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Ancient Alien Alternative History<\/h2>\n <\/a> Eric von D\u00e4niken, \u201cChariots of the Gods?<\/a>\u201d Ancient Alien Alternative History<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Jaimie Gunderson interprets Ancient Astronaut theory differently than I do. I highly recommend you read her thoughtful article appearing in Theology and Science<\/a>, \u201cUFOs in Christian History: The Pleasure of Alternative Histories.\u201d Now, let\u2019s parse Gunderson\u2019s take on the crucifixion of Jesus along with its ancient alien alternative history.<\/p>\n Ancient Alien Alternative History<\/h3>\n I wrote the first edition of UFOs\u2014God\u2019s Chariots<\/em>?<\/a> in 1976 largely to critique and dismantle Eric von D\u00e4niken\u2019s Chariots of the Gods?<\/a> <\/em>Von D\u00e4niken sold 70 million books. And now his Ancient Alien television series<\/a> has been running nearly two decades. With a glass of wine in hand, my wife Karen and I watch Ancient Aliens with considerable regularity.<\/p>\n Beyond and Intimate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n*** ** The problem with this ancient alien alternative history \u2014 I thought in 1976 and even now \u2014 is not merely that it purveys pseudo-archaeology. Rather, it is cheap propaganda. The distinctively theological<\/em> problem is that this alternative history is attempting to replace the spiritual dimension of reality with a flat materialism. Extraterrestrial materialism, to be sure. But boring materialism just the same. By offering technological explanations for archaic religious symbols, the ancient alien alternative history de-spiritualizes all archaic religions, Christianity included.<\/p>\n ** In my take, I fold in two nuances. First, I fold in the religious sensibility of the beyond. Actually, it is the tension between the beyond and the intimate.\u00a0 What is beyond perception and beyond conception stirs the inner soul. The near infinity of outer space triggers within the human soul a sense of awe, wonder, divinity. What the ancient alien alternative history is capitalizing on is this powerful spiritual sensibility while reducing it to scientific and technological advance. Our spiritual sensibilities are invited to dine on the mysteries of unfathomable outer space and then served only a plate of rusty nails.<\/p>\n ** ***My second nuance is to note the implicit reverence the ancient alien alternative history gives to science and scientists. It is scientific genius that is responsible for the amazing achievements of our ancestors here on Earth, we are told. Terrestrials were too stupid to build pyramids. It took extraterrestrial science to make it happen.<\/p>\n Ancient Alien Alternative History<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n At a more sublte level, a scientific soteriology lurks beneath ancient alien alternative history. We find this soteriology lurking also in astrobiology and ufology. Accordingly, science is salvific. If terrestrial scientists cannot save humanity from extinction from thermo-nuclear war or from ecological self-destruction, then perhaps those extraterrestrial scientists can. I\u2019ve dubbed this the ETI Myth<\/em><\/a>. According to this myth<\/a>, science is our savior<\/a>. Salvation comes from earthly science. Or, if that fails, then from heavenly science.<\/p>\n What I find fascinating about Jaime Gunderson is that she offers an alternative to my explanation that is new to me. She hypothesizes that the 5 decade history of von D\u00e4niken\u2019s de-spiritualizing of religion can be explained this way: the ancient astronaut alternative history gives humans epistemological pleasure. Didja get that? Epistemological pleasure? What is that all about?<\/p>\n Cross-Svetitskhoveli-Cathedral-in-Mtskheta-Georgia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWere Alien Spacecraft Present at Jesus\u2019 Crucifixion?<\/h3>\n**** Jaimie Gunderson<\/a>, a religious studies professor at George Mason University, opens her sophisticated article with an analysis of an eleventh century fresco of the cruci\ufb01xion of Jesus from the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in Mtskheta, Georgia. Do you see the two flying saucers hovering? Were aliens observing this historic event?<\/p>\n Within the orbit of ancient alien alternative history, Sean Martin<\/a> suggests that aliens in spacecraft are watching this momentous event. \u201cIn the top left and right corners are what appear to be flying crafts or some form of advanced technology which humans clearly would not have had 2000 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n At this point I\u2019d like to shout the word, \u201cStupnagel!\u201d But, I will refrain. Pretend you did not read it. Instead, let\u2019s say soberly: what this alternative history calls \u201cflying crafts\u201d are the sun and the moon<\/a> in the stylized form common to iconography during this era. The era of this icon is a thousand years after the crucifixiion of Jesus. In short, this icon provides no evidence that space aliens were watching Jesus die.<\/p>\n One need not be percipient to see how this ancient alien alternative history is a kind of pseudo-history. Such pseudo-history prompts apoplexy in scholars, art historians, and theologians.<\/p>\n Ancient Alien Alternative History gives us Epistemological Pleasure<\/h3>\n Could there be any value at all to the ancient alien hypothesis? No. None. The level of stupidity here rivals that of Chicken Little who cried out, \u201cthe sky is falling<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Professor Jaimie Gunderson on Ancient Alien Alternative History<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n***** ** What, then, could explain the popularity of the Ancient Alien television series along with social media platforms and book sales? Epistemological \u201cpleasure\u201d is the answer offered by Jaime Gunderson.<\/p>\n ** Pleasure is anchored in the narrative\u2019s potential\u2014an orientation that something is coming together or that something is in motion\u2026.It doesn\u2019t matter if the narrative is historically \u201cauthentic\u201d or \u201cinauthentic\u201d (\u201cright\u201d or \u201cwrong\u201d); rather, it\u2019s that the alternative epistemology o\ufb00ers a click that other epistemologies do not\u00a0(Gunderson 2024, 73).<\/p>\n ** In short, it\u2019s the feeling you and I get when hearing the \u201ccould it be aliens?\u201d question that gives epistemological pleasure. Just as a great idea seems like a bright light bulb glowing in one\u2019s brain, so also the ancient alien alternative history gives us the feeling that a new truth might be dawning.<\/p>\n ** *****The way knowledge feels is important. If we move beyond the normative binary of vociferous denial or enthusiastic embrace, we can ask more interesting and complex questions of UFO narratives and the knowledge-making processes that sustain them\u00a0(Gunderson 2024, 76).<\/p>\n Conclusion<\/h2>\n I recommend that you go to Theology and Science<\/a> <\/em>to read Jaimie Gunderson\u2019s thought-provoking article. See if it gives you epistemological pleasure.<\/p>\n Patheos SR 1185 UFO 15 Ancient Alien Alternative History<\/span><\/h4>\n UFO Whistleblowers<\/a><\/p>\n Pentagon, show us the aliens!<\/a><\/p>\n UFOs on Capitol Hill<\/a><\/p>\n UFOs and Atomic Weaponry<\/a><\/p>\n Are UFOs demonic?<\/a><\/p>\n UFOs and Aliens at the Vatican<\/a><\/p>\n No! No! UFO<\/a><\/p>\n Are UFOs our Celestial Saviors?<\/a><\/p>\n UAP Transparency Act<\/a><\/p>\n Ancient Alien Alternative History<\/a><\/p>\n \u2593<\/p>\n <\/a> UFOs\u2013God\u2019s Chariots? For the book, click here.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Ted Peters directs traffic at the intersection of science, religion, and ethics. Peters is an emeritus professor at the Graduate Theological Union<\/a>, where he co-edits the journal, Theology and Science<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>with Robert John Russell on behalf of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences<\/a>, in Berkeley, California, USA. Along with Martinez Hewlett, Joshua Moritz, and Robert John Russell, he co-edited, Astrotheology<\/em><\/a>: Science and Theology Meet Extraterrestrial Intelligence <\/em>(2018). Along with Octavio Chon Torres, Joseph Seckbach, and Russell Gordon, he co-edited, Astrobiology: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy<\/em><\/a> (Scrivener 2021). Along with Arvin Gouw and Brian Patrick Green, he co-edited Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics<\/em><\/a> (Lexington 2022).<\/p>\n Ted is former Louisiana State Director of MUFON investigations. He is also author of UFOs: God\u2019s Chariots?<\/em><\/a> Spirituality, Ancient Aliens, and Religious Yearnings in the Age of Extraterrestrials <\/em>(Career Press New Page Books, 2014). See his website: TedsTimelyTake.com.<\/p>\n \u2593<\/p>\n References<\/h4>\n D\u00e4niken, Eric von. 1972. Chariots of the Gods?<\/em><\/a> 1st. New York: Bantam.<\/p>\n Gunderson, Jaimie. 2024. \u201cUFOs in Christian History: The Pleasures of Alternative Histories.\u201d Theology and Science<\/a><\/em> 22:1 66-79; https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14746700.2023.2292927.<\/p>\n Peters, Ted. 2014. UFOs\u2013God\u2019s Chariots?<\/a> Spiritualiy, Ancient Aliens, and Religious Yearnings in the Age of Extraterrestrials.<\/em> 2nd. 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