1999 2015-08-25 10.17192/mjr.1999.4.3762 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0004-1999-127-37629 keine Angabe The Earth is a Dangerous Place - The World View of the Aetherius Society Current UFO accounts display many of the themes that have been central in most, if not all, of the world's religions (Saliba 1995). The widespread belief in flying saucers and the religious connotations ascribed to their presence have contributed to the emergence of several religious organizations based on the existence and activities of extraterrestrial intelligences who are believed to communicate with select human beings. Moreover, many UFO experiences have been frightening and foreboding. Reports of abductions (cf. Jacobs 1993; Mack 1994) are noted also for stressing the dangers that aliens present to a scientifically inferior human race and for the imminent apocalyptic scenario they so often graphically depict (Whitmore 1993). The drastic demise of the members of Heaven's Gate has lent support to the popular view that UFO religions are dangerous apocalyptic cults and may lead their members to commit suicide or other forms of violence.

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2015-08-25 application/pdf Current UFO accounts display many of the themes that have been central in most, if not all, of the world's religions (Saliba 1995). The widespread belief in flying saucers and the religious connotations ascribed to their presence have contributed to the emergence of several religious organizations based on the existence and activities of extraterrestrial intelligences who are believed to communicate with select human beings. Moreover, many UFO experiences have been frightening and foreboding. Reports of abductions (cf. Jacobs 1993; Mack 1994) are noted also for stressing the dangers that aliens present to a scientifically inferior human race and for the imminent apocalyptic scenario they so often graphically depict (Whitmore 1993). The drastic demise of the members of Heaven's Gate has lent support to the popular view that UFO religions are dangerous apocalyptic cults and may lead their members to commit suicide or other forms of violence. English 2015-08-25 The Earth is a Dangerous Place - The World View of the Aetherius Society John A. Saliba Saliba, John A. Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Publikationsserver der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.1999.4.3762 2015-08-25 article https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/1999/127/3762/3762.png urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0004-1999-127-37629 https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.1999.4.2 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0004-1999-1271 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/cover.png Institute for Comparative Cultural Research - Study of Religions and Anthropology Religion Philosophy and theory of religion 1996 1418722-x Periodical urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-00048 Marburg Journal of Religion 1612-2941 Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften und Philosophie Deutschhausstraße 9, 35037 Marburg Marburg Philipps-Universität Marburg 1999-08-24 4 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0004/1999/127/cover.png 1999 2 Vol 4 No 2 (1999) PeriodicalPart 1999

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