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Scotland: Aliens' Official Favorite Destination

scubacuda writes: "This Reuters article says that Scotland has the highest concentration of UFO sightings--300 per year, the most per square kilometer and per head of population of anywhere in the world. That means 0.004 UFOs for every square kilometer of Scotland -- a rate four times as high as in France or Italy, earth's other UFO hotspots. (In comparison, only 2,000 UFOs are spotted every year in the United States represent, making just 0.0002 sightings per square kilometer. Bonnybridge--30 miles west of Edinburgh--seems to be the Scotland equivalent of Roswell, New Mexico). UFO nuts explain it in terms of aliens being attracted to remote areas. But can anyone say *autosuggestion*?"

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  1. Re:If you want to flame, do it accurately. by GMontag451 · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Here's the way the Bible presents the situation - which is NOT how you've presented it. First, the creator did NOT choose one single person. He chose HIMSELF. The Bible plainly states that God became man, and gave up his own human life on earth, to make a simple and easy way for man to be restored to a relationship with Himself. "God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him." (John 3:17). Read the surrounding few verses for some more context.

    Actually, God chose several people to be his ambassadors, 5 to be precise. I am referring to the authors of the works of the New Testament, namely Matthew, Mark, Luke, John (or rather the people who wrote down what they said approx 30 years later), and Paul. Because the ambassador is the person who actually tells everyone else what you said. This was NOT Jesus. Jesus didn't write a single word of the Bible. Kind of strange when you think about it, hmmm?

    Furthermore, the Bible teaches that God created man expressly so that He could have a relationship with us - not to rule us, but to have us become His friends. See Genesis 1:26 and John 15:13. In the working of His creation, we are free to turn away from God, as you plainly have done. That is your choice - God loved you enough to be willing to let you walk away from Him. But the consequence of your choice is eternal separation from Him. He didn't condemn anyone to eternal pain - each person who walks away from Him chooses his own suffering. If your preference is to live without God, he grants you that wish, despite His strong interest in a loving relationship with you.

    Being free to turn away from God is impossible according to the Bible. The Bible says that God is omniscient, which therefore negates any possibility of free will for humans, and for that matter, for God as well. Another interesting thought, eh?

    The simple fact is that the Bible is rife with contradictions, absurdities, and horrific morals. On top of that, several major portions are copied wholesale from other religions. In short, its not very good as a history book, it definately isn't good as a science book, and it certainly isn't good as a book of morals. Its useless trash.