For example;
[link to the post]If I saw Jesus descending on a cloud with an army of angels I would absolutely conclude that this is the work of aliens, and not very friendly aliens at that.
It seems very obvious to me that the Christian beliefs to do with Jesus returning - such as they are prophesied - have passed the use-by date and can no longer happen in the fashion believed, because, *Aliens*.
I have argued this before, and one attempt to rebuff this argument was words to the effect that "Jesus comes from another dimensional reality - therefore *not aliens*" to which I questioned with words to the effect " Why would it make any difference, "Aliens" "Inter-dimensional beings?"
My point being that, humanity has advanced it's knowledge-base to the degree that we would understand any such event actually unfolding as something other than "Jesus-as-the-messiah-representative of GOD" but rather "Individual claiming to be representing GOD in the flesh - in the form of a humanoid icon -" as being an *Alien*.
In terms of what miraculous powers Jesus returning is said will be displayed, the world will not see these as evidence of GOD, but of an alien/alien species so much more highly advanced than our own.
Indeed, such an event would settle for all time - as the penny drops - as to the source of all the most popular religious belief systems.
All except for those who believe that they have always been worshipers of their idea of GOD. Rather, they will turn a blind eye to the obvious conclusion to draw and will accept the alien as GOD and worship Him as they believe a GOD must be worshiped.
The rest of the world will just have to wait and see how the Alien(s) behave in relation to them.
1: Will the Alien demand to be worshiped - not just as a 'GOD' but as THE GOD - or
2: Will he/they expect us to accept he/them for who he/they really are and be grateful for any help that they might offer - or,
3: Will they remain hidden and allow for us to make it as a species largely on our own motivation, or to die not trying?
If they exist, then so far number 3 continues to be what is going on.
I like the idea of number 3 because it allows for the chance for humanity to use our collective potential to create a real alternative to our present reality, largely on our own terms.
But also lately I have been having doubts as to the sanity of that way of thinking. Asking myself such questions as "Am I being real - realistic?" and "Is the glass half empty rather than half full" etc.
This is why I started think about number 2 as an alternative to number 1 - as far as the scenarios go.
Number 2 has the capability of saying something along the lines of.
"Yes - we realized how human beings have reacted to our showing ourselves in the past, and in some cases we did indeed allow for them to believe what their imaginations were telling them...that we were their creators...but they put words into our mouths as well.
We stood back and watched how you would evolve and wanted you all as a species to be able to work things out mostly on your own - with very little input from us, in the hope that your would achieve this.
We only now show ourselves because we cannot stand by and allow you to destroy the planet so completely that biological life forms can no longer easily exist.
It is to your greatest shame that we have had to intervene because of this, but for the fact that there were multitudes of humans who wanted to do things to help the healing, but they were prevented by some humans with positions of powers and influence to do so.
In this light, we take up the position of "GODs" in judgement of those who actively resisted the healing changes necessary, despite the many who wanted this to happen.
No, we are not your 'creators'. Yes we are able to act as GODs on behalf of creation."
Given our current shared position is number 3, in relation the the OP subject and your particular position of belief;
Q: Which of these scenarios do you favor the most and why?