Often we merely ignore ideas different to our own because it’s easier. Without really questioning, and re-thinking what brought us to believe what we believe in the first place.
We categorize people who do this as: narrow-minded, intolerable and petty. Generally, anyone who is unable to view things from a different perspective.
Yet then, so many of us, turn around, and act like the before mentioned adjectives towards subject topics we think too ridiculous to be deserving of our attention.
Example:
Erich Von Daniken claims that the large geoglyphs sketched into the arid plateau of
Peru were created by ancient Peruvians on the instruction of their extraterrestrial gods who consequently used the geoglyphs as landing strips for their space crafts.
I know, this seems ridiculous. And yes, if you met someone who believed in aliens having contact with humans, you would probably immediately make a mental note to never talk to that person again.
BUT when we compare Dankness belief to other religions around the world you can’t help but notice the similarities.
First of all neither the existence of aliens or Gods can be proven; either you believe or you don’t.
Secondly, both the aliens and most of the gods in religions across the world God disssend from heaven; using different methods of transport of course.
And lastly, both the aliens and our more traditional gods had knowledge superior to the civilization they interacted with; aliens knew about the universe and our Gods knew about the after life.
In fact, because of all of these undeniable similarities many people claim that the deities represented in so many cultures are aliens that have been mistaken for Gods. Simply because they had no other explanation for what they observed and experienced.
Yet regardless of this belief, these comparisons ultimately ask one question:
Why do we believe in God and not aliens if both of these beliefs lack equal amounts of evidence?
In the end it really comes down to two things:
- How long the claim has been around for.
- The number of supporters a claim has.
After all, it’s far more likely that you are going to believe an idea supported by a lot of other people compared to a claim believed by only a few #safety in numbers
For more information you can watch an episode on the History Channels TV series :
"Ancient Aliens"
OR
Research Erich von Daniken here:
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