AG -- A Candid and Personal Interview with Brent Raynes, by Joan Raynes

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2006

AN INTERVIEW WITH BRENT RAYNES

A Candid and Personal Interview with Brent Raynes, Editor of Alternate Perceptions Magazine
by Joan Raynes

Joan: You’ve been studying UFOs now for nearly four decades of your life. What do you personally believe is going on?

Brent: What you believe hinges on belief. In my idealistic youth I wanted, of course, absolute, simple, and straight-forward certainty. Really, who doesn’t? But in ufology too many folks have settled upon what they believe is solid and absolute proof with the answers to the UFO enigma, when to a large extent all that they’ve really done is settled for a psychological representation for concrete and absolute truth and proof. The so-called hard-core skeptics, those who vehemently deny any genuine and anomalous reality underlying the UFO picture, are at the opposite and equally fallible end of the belief spectrum. Both will likely fail to perceive the proverbial truth because of the psychological filters of belief that they pass all of their information through.

The UFO mystery is a lot more complicated than most realize or want to believe.

Joan: Well, how should one go about investigating UFOs?

AG -- A SPACE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING THE BIBLE REVISITED By Roland Smyth Conclusion

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2006

A SPACE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING

THE BIBLE REVISITED
By Roland Smyth
Conclusion

NOTES SECTION

ELOHIM
This word can drive you crazy if you get really involved in figuring out its etymological background. Simply speaking though, in ancient Hebrew it always meant "gods," and only "gods." But sometime around the fifth century BC it began to take on a double meaning, even to Jews. From that point on it was sometimes treated as a singular noun as well as a plural noun.

No doubt the final compilers and editors had something to do with all that, for they had been heavily influenced by Zorastrianism, a Persian religion which, though we don't hear too much about it these days, was basically monotheistic in its outlook.

In any case, when used in reference to the "God" of Israel, ELOHIM continued, in many cases, to be accompanied by plural pronouns, verbs and adjectives... in the Hebrew texts, that is. English translators have converted most of those pluralities, although they did miss a few, such as in Genesis 1:26, 3:22, 11:7, and Isaiah 41:21-26.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006

A SPACE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING

THE OLD TESTAMENT REVISITED
By Roland Smyth
Continued - 5

So... the Old Testament says Jehovah was an angel, but is that anything to worry about? Aren't angels always the "good guys?"

No, they aren't, and consequently, yes, there might indeed be something to worry about. For as anyone familiar with the Bible is sure to know, there is a sizable band of "fallen" angels on the loose who have as their leader a most disagreeable autocrat named Lucifer. (alias the Devil, the Adversary, etc.)

AG -- A SPACE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING THE OLD TESTAMENT REVISITED By Roland Smyth Continued - 4

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2006

 

A SPACE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING

THE OLD TESTAMENT REVISITED

By Roland Smyth

Continued - 4

Angels. Not one of them shows up in the Bible with wings growing out of his back. It was their assumed close cousins, the cherubs and seraphs, who had the wings; but in what I'll call "real-life" terms cherubs and seraphs rarely, if ever, made any public appearances. The prophets only saw them in bizarre and unearthly visions.

Besides wings, they had additional features which easily placed them several breeds apart from angels. Usually, they were depicted in ancient art and literature as having animal bodies with human heads, like sphinxes. The cherubs, that is. As for the seraphs, the verse arrangement was the order of the day. They were commonly portrayed as having human bodies with animal heads, and sometimes with more than one! Some seraphs, though, were closely associated with--would you believe--flying serpents! (Dragons?) And on top of all that the Bible says they had six wings, not a measly two. Cherubs, on the other hand, were apparently limited to only two.

AG -- A SPACE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING THE OLD TESTAMENT REVISITED By Roland Smyth Continued - 3

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2006

A SPACE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING

THE OLD TESTAMENT REVISITED
By Roland Smyth
Continued - 3

Although conventional wisdom is adamantly convinced that Jehovah was an ethereal sort of god whom nobody had ever seen face to face, the fact is that he was, at times, highly visible to more than just a few observers. The reason he is thought to have been ethereal--or, more to the point, invisible--is because Jesus taught that the Father was invisible. The Father, not "the LORD."

Anyway, there are a number of very explicit, down-to-earth appearances of Jehovah recorded in the Old Testament, but the best example of all occurs in Chapter 18 of Genesis.

In this scene Abraham was sitting at the entrance of his tent one fine day (around 1900 BC), when three men approached on foot. Something about them must have clearly indicated their high-ranking position, for Abraham immediately ran out to greet them with the utmost measure of respect.

AG --THE OLD TESTAMENT REVISITED By Roland Smyth Continued - 2

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2006

A SPACE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING

THE OLD TESTAMENT REVISITED

By Roland Smyth

Continued - 2

Imagine, if you will, the following scene out of Greek mythology: High on the summit of Mount Olympus, Zeus has gathered around him a somber assembly of some of his subordinate gods. Because of their recurrently notorious affairs in the world of mankind, Zeus has grown angry and is lecturing them into cleaning up their act a little--or else!

Similar scenes as this appear in many of the mythologies around the globe. Some Chief god or other is inevitably portrayed as delivering a no-nonsense pep talk to the lesser gods before they manage, in their reckless enthusiasm, to ruin what has been accomplished on Earth.

Governmental UFO Study Groups Index

Governmental Study Groups Index

By Billy Booth

UFOs/Aliens Expert

 

 

See how the US government has been involved in the study of UFOs, with histories of the main study groups.

Governmental Study Groups

·         Project Twinkle

·         Project Sign

·         Project Grudge

·         The Robertson Panel

·         Project Blue Book

·         Taking UFO Research to the Next Level

·         Great Britain Releases UFO Files