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Ufo's: And the Alien Agenda

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After browsing through this book again I've found it somewhat more interesting and useful then I initially thought it to be. Yes the book is religiously biased, but so what. The author makes plenty of valid arguments and his views on "aliens" are a welcome change from all the other hardcore UFO books. Bob delves deep into exploring the occult-- deeper and more elaborate than in any other UFO book i've read; he brings to attention lots of the really strange groups out there, which unfortunately most books never mention because they're too outlandish.

The book is a fast read, not because it's too short, but because his writing style is fluent and the way he describes things is often times funny or whimsical. So, overall I recommend this book-- if you're not a Christian you might not agree with some of Bob's viewpoints, but im not a Theist and I liked it.

I think Bob's book is getting unfairly trashed by all the self-proclaimed "UFO buffs". Do any UFO experts have proof that the alleged aliens aren't satanic demons? NO. So how can they say that Bob is wrong? How does anyone really know...

...And this is why I'm a nihilist

Bob larson has been in the business of exposing Satanic deceptions for years. I don't doubt his sincerity and with my own years of personal experience with the supernatural, and investigation of volumes of UFO literature, he's right on track with his conclusions of demonic alien origins. But I found his explanations of what is really going on to be weak. And his insistance that we being the center of God's creation leaves no room for other inhabited worlds I totally disagree with. I believe the Bible leave's plenty of room for other inhabited worlds; unfallen worlds not tainted with sin, ours being the only fallen planet. For example:

"Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom he made the worlds." Hebrews 1:2 KJV.

"Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." Revelation 12:12 KJV.

Notice in both quoted texts the plurality of the words "worlds" and "heavens". Revelation 12 even admonishes the other "heavens" or worlds to "rejoice", for there are multitudes of galaxies in God's vast universe, but pronounces woe upon the earth's inhabitants because of the devil's wrath and deception, Satan knowing his remaining time is almost finished on this planet. And these other unfallen worlds are definitely not the culprits visiting us, with frightening abductions and experimentations of hybridization and painfully terrifying physical exams. Just the hideous appearance of such beings should be a clue to their true demonic personages. Mr. Larson could have gone so much deeper in unmasking the evil one's trickeries, but unfortunately, the reader is so often left hanging in midair.

Bob Larson is a self-taught, self-styled, self-involved B.S. artist who has proclaimed himself to be an "expert" on rock music, Satanism, the occult, or whatever happens to be "hot" at any given moment. Larson is a man without any known credentials -- a mail-order media minister, who dropped out of the University of Nebraska, and has never set foot inside a bona fide seminary. He has no meaningful expertise to impart, either in the area of UFOs or anywhere else, and this latest in his series of quick for-cash book reports shows the lack of depth for which he is renowned.

In some of 'his' books, Bob Larson is entertaining though clearly misinformed and possibly completely fruitloops. However, this time around it would appear that Bob opted for the budget ghostwriting service.

The raw materials are promising. We get a panting description of the Heavan's Gate suicides (a clear indication that the book was meant to be a throw-away effort linked to the headlines, rather than the results of '20 years of research'); a typically self-stroking account of Bob's appearence on Oprah; some side-swipes at New Agey UFO cultists and mainstream scientists alike; and a grainy photo of some dead cows.

It surely would seem that Weird Bob could do something wacky with this stuff, but the prose is workmanlike at best and frankly unreadable in spots.

Of particular note in this mess is a paragraph in Chapter Four in which Bob accuses Hollywood of waffling on the issue of whether space aliens are good or evil. Behold, sayeth Bob, in E.T. the alien is good, and in Independence day it is evil! Hollywood flip-flops! What kind of point he is trying to make I don't know, but for a moment Bob confronts one of his major fallacies: that the entertainment industry is a united front attempting to seduce Christian children. For Bob, to see 'Hollywood' the entity disagree with itself is to face the Void of his own dishonest worldview, and Bob blinks first. The chapter wanders off to discuss Elvis sightings on Uranus (!) and the book never regains what equilibrium it ever had.

Over all, this book is one to miss if you possibly can.

Bob Larson claims that he saw a UFO, and that somehow qualifies him to write this book. He has also claimed on his radio talk show that demons have physically impersonated him, which makes you wonder whether he shouldn't be locked up in a padded cell somewhere. Adam Rideout is right: Bob's no Carl Sagan.
What I really want to know is how Larson even got to be a "best-selling author," when he can't even write a grammatically coherent review of his own book. (Uh, does the name "Milli Vanilli" come to mind?) Publisher Thomas Nelson has become a vanity press for semi-literate televangelists.

Before reading a book of non-fiction one must aska simple question: does the author know what heor she is talking about? Bob Larson, who never managed to graduate from a divinity school, feels he's in a position to question and ridicule the late, great Dr. Carl Sagan. If you want to learn about the possibility of UFOs would you want the insight of someone like Dr. Sagan, or would you question a fundamentalist pesudo-Christian radio broadcastor with no credentials? It's your call.

I wish I would have read the reviews here first before I purchased this book. The author doesn't believe that (his) god would have created any other life other than here; how self-centered. But if there is, surely it is satanic. It is sad that with all the unrest we have here on this planet the author wants to go to war with someone who may or may not exist. This book upset me, but then I realized that it is only trash. With this bigoted attitude...and he wondered why Cabot and Strieber were upset! If you are the Christian you claim to be, Mr. Larson, then I ask you...What Would Jesus Do?

Ugh. I've got nothing against sensationalism, but this thing makes "Chariots of the Gods?" look like a reliable encyclopedic reference on UFO's. Poorly referenced, weird assertions, and rambling anecdotes abound. This one was obviously thrown together to cash in on the 90's UFO craze.

Larson's thesis is that UFO and related supernatural phenomena is Satanic. Anyone involved in any so-called New Age philosophies, metaphysics, the paranormal or supernatural is not a true Christian and is, in fact, being manipulated by demonic forces.

Fine. That's his perogative, and he has his beliefs. My problem is with his methodology, or, lack of it. This book is nothing more than a frothing at the mouth, anti-everything (except the most fundamental Christianity) and is insulting.

Larson lumps New Agers, agnostics, scientists, metaphysics, other religions -- many which have been around longer than Christianity -- into the same category: evil.

To say that Larson's sneering dismissal of religions is an insult is an understatement. He comes dangerously close to making anti-Semitic remarks when he refers to "occult" Jewish religion. His rejection of the sciences, other religions, and the great thinkers like Carl Jung, Carl Sagan, Freud, etc. are a little scary for its dark ages tone.

Larson chides others for not being open minded, yet he consisently calls others who he disagrees with as "nuts" or "wackos." Again, that is his opinion, to which he is entitled, but it isn't good discourse. Which, obviously, Larson is incapable of engaging in.

To conclude, this book is trash. It is only useful to the investigator who is interested in exploring the views of a fundamental Christian in relation to UFOs. The book is full of inaccuracies and is poorly written. It is also offensive in its anti-intellectual views and general xenophobia.