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Count me as agnostic

Not a problem, we do. You earned that with the first sentence about space travelers. You don't really believe that do you? Your just jerking the ol chain, right?

I'm no theologian by all means, but the Bible studies I've been to, support the living God and his son Jesus. The Holy Spirit is with us now even as I type.

The Bible has layers and layers of messages from God. It is intriguing as they are unlocked during study.

Besides, why would space travelers go through all the trouble to make up a "story book" for us humanoids? Why would they seed the planet, then come back to jack with us.

Would you not think an advanced race would dispense with such sophomoric games and get on with business. The way you make it sound is that aliens from outer space are playing a kind of human chess game.

Count me as a Christian I guess!

"Count me as a Christian I guess!"

You don't know?

Jam 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Jam 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

You can know.

1Jo 5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record(the Bible) that God gave of his Son.

1Jo 5:11 And this(the Bible)is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

1Jo 5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

1Jo 5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may KNOW that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

Sincerely

"Besides, why would space travelers go through all the trouble to make up a "story book" for us humanoids?"

They didn't. We did. Its natural for people to seek explanations for things. When they can't, they make one up. Have you heard of the cargo cults? Google it. Really facsinating.

"Why would they seed the planet, then come back to jack with us."

I guess there I'm operating off the presumption that no matter how "advanced" people get, there still will be competing ideologies and types of people.

"Would you not think an advanced race would dispense with such sophomoric games and get on with business. The way you make it sound is that aliens from outer space are playing a kind of human chess game."

I would "hope" an advanced race would, but I am, after all, a Pessimist. Besides, there is always a considerable distance between the "highest" and "lowest" of a given society or species. Look at mother Theresa vs. the thugs of N.O.

And of course what appears to be "jerking around" to us might actually have had some purpose, etc.. we can't understand.

Anyway, bottom line: I have no proof one way or the other regarding our history. And while I respect your faith, you have to admit at some level that you really have no proof either.

Honestly, take a minute to check out cargo cults. It really is a fascinating little story from the post WW2 era w/ a lot of implications.