God Was Too Unbelievable, So We Gave Him a Spaceship

Somewhere along the way, America decided Genesis was too unbelievable—but extraterrestrials flying across the galaxy to genetically modify primitive hominids sounded perfectly reasonable. From Mark Passio’s theories to Ancient Aliens and today’s UAP obsession, an alternative creation story has quietly seeped into popular culture. We didn’t stop asking who created us; we just traded heaven for outer space, angels for aliens, and creation for a genetics lab in a spaceship. God was apparently too unbelievable—so we gave Him a spaceship.

The Occult Didn’t Die—It Got a Lab Coat

There’s a comforting lie modern people like to tell themselves: we outgrew the occult. We traded candles and chants for peer review and lab reports. We’re rational now. Enlightened. Too sophisticated for ancient nonsense. Michael S. Heiser spent a good portion of his career politely—and then not so politely—blowing that idea to pieces. Heiser, who …

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