No estamos solos...?

One of the lucky dozen to have walked on the moon takes a walk on an even wilder side, claiming a global coverup of extraterrestrial visitation.

Of course, he also tried Extra-sensory Perception (ESP) exercises with his friends on earth while in space, so maybe he's predisposed to the paranormal.

Just like the rest of society.

The simple fact is, most people are more inclined to believe wild tales out of Amazing Stories than they are the story of Amazing Grace. We've been so conditioned by the idea of evolutionary progress that the idea of visitors from another world has taken on the air of a kind of salvation -- if E.T. will just phone, everything will be well because he'll have all the answers to all our problems.

I was a sci-fi junkie in my youth, and still enjoy the occasional well-crafted tale. (The title of the post says "We are not alone," the slogan on a button I bought while taking a Spanish elective in high school.) But I've become all-too aware how pushing the "outer limits" is less about farther and faster and more about discarding all personal constraints. From the mouths of fantastic creatures come imagined indictments on traditional morality and social norms. But since these are "older races," more "evolved," they are supposed to have unquestioned merit. For all its vastness, the sci-fi genre has no room for the morality of Jehovah.

And those who make no room for Him in their own lives still have the need we all do: someone or something to go to for Answers. In a godless universe, E.T. is the best they can hope for. How sad.