The X-Files in the White House and beyond. The influential presence of pastors and evangelical figures and other confessions around Donald Trump is even marking the Government’s position on an issue always given to generating debate, that of the ‘aliens‘. …
The order given by Donald Trump to the Pentagon to start publishing somewhat confusing images and with the “new, never seen before” claim It has triggered the rumors… if they needed to be triggered.
The debate has quickly been carried out regarding faith, by numerous influential groups, both Pentecostal pastors and very conservative Catholics. One of the fears among the most immobile is that the possibility of there being life “beyond” casts doubt or directly weaken the biblical account of the Earth and humanity as creations of God.
“The issue of UFOs, in particular, poses a great challenge to any religious worldview,” Jeffrey Kripalprofessor of religion at Rice University, where he has compiled an archive on paranormal topics, including stories from people who have had “experiences” with UFOs.
A macro survey in 2021, with the echoes of Trump’s first term still present, left a striking sociological photograph. Of the atheist and agnostic groups, 85% of those surveyed in the Pew Research Center work believed that there could be intelligent life outside of Earth. For the white evangelicals the thesis was much less popular, with just 40%.
Not even the US vice president avoids the debate. In JD Vance’s own opinion, “I don’t think they’re aliens, I think they’re demons,” as he noted in a conservative podcast a few weeks ago. , believe that “all the great religions of the worldincluding Christianity, which I believe in, They have understood that there are strange things that are very difficult to explain.“.
Dr. Kripal answers his idea. “The gods have always come from heaven, and we call that religion,” considers this renowned professor of Religion. “In the Western canon we don’t have many words for these midplane entities, so my impression is that when religious people observe y They see entities that do not fit into their religious world, they call them demons.“.
