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pgd
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02 Aug 2010, 2:09 pm

According to the Bible, the Angel Gabriel appeared out of nowhere to give Mary a special message from heaven / outer space.

Was the Angel Gabriel really an alien from outer space?

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02 Aug 2010, 2:47 pm

pgd wrote:
According to the Bible, the Angel Gabriel appeared out of nowhere to give Mary a special message from heaven / outer space.

Was the Angel Gabriel really an alien from outer space?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_th ... (1951_film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greate ... _Ever_Told


Short answer: no.

Long answer: Of course not, are you even serious or are you just trying to be facetious?



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02 Aug 2010, 3:02 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Of course not, are you even serious or are you just trying to be facetious?

I think he is an NT trying to find out just how stupid a question an aspie will take seriously.


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02 Aug 2010, 3:08 pm

NobelCynic wrote:
iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Of course not, are you even serious or are you just trying to be facetious?

I think he is an NT trying to find out just how stupid a question an aspie will take seriously.


I suppose that is a possibility. Do you think, assuming this were true, that he'd be a laymen or a psychology student?

Personally, it's more polite to assume that he's serious rather than to treat him like sand treats certain people.



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02 Aug 2010, 4:00 pm

pgd wrote:
According to the Bible, the Angel Gabriel appeared out of nowhere to give Mary a special message from heaven / outer space.

Was the Angel Gabriel really an alien from outer space?

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The Angel Gabriel is a fictitious character.

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02 Aug 2010, 5:04 pm

David Brin made an interesting point on a similar topic - even if we take all these tales of alien abductions and appearances and such seriously, we can still rule out contact by intelligent alien life. They're always described as acting more like high-school dropouts on a bender, after all...


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02 Aug 2010, 5:04 pm

Are you an NT troll of some sort?



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02 Aug 2010, 6:22 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Short answer: no.

Long answer: Of course not, are you even serious or are you just trying to be facetious?

Why are extraterrestrials less serious of a topic than angels?

More so, why are Christians in this forum (You know, they supposedly believe in Angels) not immediately discounted out as trolls for testing how literally can AS people take things?


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02 Aug 2010, 6:49 pm

pgd wrote:
According to the Bible, the Angel Gabriel appeared out of nowhere to give Mary a special message from heaven / outer space.

Was the Angel Gabriel really an alien from outer space?

Wilford Brimley appeared out of nowhere on my TV to give me a special message about diabetes testing supplies. Was Wilford Brimley really an alien from outer space?


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02 Aug 2010, 6:52 pm

Oh wait, was Mary watching TV?


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02 Aug 2010, 7:44 pm

Cheeseroyale34 wrote:
Are you an NT troll of some sort?


Maybe he's an alien with wings. Certainly several people around here have alien ideas.



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14 Oct 2021, 11:11 pm

Angels? There are no such thing as angels for the 4th time already


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15 Oct 2021, 2:48 am

Aspieangeldude wrote:
Angels? There are no such thing as angels for the 4th time already

you're responding to a thread that started, and ended, eleven years ago.
Please check the dates on the posts before you respond to them from now on.