Science Fiction, Extraterrestrials, and Creation

For many years, science fiction and space fantasy themes have been around. They have greatly increased on the scene and silver screen over the years and have become very profitable. Comic book mutant stories can be considered science fiction, but there is an abundance of space alien stories.

In the book Alien Intrusion — UFOs and the evolution connection, Gary Bates delves into the history of UFOs (now called UAPs) as well as science fiction. Although he does not believe that extraterrestrials exist, like many of us, still likes Star Trek and other science fiction.

Alien spacecraft over city, Pixabay / Secoura

The genre is a means of making all sorts of social commentary. Some is called speculative fiction. Rod Serling used The Twilight Zone to make all sorts of points under the guise of supernatural and science fiction stories. Many authors and movie makers have done the same.

Herbert George Wells wrote The War of the Worlds, published in 1898. He took the fascination people have with life on other worlds and made Martians that did not have humanity's best interests at heart: Exterminate. Others authors and eventually movies followed suit. Cold War fears of nuclear devastation were presented as alien invasions or monsters. Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking were not enthused about trying to make contact with aliens.

Some folks think that aliens do have our best interests at heart, especially those into New Age philosophies. Aliens will save us from ourselves — but we must discard our outmoded beliefs in God, especially Jesus Christ.

The movie Independence Day combined two elements for a spell. People wanted to welcome the presumably benevolent aliens. Tiffany was looking up at a ship and said, "It's beautiful," then the death ray disintegrated her and many others. They were deluded by what they wanted and assumed to be true.

Notice something that dominates much of the science fiction: evolution. It is wanted and assumed to be true. Abiogenesis is impossible here, but must have happened on other worlds, and then they evolved from there. Restrain your equines, Ernie! There is no evidence for any of it. Those who care about evidence can see that it supports recent creation instead of Darwin's Victorian-era science fiction.

When the words Star Wars exploded on the screen, scrolling upward to John Williams’ thunderous orchestral score, my life changed forever. From that moment, I filled my childhood with starships, blasters, and sentient robots. I battled friends with plastic lightsabers, and I imagined flying across the galaxy. I read as many futuristic tales as I could get my hands on. Nothing quite captivated me like science fiction.

Even today, a good portion of my personal library is dedicated to that genre. Besides enjoying the fun escape these stories provide, I love the excitement of exploring new ideas, worlds, and civilizations that only these tales can offer.

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