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Abduction Digest Number 28
Abduction Digest, Number 28
Thursday, October 10th 1991
Today's Topics:
Re: abductions
Re: Abductions
Abductions
abductions
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From: Jim.Delton@f100.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Delton)
Subject: Re: abductions
Date: 6 Oct 91 05:18:00 GMT
I'd agree that man is always searching for someone/thing to explain the
unexplained to him and that search has included religion and may
account for some UFO thinking.
Having read most of the UFO classics myself I think your assesement
of most people who report UFO's as being inebriated or seeking
attention simply is not supported by the literature. Note that "most"
implies something in excess of 50%.
And as to why a UFOnaut might be more meaningful then God - the
answer seems obvious to me. God is all talk and no action and many
people are ready for some action and are hoping the ETs will supply it.
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From: Jim.Delton@f100.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Delton)
Subject: Re: Abductions
Date: 6 Oct 91 05:24:00 GMT
RE: Formulating a theory on religosity of the witnesses.
For starters, someone would have to have been collecting data on the
religious background and beliefs and habits of the witnesses. The
already lengthy investigation form would have to have questions of:
What is your religion, when did you last go to church, do you hold
stronger relgious views now or were they stronger 10 years ago, do you
know the name of your pastor, have you ever changed religions, how
often, why, and on and on. It is entirely possible that one might find
a correlation between relgious belief (or lack thereof) and observation
of a UFO. One of the problems of UFOlogy is that it trys to
investigate EVERY aspect and winds up without proper data to draw
conclusions on ANY aspect.
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From: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Hicks)
Subject: Abductions
Date: 7 Oct 91 01:00:00 GMT
> I assert that we must be
> looking at scientific ways to measure and instrument the phenomenon.
> Unfortunately, stories and photographs don't really give much
> information.
That's for sure. Since we can't scientifically examine the "woo-woo" factor,
we should concentrate on what we can examine; what physical traces or effects
that are found. It may be the tail of the tiger, but at least it's a piece.
The stories etc. can be filed away for the time when maybe we can examine
that stuff on a scientific rather than a belief-based basis.
jbh
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From: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Hicks)
Subject: abductions
Date: 7 Oct 91 01:02:01 GMT
> I am constantly forced to defend my stance that
> UFOs are alien spaceships, when I haven't even come close to TAKING that
> stance.
Yeah, I know what you mean. When so many ufologists and hangers-on assume
UFOs are alien spaceships, it seems only natural that skeptics argue against
alien spaceships.
jbh
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