THE EMPIRE CAN WAIT: CHAPTER 9, PART 2
Ripley fell back, grabbed a strut support while her other handflailed at and contacted an emergency release. That blew the rear hatch. Instantly, all the air in the shuttle andanything not secured by bolt or strap was sucked out into space. (Alan Dean Foster, Alien: The Official Novelization, 20th CenturyContinue Reading
Would Christianity Survive First Contact?
For centuries, Christians have believed that humanity occupies a special place in God’s creation. The opening chapters of Genesis describe human beings as made “in the image of God” (Genesis 1:27), entrusted with stewardship over the Earth and its creatures. But what would happen to that belief if, tomorrow, humanityContinue Reading
THE EMPIRE CAN WAIT: CHAPTER 9, PART 1
Never and never, my girl riding far and nearIn the land of the hearthstone tales, and spelled asleep,Fear or believe that the wolf in a sheep white hoodLoping and bleating roughly and blithely leap,My dear, my dear,Out of a lair in the flocked leaves in the dew dipped yearTo eatContinue Reading
Do Pets Go to Heaven?
Introduction The Christian Spectrum of Belief or Do pets go to heaven? On February 2nd of this year, my cat Chettoh, died after almost seventeen years by my side. For over a decade and a half, he wasn’t just part of my daily routine—he was quietly woven into the emotionalContinue Reading
THE EMPIRE CAN WAIT: CHAPTER 8, PART 4
They move away in peace with themselves.To new worlds.Because there are so many in a Universe.And there are so many universes to explore. (Carlos Trillo, Robin of the Stars) Gliese 614 IV, coordinates 285.747/+79.016/20052.661July 25th, 666 GE On the holo-screen, the man’s face was grave—as one might expect from someoneContinue Reading
THE EMPIRE CAN WAIT: CHAPTER 8, PART 3
You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word. (Robert De Niro – Al Capone, The Untouchables, 1987) Although Shirl was a product of the werewolves’ twisted science, when Twiglet spotted her beyond the thick plastiglass window separating the mainContinue Reading
Alien Abductions: False Memories, Physical Evidence, or a Hybridization Agenda?
Few topics in ufology provoke stronger reactions than alien abductions.For some researchers, abduction accounts are the product of false memories, sleep paralysis, or hypnotic confabulation.For others, they represent direct physical interaction with a non-human intelligence, complete with missing time, bodily marks, implants, and even reports of stolen pregnancies. If theContinue Reading
THE EMPIRE CAN WAIT: CHAPTER 8, PART 2
The object was white plaster. It looked like the cast of a disk-shaped, deep-graven stone. A part of the curved rim of the original must have been worn flat; it must have been cracked, he saw, and a little segment lost. That sweet fetor clung to it in an evilContinue Reading
