Abduction Digest, Number 28 Thursday, October 10th 1991 Today's Topics: Re: abductions Re: Abductions Abductions abductions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim.Delton@f100.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Delton) Subject: Re: abductions Date: 6 Oct 91 05:18:00 GMT I'd agree that man is always searching for someone/thing to explain the unexplained to him and that search has included religion and may account for some UFO thinking. Having read most of the UFO classics myself I think your assesement of most people who report UFO's as being inebriated or seeking attention simply is not supported by the literature. Note that "most" implies something in excess of 50%. And as to why a UFOnaut might be more meaningful then God - the answer seems obvious to me. God is all talk and no action and many people are ready for some action and are hoping the ETs will supply it. -- Jim Delton - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Jim.Delton@f100.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jim.Delton@f100.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG (Jim Delton) Subject: Re: Abductions Date: 6 Oct 91 05:24:00 GMT RE: Formulating a theory on religosity of the witnesses. For starters, someone would have to have been collecting data on the religious background and beliefs and habits of the witnesses. The already lengthy investigation form would have to have questions of: What is your religion, when did you last go to church, do you hold stronger relgious views now or were they stronger 10 years ago, do you know the name of your pastor, have you ever changed religions, how often, why, and on and on. It is entirely possible that one might find a correlation between relgious belief (or lack thereof) and observation of a UFO. One of the problems of UFOlogy is that it trys to investigate EVERY aspect and winds up without proper data to draw conclusions on ANY aspect. -- Jim Delton - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Jim.Delton@f100.n1010.z9.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Hicks) Subject: Abductions Date: 7 Oct 91 01:00:00 GMT > I assert that we must be > looking at scientific ways to measure and instrument the phenomenon. > Unfortunately, stories and photographs don't really give much > information. That's for sure. Since we can't scientifically examine the "woo-woo" factor, we should concentrate on what we can examine; what physical traces or effects that are found. It may be the tail of the tiger, but at least it's a piece. The stories etc. can be filed away for the time when maybe we can examine that stuff on a scientific rather than a belief-based basis. jbh -- John Hicks - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (John Hicks) Subject: abductions Date: 7 Oct 91 01:02:01 GMT > I am constantly forced to defend my stance that > UFOs are alien spaceships, when I haven't even come close to TAKING that > stance. Yeah, I know what you mean. When so many ufologists and hangers-on assume UFOs are alien spaceships, it seems only natural that skeptics argue against alien spaceships. jbh -- John Hicks - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: John.Hicks@f29.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG ****************A**B**D**U**C**T**I**O**N****D**I**G**E**S**T******************* Submissions UUCP {ncar,isis,csn}!scicom!abduct Submissions DOMAIN abduct@scicom.alphacdc.com Admin Address abduct-request@shemtaia.weeg.uiowa.edu ****************A**B**D**U**C**T**I**O**N****D**I**G**E**S**T*******************