As the world marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the famous Roswell UFO incident, humanity is primed and ready to welcome ET.

This is especially true in America, which has clearly moved into a post-Christian era. Some argue it’s already gone beyond that into openly anti-Christian territory, which isn’t hard to believe if you pay attention to the news.

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So, in a nation where the concepts of sin and salvation are obsolete, a belief system that offers salvation without sin is perfect. The ET gospel sells because guilt feels bad, thinking is hard, and the only sin in a postmodern world is telling someone else their worldview is flawed.

Doctrine in this ET religion is built on scraps of evidence, some of it contradictory, and since there is no central office to enforce orthodoxy, believers are free to read into their “gods” just about anything they want.