Well before I seem like I’m being too hard on these groups, it’s worth saying that they are at the mercy of the world they were born into – the one created by the church’s cover up of Genesis 6 and the fallen angels. All throughout Jewish history and for the first 2-300 years of Christian history, the orthodox biblical view was that angels could and did abduct humans, they produced superhuman hybrids with supernatural powers, and Enoch and other ancient texts specify that they even gave us technology. But for 1500 years, the church has been teaching a false doctrine about this reality… the Sons of Seth theory.

Today, most of these UFO "cult leaders" as we call them, are contactees or abductees. They have no biblical paradigm to work with for what’s going on, so they believe whatever these beings tell them. 500 years ago, little people with big black eyes that spirited people away to caves, poked them with magic wands and had lewd sex were called elves and fairies. 1000s of years ago they were mermaids and sea gods. Well, now we’re a technological society, so they’re telling us they’re extra-terrestrials flying here in their spaceships.

The people who have contact these beings however, almost universally become New Age acolytes, and they’ll eventually either join a "ufo cult" or they’ll start one. Like I said, the church does a pretty poor job at relating to these people though, because they don’t know the truth behind Genesis 6, so they can’t really give these millions of experiencers an answer to what’s happening to them. They tend to just write them off as crazy. One of the things I’m kind of infamous for saying is that if you walked into a church and told a pastor you were abducted by aliens and you wanted help, 95% of them would probably refer you to a psychiatrist before they would refer you to Jesus Christ or the Bible for your healing.

But then they meet some New Ager or a "cult leader" … THEY tell them "Hey we’ve got a group of people just like you… why don’t you come to our meeting… why don’t you tell us your story… if you’re really good at it, we’ll put you on the speaker circuit and you can write a book." I’m obviously being sarcastic, but that’s the way it goes. These are people with real experiences and really tough questions, who the church pretty much writes off, but they go to these other groups and they find acceptance, they find community, and they even find a purpose, or a mission in becoming "ambassadors" for the aliens.

You can read online the primary doctrines of the The Raelian Religion, The Nibiruan Council, The Urantia Foundation, Heaven’s Gate, and they all say close to the same thing, they just usually disagree about where "their aliens" actually come from. But most say that the aliens really created humans, they’ve been advancing our technology over the centuries, they sent us "leaders" like Moses, Buddha, and Jesus, AND whoever the top dog in their group happens to be! This person is usually also the aliens "final prophet." They say that the aliens are here to help us. Most will use the Bible to support their claims. They just re-interpret it as one big UFO story where God is really just an advanced alien from another planet. The Mormons even say this, and they call themselves Christians. Most UFO cults identify themselves with Christianity in some way also, they’re just very hostile to the doctrines of the Bible, and especially to Christians who haven’t come into "their knowledge."

While I've clearly said this situation is largely the church’s fault - however, individuals also make choices to reject God for other reasons too. When you ask "what’s behind the UFO cults" the quick answer is found in 1 Timothy Chapter 4, which says that in the latter days, people will abandon the Christian faith "...giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils."

People today are in UFO cults because they are following the doctrines of these fallen angels we’re talking about. They’re believing the same things our ancestors were judged for when the earth was destroyed by flood. The bottom line is, they’re worshipping false gods. I don’t think they’re generally crazy though, they’re just in contact with entities the Bible warns about - for those who will read it anyway.

For more information - Colleen Johnston is a "survivor" from 8 years in a UFO Cult, and is currently working on a book about her experiences. Read her related article HERE.

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