The hiddenness of aliens

 

Just call him an alien,
everyone will buy the story!

Imagine if I were to tell you that the universe is filled with powerful spirit-beings of a kind most people would consider divine or angelic. They are everywhere, create fantastic structures far more complex than stars, and have knowledge that would make even the most advanced human scientists gasp in wonder. Indeed, we can – at least in principle – reach the same level of gnosis as they, aye, we can *become just like them*.

There´s just one tiny little problem.

They are completely invisible. Indeed, nobody has ever seen them, or observed anything that remotely suggests that they exist at all.

Would you believe me?

Of course, I have a plethora of ad hoc hypothesis to explain away the somewhat awkward fact that nobody has ever perceived these divine beings. The gods don´t want to be seen. We, in fact, *can´t* see them, being on a lower elevation altogether. But they simply *must* exist because…well, because they must. Period. Finito. End of story!

Would you still believe me? Of course not.

But now, let´s imagine I tell you there are powerful space aliens out there. They are everywhere, create fantastic structures far more complex than stars, and have knowledge that would make even the most advanced human scientists gasp in wonder. Indeed, we can – at least in principle – reach the same level of technological knowledge as they, aye, we can *become just like them*.

There´s just one tiny little problem. They are completely invisible. Indeed, nobody has ever seen them, or observed anything that remotely suggests that they exist at all.

Of course, I have a plethora of ad hoc hypothesis to explain away this somewhat awkward fact. The aliens don´t want to be seen. We, in fact, *can´t* see them, not having the right mechanical instruments. But they simply *must* exist because…well, because they must. Period. Finito. End of story!

Would you believe me? Would you believe me *especially if* you were an atheist or a skeptic?

Evidence suggests that you just might. Indeed, you would probably join my trans-humanist cult if I were to tell you that…THE ALIENS ARE PHYSICAL BEINGS. You would never see the sheer weirdness of attacking theists for “the hiddenness of God” (or the gods) and your own unquestioning acceptance of the hiddenness of aliens…

After all, the mere words “they are physical beings rather than supernatural ones” make all the difference, doesn´t it?