More Sumerian alien gods...

Having dove head first into the world of religion my mind has been teeming with ideas, thoughts, questions, and realizations. Not only do I find myself pondering my own spirituality, but what is real and not real, what is truth and what is myth, what to believe and not believe. It's an unending enigma to me and one that only gets more and more confusing as I read the wealth of material on the subject. The waters get even muddier when I read books blurring the subject of religion with that of UFOs.

Currently I find myself in the middle of such a book called The Gods of Eden by William Bramley. This is another one of those books focusing on ancient astronaut theory (aat) and like Zecharia Sitchin (from whom he drew some inspiration), Mr. Bramley starts with the gods of ancient Sumeria. In the beginning it tells virtually the same interpretation you find in Zecharia's The 12th Planet, of the Sumerian gods coming from space, creating mankind as slaves, and somewhere along the line seemingly leaving mankind alone (or appearing to at least).

From there it delves into a theory that most all of the Earth's religions stem from teachings of the "gods" designed to keep us from learning true spirituality which would somehow enable us to escape their grip. Unfortunately from my own studies of religion I can't agree with him, however he does make for a pretty convincing case. On top of that the book goes into some great detail on religious history or at least a good overview of it.

Sticking with the alien and religion theme I'm going to take this post into a different direction and respond to a question asked over at About.com's UFO section, on whether E.T.s would have a God. I think the answer is an inevitable yes because we must assume that these E.T.s are intelligent in order to even have beliefs. So assuming they are intelligent, they most likely would have a belief in a God, gods, or some other form of religious expression. Who knows they may even be related to our religions assuming that God or perhaps some of the gods of old are indeed real. I make these assumptions because religion is partly a way we try to explain things we don't understand. We also don't fully know whether our religions are real which pretty much means we'll find out one way or the other when we die...kind of sucks don't it?

Sticking with that death thought, one of the assumptions brought up in The Gods of Eden, is that reincarnation is real and that there is a somehow a way to remember your past lives when you reach a certain spiritual state. I'm almost inclined to agree with that actually. Reincarnation is after all, a primary part of most eastern religions. Believe it or not, evidence for reincarnation is even found in the Bible, very minutely, but it is there...Google it and you'll see for yourself. And now off to watch True Blood season 2.