Alien-Ufology Social Cults

The sociopathological belief of possibilities in the hidden and non-confirmed is easily comparible to that of a cult yet on a wider scale.

Discussion concerning the cultology of UFO and Alien beliefs are welcome.

Nathan, please start the discussion by qualifying your statement. Why do you say that?

There is no need to qualify my statement, it does reflect the influential social conditioning of ufology. How is it that the idea or concept of the conceptology of the existence of aliens from another planet influence the psyche?

Cults have a guru. Who is the alien/ufo guru?

Any source of a claim pertinent to.

Coming up with explaination for the unexplained is exactly why we are at the top of the food chain. Its not only science but part of our human nature. You scare a deer in the woods, it runs and doesnt look back. Something floats from the sky that you dont know what it is, we get curious and want to know and investigate. Can you imagine how we must have acted about fire before we learned to control it?

As to the existence of different species of creatures on other planets, if there arent any, to quote the movie Contact: "It would be an awful waste of space." To believe that we are the only things out there is so early Rome, where they believed that the constellations held answers to why our world turned, and we were the center of the universe. I think to say "absolutely not" is the answer of ignorant selfishness and fear.

As to cults revolving around a strong belief of their existence on our planet now, or that they are to some soon, all cults start from simple common beliefs so it wouldnt be impossible. To go after all sci-fi buffs that are way into it and have friends with the same strong ideas, I think it would be stupid to call them a cult just because you "watch football" or whatever pointeless waste of braincell "hobby" you have that is popular in our country. Hell, we could go on about the cults in each state that are absolutely loyal to their home team. You know how opposing teams fans act when the subject comes up.

I like to compare your statement with a conversation I recently had with someone over gas prices and hybrid cars. I said that all it would take is our goverment stepping up to the plate and setting the goal as to when we will no longer be dependent on oil. Come on now, Brazil did it. But Brazil doesnt have all the car and oil companies through their country holding up their economy. Understanding that there has to be a slower transition in our country, I still believe our government needs to work harder then what they have so far. But if it were completely up to the car companies, they would only do what they have to stay competitive, hybrid cars would be more expensive, and fewer would be made, but when the ceos of these companies are ex-ceos of the oil companies, you cant expect that to happen.

This was more drug out then this with the other guys thoughts. But when I mentioned the last sentence, a true statement, he did that "Ookayy..." look and asked me if I was a government conspiracy person. I was ticked and said that I just couldnt live a life of ignorance. I said that I believed that the government only kept things from us that would only get people freaking out, or give our enemies a heads up before we're ready like the conspiracy surrounding the building and testing of the nuclear bomb that turned out true and we dropped a bomb, shocking not only the country we hit, but the ignorant "unbelievers" of ours. Some of the reasons we come up with are simply stupid and that put conspiracy theorists in a class of their own. Those who can seek to understand the truths are what we call scienctists. Then their is a class for the rest of use who believe it when they see it and count on the scientists to provide us with the truthd.

To not investigate the sound out your window at night because of fear, selfishness or ignorance, you may be missing a glorious sight not to mention mind opening knowledge.

I like hyper-intelectics.

Personally, I think Scientology is a perfect example of this topic...

There is nothing wrong with believing in aliens.
There is nothing wrong with believing that we may have had alien ancestors, etc. etc.
Everyone is free to think and believe whatever they want to...

However, There is everything wrong with allowing someone else to manipulate your mind (and charge you money while they are at it) to convince you that there are alien souls inside human beings and that you need to follow the dogma set up by a science-fiction writer in order to be "saved" or "enlightened" or else, you are doomed.

Anyone who uses fear and mind-control to coerce someone to follow them is wrong.
That is a cult, and cults are hurtful. Period.

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Enlightenment seems like a dogma.

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