God, Aliens, and Other Stuff

I am Capt. Appleby's daughter. In December, 2011, I received a stunning email from a stranger addressing the issue of  UAL 610 crash on Crystal Mountain, Colorado in June, 1951.  To better understand this email, you could read the brief compilation of my research of the disaster, uploaded in 2005 at  www.coloradowreckchasing.com . Click on Civilian flights, then Crystal Mountain, DC-6B, then look for “Capt. Appleby’s daughter…”  The mystery still hanging over the crash is, was Flight 610 hijacked by an intruder into the cockpit and deliberately flown into Crystal Mountain in the Colorado Rockies? This question is close to my heart since my father was the captain of UAL 610, which killed all aboard, including two military couriers, both carrying important documents pertaining to the war and to atomic secret files. Several important documents (27 out of 40) disappeared from the crash site.   My late aunt and uncle, Mary and Hervey Froelich, told me in June, 1999 that W. A. Patterson,

  Aaaand, the black blob is down for the count! 1, 2, 3.... The little black blob appeared in the home of Ron and Linette shortly after a woman she knew dropped by the house for a visit. That woman had been playing with a Ouija Board in her former location. As an evangelical Christian, Linette believed that playing with the Ouija could open portals in the spirit world, so everyone who knew her knew that she wouldn't approve, including this lady, but she listened non-judgmentally to the friend's description of the evening.  Nevertheless, when the woman left, she left behind a 'hitchhiker,' a deposit of something spiritual, but not Christian. Linette told me that she had a habit of getting up at night to get a drink or take a pill. She would seldom turn on the lights, and sometimes she would use the time to pray or worship her Lord. Shortly after the friend's visit, Linette began to notice that when she got up at night to get a drink or use the bathroom, a little blac

For Christian and Jewish believers who take the Bible seriously, the question is ridiculous. Of course He is benevolent, and there are plenty of narratives in the Old and New Testaments to demonstrate His care for mankind. On the other hand, the many voices on social media who say He is not benevolent can point to some tough scenes in which Yahweh seems to be a bloody, unforgiving despot. Let's probe a couple of examples:                                  N oah and the Ark First, Yahweh miraculously transports two of every animal and insect on the planet to Mesopotamia and sets them up on an ark for a year. Lions, tigers, bears from everywhere, apes and monkeys, panthers from South America, eagles, porcupines, elephants, rabbits from Australia, bees from Europe, all the butterflies, etc. Then he drowns every human being on earth and all other animals and every environment or ecosystem on the planet—the rain forests, the deserts, the forests of what is now the U.S., the Siberian s