Camp Gagnon - Every Proof Of Aliens In The Bible

Episode Date: December 8, 2024

Aliens in the bible?! Ezekiel, Elijah, Enoch and the Nephalim. Ancient texts can be cryptic, and some interpret these specific verses as proof of aliens, I'm skeptical... so I collected all the resear...ch and dove in. What dp y'all think? Welcome to (Religion) Camp! Timecodes 0:00 Intro 2:19 Ezekiel’s Wheel 7:00 The Nephilim 10:05 The Annunaki 10:46 The Tower of Babel 13:50 Elijah’s Fiery Chariot 16:51 Merkaba 18:43 Mount Sinai 20:43 Ark of The Covenant 26:49 The Star of Bethlehem

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Aliens in the Bible. The Pope even said that it's possible if there's extraterrestrial life that's worthy of human consideration. It's possible Christ died for them too. Some of these scholars suggest that the sons of God might refer to extraterrestrials who visited Earth and interacted with humans. Moses received the blueprints for the ark from an extraterrestrial intelligence during his encounter on Mount Sinai. Israelites were literally using the power of the Lord with this ark.
Starting point is 00:00:25 It's a blasphi. The book of Enoch describes how the Nephilim eventually became so destructive that they consumed all the resources of earth. They even began to eat. People. The ark's mysterious properties have fueled speculation that it might have been some type of technological device, possibly left behind or gifted by extraterrestrial beings. Maybe the Jewish Bible's been telling us that we're not alone. Aliens in the Bible. Normally when people in camo shirts talk about aliens, it doesn't go well. But today, I think I'm going to change your mind. Today I'm going to really prove it to you. I think that there's a couple of things that you read
Starting point is 00:01:06 the Bible and you go, wait a second, that sounds a little bit like aliens. Well, let's find out. Specifically, we're looking at the Hebrew Bible. Okay, this is the books after the books of Deuteronomy, again, after the Pentateuch, as it's known, all the way up through the Old Testament up until the New Testament, which again, the Jews, not yet. They haven't accepted the New Testament yet that the Jews don't accept, okay? Hebrew Bible, not the first five books, everything up until the New Testament. When most people think of ancient religious text, they imagine stories probably of spiritual wisdom, commandments,
Starting point is 00:01:42 battles, circumcision, maybe. That's what I think about. But check this. There's actually some crazy, insane passages that make you go, hmm, it's a little interesting. Maybe there are aliens. Maybe there's fucking aliens out there.
Starting point is 00:02:00 Welcome back to Religion Camp. This is the channel where I dive into the most fast, fascinating and interesting. Stories of religions, not only, you know, not only the right one, not only Christianity, but all the religions, everything, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism. And today, like I said, we're going through the Hebrew Bible. Let's just start off with a classic. This is what's known as Ezekiel's Wheel. Is this a biblical UFO? Let's find out. Ezekiel 1, 4 through 5 says this, as I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north. And a great, cloud with brightness around it. And fire flashing forth continually and in the midst of the fire as it
Starting point is 00:02:41 were gleaming metal. And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. Ezekiel is describing what sounds like a glowing, fiery object coming out of the sky. He also describes four living creatures that appeared from this cloud. Each one had four faces, one of a man, one of a line, one of an ox, and one of an eagle. They each had four wings, and their legs were straight with feet that looked like those of a calf. Sounds delicious. They moved in unison, and their wings made a sound, like the noise of great waters, or like the voice of the Almighty. Besides each of these creatures was a wheel. A wheel, intersecting a wheel. What is that? Is this a riddle? That's what I love about the Bible. You read something. You're like, are they doing riddles right now? A wheel
Starting point is 00:03:34 intersecting a wheel that sparkled like crestallite. I don't know what creastolite is. I think that something you mix with water to make a drink. The wheels moved in any direction without turning. And they were covered in what appeared to be eyes all around. Now, if you're picturing a multidirectional flying aircraft with mechanical arms or extensions, you're not alone. That's kind of what I, I'm reading this. I'm reading this right now. And I remember, remember the first time I read this. I was nine years old. I said, mom, what the hell are they talking about? And she said, don't question the Lord. Don't sit down. That's what she said. Never brought it up again. But I don't have my mom living in my house anymore, so I can ask these
Starting point is 00:04:14 questions. Is this an aircraft? It seems weird to me. Eyes on all the side. Is that portholes? Is that like a window? Many people see this as possible description of some type of advanced spacecraft. It's not crazy. The wheels within wheel sound a lot like some type of gyroscopic mechanism, you know, maybe like a wheel, and then inside of it another wheel and they're moving, you know, sort of a convex sort of like a concentric sort of sitonario. The eyes on the wheels could be lights or cameras or something. Even more intriguing is the fact that Ezekiel describes how the whole structure moved. The wheels would lift off the ground and the creatures went wherever the spirit would go.
Starting point is 00:04:56 It's almost as if Ezekiel was witnessing anti-gravity. Look, I know I'm in a camo shirt. I know I'm in a tent. And I know I'm like, that's an alien. I know it sounds crazy. But it's in the Bible, bro. Like, why would the Bible's not? The Bible's true.
Starting point is 00:05:12 That's the word of God. What about this guy NASA engineer, Joseph Blumrich? He worked on the Apollo program, and he initially set out to debunk this idea. He had read the passage and was like, oh, that's kind of weird. But after analyzing the text, this guy, Mr. Blumberich, which is a fabulous name, he ended up becoming convinced that Ezekiel was in fact describing a flying machine. This is the guy that worked on the Apollo program.
Starting point is 00:05:37 In his book, The Spaceships of Ezekiel, Blomrich meticulously reconstructed what he believed the craft might have looked like. He even patented a design for a omnidirectional wheel based on Ezekiel's description. I feel like I sound like Tucker Carlson right now. I don't mean for that. When I was a boy, my mom would make me listen to conservative radio. I didn't want to. I was strapped in the car seat. She would go into Home Depot,
Starting point is 00:06:01 and I just spent hours and hours and hours listening to Rush Limbaugh and Hannity. So if it comes out, I want you to know that's where it came from. It's not because that's who I am. Okay? It just got fucking drilled in here. Anyway, the detail that Ezekiel provides, that is the most interesting when you consider that he was trying to describe this experience using a limited vocabulary and the concepts of his time,
Starting point is 00:06:23 Again, he's confined by living, you know, in this period before, you know, in BC. For example, what he calls wings might have actually been like a landing gear or a stabilizer, and the fire flashing forth might have actually been exhaust from the craft's propulsion system. Again, we have modern language to understand these things. So, was Ezekiel describing an encounter with an extraterrestrial craft? It's hard to say. I don't know. But what's clear is that he went to something truly extraordinary.
Starting point is 00:06:51 Maybe it's God. maybe it's aliens, maybe it's demons. And maybe aliens, demons, they're all the same thing. All right, what about another one? This is a classic. This is just a tried and true banger in the Bible that no one talks about, the Nephilim.
Starting point is 00:07:09 This is one of the most mysterious and controversial groups mentioned in the Bible. We first encounter them in Genesis, right off the rip. Book number one, chapter six, verses 1 through 4, which reads, The Son of God saw that the daughters of men, were beautiful and they married any of them that they chose. The Nephilim were on earth in those days
Starting point is 00:07:28 and also afterwards when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them, they were the heroes of old men of renown. What the fuck? What is that? What is that? Why? Why does that even mean? Who are the sons of God? Were they fallen angels divine? What? They were banging out the daughters of men? Some of these scholars suggest that the sons of God might refer to extraterrestrials who visited Earth and interacted with humans. And again, like I mentioned before, the book of Enoch, an ancient Jewish text that didn't actually make it into the Bible. But anyway, they talk about the Nephilim in a little bit more detail. According to the book of Enoch, 200 celestial beings known as the Washers descended upon Mount Hermann.
Starting point is 00:08:20 Again, this seems like it kind of lines up with the Genesis account that we read about. These watchers took human wives and fathered the Nephilim, who were described as giants with incredible strength and abilities. And it wasn't just about size. The washer shared forbidden knowledge with humans, teaching them how to create weapons, practice magic, understand the stars. A bit like Prometheus bring fire to mankind. In fact, the book of Enoch describes how the Nephilim eventually became so destructive that they consumed all the resources of earth. They even began to eat. People. Not good. Why that pisses me off. When I hear about beings, banging our daughters and eating humans, that shit gets me,
Starting point is 00:09:03 I get on fire for that. That makes me angry. This leads to chaos and suffering. The story ends with God sending a great flood. Basically cleanse the earth of the Nephilim and their corrupt influence. They're not good swimmers. They all get washed away. They didn't get the message. No one built a boat, big enough for the Nephilim. So, It's pretty weird. You read this in the Bible. You're like, well, what is that? The idea of giant hybrid beings isn't necessarily unique to the Bible. Ancient cultures all over the world have a version of this story, which makes it even weirder. The giants are beings that descend from the sky and start banging out our chicks, our babes.
Starting point is 00:09:41 Why? Do we get the baddest girls on the whole planet, on the whole universe? We got the bad as bitches here on Earth that aliens, giant fucking diesel aliens are coming down and being like, we got to bang out these human bruns. Shout out to you, ladies of Earth, the hottest in the universe. That's y'all. The Sumerians wrote about the Anunaki, a group of deities who came to Earth from the heavens. Similarly, the Greek myths of the Titans and the North had tales of Jotanar. This translates to giants, who basically once ruled the world.
Starting point is 00:10:19 And again, is just another one of these stories from a different culture, from a completely disparate place on Earth that talks about these giant beings coming down to Earth and banging our broads. Could this all be, you know, some sort of weird legend? Or is this some type of mythology that's rooted in a shared experience of a common ancestor who experienced this type of contact and saw the daughters of man get dogged out? All right, let's talk about another one. Tower of Babel. you've heard the idea of babbling oh this person's babbling on that comes from the Tower of Babel
Starting point is 00:10:53 it's one of the most famous tales from the Bible again in Genesis which Genesis doesn't get enough credit for just being back to back with just action it is action packed it is a summer blockbuster you pay for a whole seat but you only sit on the edge of it
Starting point is 00:11:08 how is it so good you're reading all these stories like Tower of Babel the flood Nephlin banging out humans all in Genesis Adam and Eve I mean wow shout out to God Anyway Genesis 11 1 through 9
Starting point is 00:11:22 basically says this that humanity speak in one language and they came together to build a massive tower that's going to go all the way to God it's pretty tall and God's pissed about it he's like
Starting point is 00:11:34 what stay in your lane how about that humans so what he does he destroys the tower and says you know what that's not enough some of y'all are now
Starting point is 00:11:43 going to speak Chinese how about that how about that for a point of You got, maybe, some of y'all gotta speak English. Who even knows? They were probably speaking Arabic. He goes, no, no, no, no, no. You guys are gonna fuck with me.
Starting point is 00:11:55 You're Chinese now, and you're English. And some of y'all are gonna have to be Canadian. And you can just draw straws, and I'm gonna force some of you guys to be Canadian. And I'm allowed to say that because I'm, that's, they're white. Anyway, he confused all the languages, scattered them around the earth,
Starting point is 00:12:10 and put an end to their giant project. How high did they go in that time? I don't know. Is this a literal account, or maybe it's a metaphor? Who's to say, but all we know for fact is that this is probably ancient astronauts. Yeah, that's what some people have suggested. I don't really believe this one, but this is an interesting one.
Starting point is 00:12:29 I'll explain. Basically, these ancient astronauts, they were using this Tower of Babel. It wasn't just a tall structure, but rather an attempt to build a technological device capable of reaching the stars, and that the Tower of Babel maybe is, you know, some type of even launch platform to reach the sky. again, is it that tall or is it actually just a, you know, something that can fly out? It's interesting. I don't know.
Starting point is 00:12:52 I don't really subscribe to that. But this is not the only time people have talked about this. Like ancient Mesopotamians have these structures called ziggurats. And they're these massive pyramid-like steps, temple things. And they're designed to connect with the divine, is what most people believe. Now, these ziggurats were built to be as tall as possible, which is why you, again, you build them in a triangle shape. Because that's the easiest way to build up. and almost like they were trying to get closer to the sky
Starting point is 00:13:18 or get, you know, closer to the heavens. This again, but some people posit. The idea here is that the Tower of Babel might have been some technological structure inspired by extraterrestrial contact and an attempt by humanity to replicate what they had seen from these advanced beings. I don't know. I kind of think it's just an easy way to build up rocks,
Starting point is 00:13:37 but some people think maybe there's ancient astronauts. That's what the Tower of Bowel's about. Tell your kids that. Tell your friends. Tell whoever. Say you thought of it. Who cares, right? Life is short. Let me tell you about Elijah's fiery chariot. This is one of my favorite chariots. Probably one of my favorite chariot ever. It's Elijah's fiery one. This is a story of Elijah being taken up to the heaven. And it's actually awesome. This is a crazy moment in the Bible. I feel like when we talked about the school, didn't get talked about enough. There's only a couple of people that don't die. They just go, they just skip that part. Like that whole, oh, death and taxes. Not for Elijah. How about I just skip dying and I just pop right up to the heaven? That's what he did.
Starting point is 00:14:21 This is the man that, again, got on a fiery chariot that was whisked away into the sky. Now, if you're living in ancient times, you saw a bright glowing object descending from the heavens that looked like a beam of light or exhaust flames. You'd probably describe it the best way you could. You'd be like, oh, it was a chariot. I don't know, that's what we have.
Starting point is 00:14:39 We got horses and chariots. And, you know, you would try to make a dramatic. I'm sure. And that's what some people think happened in Second Kings, chapter 2, verses 10 through 15. You have asked a difficult thing, Elijah said, yet if you see me when I'm taken from you, it will be yours. Otherwise, it will not. As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them. Again, this is Elijah and Elijah. Elijah went up in a whirlwind. to heaven. Eliasha saw this and cried out, my father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel, and Elijah saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore it into.
Starting point is 00:15:26 Elisha then picked up Elijah's cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood at the bank of the Jordan, and took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, struck the water with it. Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah? He asked. When he struck the water, it divided right and to the left, and he crossed over. the company of the prophets from Jericho, who are watching, said the spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha, and they went to meet him and bowed on the ground before him. I mean, that's a pretty crazy thing to happen, your dad, just get swooped up, out of here, straight to God. It'd be nice to get like a heads up. Hey, meet me here at this time. Make your
Starting point is 00:16:03 goodbyes, say your will up, you know, organize some things. But no, poor Elijah just bang, straight up. Got beamed up, you know what I mean? Now, what I find particularly interesting, in this section is the whirlwind part. This detail might be, you know, just some dramatic flare, just something interesting. But maybe it indicates some type of propulsion system that this craft was using. Again, this is what some people have posited. Today, when rockets or aircrafts take off, there's an immense amount of energy released, often creating dust and wind and noise, essentially, a whirlwind. So when Elijah was taken up by some type of advanced spacecraft and kicked up all this dust and they're like, oh, it's a whirlwind, who knows? Or, you know, was it just the spirit of
Starting point is 00:16:47 Lord that came down in a ball of light and took them up? According to the Kabbalah tradition, okay, this is like a subset of Judaism, a Kabbalistic tradition, that's basically the mysticism of Judaism. There's a concept known as Merkaba. This is a central part of the entire mystical tradition. The word itself, Murkabah means chariot, but it represents. a deeper symbolic way for the soul to travel to higher realms, connecting with divine energies or even to God himself. Some scholars proposed that Merkaba mysticism could have been an early attempt by ancient Jews to comprehend or even replicate encounters with beings or objects that defied conventional understanding. I mean, they argue that the meditative techniques, visualization practice, and complex symbolic representations found, in the Kabbalistic text might have been inspired by interactions with advanced beings, angels,
Starting point is 00:17:49 aliens, or whatever, capable of traveling between dimensions or even, you know, across space itself. However, they're convening with us. Maybe it's a phenomenon of consciousness, or maybe they're actually, you know, coming physically through, you know, some type of complex space travel. The idea that Jewish mystics sought to emulate these experiences through their Merkabaab practices suggests that they may have been striving to understand an experience that was both spiritual but also physical, something that modern UFO researchers, you know, describe as contact with alien intelligence, right? Like what happened to Elisha is spiritual but also physical because he never dies.
Starting point is 00:18:30 It's an interesting point. All right. Let's do another one. You guys freaking ask for it. We should also bleat my profanity in this. I think this should be a non-profan. and we'll find a funny way to believe, but for now we should believe it, just let that note be known. Anyway, let's talk about another one, all right?
Starting point is 00:18:45 The Ark of the Covenant, you've heard of this, maybe in the Bible, maybe in Indiana Jones. Those are the two pieces of media I consumed as a child. So there's a story in Exodus 19 versus 16 through 20, and the scene is described in vivid detail. I'll just read it to you, right? Let's open our Bibles. On the morning of the third day, there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud upon on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the Lord descended on it in fire.
Starting point is 00:19:21 Now again, this description could be interpreted as an encounter with advanced aircraft landing on the mountain. That's what some people believe, the thunder, the lightning, the smoke. Could this be some type of antiquated description of some propulsion system? It's possible. The loud trumpet blast. Maybe it's not trumpet at all, but rather a supersonic boom or the spacecraft's engines. If we think about Mount Sinai as a landing site, the descriptions of Exodus take on a new dimension, the fire and smoke that covered the mountain resemble accounts of modern rockets landing and advanced propulsion systems that generate immense heat and smoke as they touch down. Additionally, the Bible mentions that the mountain trembled violently as God's presence descended upon it, which could be compared to the seismic impact or vibration
Starting point is 00:20:07 caused by, you know, a giant aircraft landing. Interestingly, the idea that Mount Sinai was a contact point has really amused a lot of, you know, ancient astronaut theorists, and they kind of suggested that these descriptions align with UFO encounters. They argue that the cloud was a cloaking device or an energy field used to obscure the craft's true nature
Starting point is 00:20:32 from those witnessing the event. Now again, I don't know about that one. I don't necessarily believe the Mount Sinai joint, but the Ark of the Covenant is where it gets a little bit more interesting. Moses is instructed to build an Ark of the Covenant, a sacred, like, chest or like a box or something designed to house the tablets of the Ten Commandments. The specifications for constructing the Ark are extremely precise, indicating that its design was not arbitrary, just like, yeah, you know, make sort of a box thing. It's a blueprint with exact measurements and requirements. The Bible describes the ark as being made of
Starting point is 00:21:08 Acacia wood, overlaid with gold inside and out and fitted with rings and poles so that you could carry it. This meticulous construction hints at more than just a religious artifact and suggests that the ark may have been built to house
Starting point is 00:21:21 or contain something of immense power. Now, regardless of what your political or religious persuasion is, I think most religious people will agree that what is inside the ark is of immense power, right? It's, you know, containing effectively the predecessor to Christ. It is, you know, the staff, the, you know, the Aaron's Rod, which is this example of the priesthood, manna, and the Ten Commandments. Like, certainly these things are powerful
Starting point is 00:21:47 and anyone who touched the Ark would die. The Ark's mysterious properties have fueled speculation that it might have been some type of technological device, possibly left behind or gifted by extraterrestrial beings. This is what some people believe that, you know, according to the Bible accounts, the Ark was able to emit bolts of lightning, which could kill any of the who came too close or touched it without proper precautions. Again, if you look at it from a sort of spiritual perspective, it's the power of God that kills you, but maybe it sounds like electricity. I mean, in 1st Samuel, chapter 6, verse 19, it said that 70 men of the Beth Shamesh
Starting point is 00:22:24 were struck down for looking inside the ark, while Uzo was instantly killed when he touched it in 2 Samuel, Chapter 6. These incidents are reminiscent of the dangers posed by high voltage electrical equipment or exposure to radioactive materials, suggesting that the arc may have functioned as a form of energy storage or a weapon. If you've seen this episode of MythBusters, my favorite show of all time, you'll know that they one time hooked it up and they wired it up and they used like an ancient battery to get a charge. They didn't really get a proper charge from it, but they didn't get a car battery attached to it and snap the shit out of Adam Savage, which is a hilarious. moment of the show. Anyway, let's get back to this actual story. Not only is the arc extremely powerful and kills people, it also generates intense light and heat and even has the ability to hover or be carried without touching the ground. This is a bizarre little feature of the arc,
Starting point is 00:23:18 and it's basically levitating. And coupled with its apparent electrical discharge capability leads some people to the hypothesis that the arc might have been powered by some advanced energy source possibly anti-gravity or electromagnetic systems. Again, this technology would have been far beyond the understanding of ancient Israelites and far beyond our understanding even now. So they would have naturally attributed these effects to the divine. The ark's formidable power was not limited to the electrical discharges. In the Bible, it was also used as a weapon in battles. That's right. The Israelites were literally using the power of the Lord with this ark to blast people. In Joshua 6, Israelites carried the ark around the city of Jericho for seven days, and on the seventh day, the walls of the city collapsed after the priests blew their trumpets.
Starting point is 00:24:10 Some people brought up the question, could the arcs have emitted the energy field or frequency that destabilized the structure of the walls causing them to crumble? Some type of, you know, Tesla earthquake machine. This is all pretty crazy, but it's fun. Another example is found in Samuel 1st Samuel chapter 4, where the Israelites brought the ark in a battle against the Philistines, believing that its presence would guarantee their victory. Yeah, I would agree, this thing can kill anyone that touches it, just ram it into people.
Starting point is 00:24:42 The Philistines were terrified, exclaiming, God has come into the camp. They have already heard of the ark's terrifying power, which suggests that it was widely regarded as a formidable weapon. And although the Israelites were ultimately defeated, you know, and the ark was captured, the Philistines returned it because it brought devastation and plagues upon them. Yeah, they brought the Ark home and then immediately it was like a fucking scary movie.
Starting point is 00:25:06 The whole camp just got haunted. And they were like, well, get rid of this shit. Again, this further reinforces the idea that the Ark possessed some type of destructive capability, whether it was divine or, you know, explainable through our modern lens. If we consider that the Ark was, in fact, let's say, an advanced technological device, it raises the question of where this technology originated. Again, it could be divine, you know, but maybe, just maybe. Moses received the blueprints for the Ark from an extraterrestrial intelligence during his encounter on Mount Sinai that I talked about before. It sounds crazy.
Starting point is 00:25:47 Again, I don't necessarily subscribe to this, but it's just a wild theory that some people brought up. Was the Ark a piece of alien technology left behind to, you know, help humanity on their way? The theories about the Ark's extraterrestrial ordinance have become even more intriguing when we consider the possibility that it may have served as a means of communication between Moses and these advanced beings. If, hypothetically, Mount Sinai was a landing site for this alien craft thing that some people brought up, maybe the Ark was designed to facilitate the ongoing contact or even transmit power from the craft to the Israelites, ensuring their survival in the harsh conditions of the desert. Either way, whether it's God or aliens, the Jews are chosen.
Starting point is 00:26:30 That's one thing for sure. I mean, they got that in battle. They got just a electroblaster. That's crazy, right? And they got it stolen. And then even when you get it stolen, they can't even use it. I mean, I'm pissed. If I'm the Philistines, I'm like, yo, can we figure out how to use this shit?
Starting point is 00:26:48 Anyway, let's talk about one more little passage from the Bible. And let's just look at why some people think that this has anything to do with aliens, UFOs. All right, this is a great one, okay? The Star of Bethlehem. Oh yeah, you know this. You know what this is. This is a famous little Christmas story of the wise men who followed the star at Bethlehem to find a sweet old baby Jesus laying in a manger, which is kind of weird if you think about it, right? Like, you just have a kid in a barn and all of a sudden three dudes walk up and they're like, dude, we brought you a gift. It's like, who the fuck are you? Anyway, according to the gospel of Matthew, the wise men saw a star in the east and they followed.
Starting point is 00:27:26 followed it. And where did they go? To the birthplace of Jesus. That's right. It wasn't just any star. It moved, changed direction, and eventually stopped right over where Jesus was born. Now, if you've been tracking me, if you've been tracking me for the past 25 to three hours, I don't know even how long we've been recording. If you're tracking me, you know what this already is. This star's moving, and it's pointing us to where Jesus is. I don't know about you. I've never seen a star move, except for a shooting star, which I don't even think that's a star. I think that's like a star. space rock. Anyway, they don't lead people to specific destinations or hover over over one place, okay? So this has led some researchers, and by researchers, I mean, people that like UFOs,
Starting point is 00:28:07 to suggest that the star of Bethlehem might have actually been a spacecraft or a drone, maybe, who knows, could have been a drone, guiding the wise men to their destination. Look, ancient Chinese, Greek, and Roman texts also describe mysterious moving stars that seem to have intelligence and purpose, hinting at the concept of, you know, that maybe this flying light wasn't just a regular old star. Maybe it was an actual saucer. And these wise men themselves, they weren't just random travelers. They were scholars, astronomers. They were experts in celestial movements. Their decision to follow this star indicates that they recognize that it might have been something extraordinary, something interesting and unique and not just, oh, what is that star?
Starting point is 00:28:48 I've never seen that before. I don't know. That one is, that one's an interesting one. So, do we make of this? Is the Bible just riddled with instances of, you know, ancient aliens? I don't know. I'm not fully convinced, to be honest. I'd say we're talking about the Bible here, right? Like this is, we're talking about divine intervention. We're talking about acts of God. So it's like, could it just be God? Could it be aliens? I don't know. I'm not going to be one to say specifically. But it is interesting to read the accounts and to understand why people believe this, why people find it so interesting. I mean, from Ezekiel's wheel, within a wheel to the Ark of the Covenant, there are countless stories that hint at something otherworldly.
Starting point is 00:29:28 Maybe it's divine. Maybe it's God. Maybe it's just a spiritual metaphor. Or maybe it's aliens. Rabbi Joey, as he says, the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth wouldn't contradict Jewish beliefs. And I think the Pope even said that it's possible if there's extraterrestrial life that's worthy of human consideration. It's possible Christ died for them too. So we would just have to expand our appreciation of the universe vastness. I mean, God created everything. Why couldn't you just create another earth with another me? It was way more successful, right? That wouldn't be crazy.
Starting point is 00:30:00 Or maybe the Jewish Bible has been telling us that we're not alone. Thank you guys for tuning in to another episode of Religion Camp. See you next time. Peace be with you.

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