical filter.
