Theoddity

From time to time I run into someone who asks me how I reconcile alien abduction with God, the Bible and everything. I usually point them to the HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy and go on my merry way. *snicker-snicker* But really, is there a Biblical explanation for alien abductions? Dare I try to find something at least similar to alien abduction in the Good Book? Double-dog dare me!? Fine, the gauntlet’s been thrown, here I go.

To find something similar to alien abductions in the Bible let’s first focus on what the alien abduction is, or claims it is. Let’s define it loosely as a human being physically taken, willingly or unwillingly, by beings unknown to ourselves for purposes beyond our knowing. Easy. 

But what goes on when someone is taken? The most common characteristic of the alien abduction is the medical/sexual exam. This often includes and focuses on reproductive organs and can include sex. eewww.

So, can I find somewhere in the Bible that describes something similar to this? Unfortunately, yes. Some of you know where I’m headed, that’s right, Genesis 6:1 - 4, that tiny little passage that makes us scratch our head like the end of a LOST episode. Here’s the script that really intrigues us, verse 4:

⁴ There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

So many questions spring to mind—but the first one we need to tackle is this: Who are the ’sons of God?’ If we check out some more script we find this term used in Job:

^1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

 ^2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

^38:7 When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

I’d argue that it’s clear from these verses that the ’sons of God’ are angels. What are angels doing having sex and making babies? Now, it goes without saying, that the sons of God we’re talking about in Genesis 6 are fallen angels. But I’ll leave that for next week when I delve deeper into the issue in Jude and the mind-blowing book of Enoch. Stay tuned!