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David Rives, founder of the Wonders Center & Science Museum in Dickson, Tennessee, believes the most disturbing part of the current conversation surrounding UFOs and aliens is people\u2019s penchant for believing science over God.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve seen things through telescopes for years on many sleepless nights \u2014 through large observatory-class telescopes \u2014 I can\u2019t explain,\u201d Rives recently told CBN News. \u201cBut just because I can\u2019t explain it doesn\u2019t mean that it wasn\u2019t a satellite breezing past the eyepiece, or it wasn\u2019t \u2026 a government experiment, or whatever the situation might be.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beyond this reality, he said there\u2019s another problem: the reliance upon man on which so many have come to rely.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we start talking about alien life and the existence of extraterrestrials, and all of these new breaking reports that are coming out \u2026 what concerns me is that, as a Christian, I\u2019m seeing this trend where we tend to believe the scientific world \u2026 more than we believe what our Bible or our Christian faith tells us,\u201d Rives said, expressing worries that people might be willing to believe the narrative that aliens are real and that Christianity can be rejected. \u201cThat is what I see coming right around the corner and influencing millions of young people, especially your children, your grandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ultimately, Rives said Christians must take a stand and embrace the reality that creation points \u201cback to a creator\u201d and a Divine designer, something he believes is implicit in the facts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you look at astronomy, when you look at biology, when you look at genetics and our DNA, it seems to point to a grand engineer, but more than just any engineer \u2026 the God of the Bible,\u201d Rives said. \u201cWho basically said that he wrote a book inside of you before you were even written. Your genetic code was made before you were even written by the God of the Bible.\u201d<\/p>\n
He has also openly discussed his belief that claims of alien life and UFOs have a root in spiritual matters and are likely demonic in nature \u2014 something that has increasingly been discussed since the topic became more mainstream and the US government started releasing files surrounding UFOs and UAPs.<\/p>\n
Rives also spoke about some exciting new programs at Wonders Center and Science Museum, including the Wonders of the Sea, Oceans of Awe aquarium, which opened May 26.<\/p>\n
Listen to the latest\u00a0episode\u00a0of \u201cQuick Start\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe have kids\u2019 hands-on activities, augmented reality things where you can color pictures of fish and then watch them come alive in 3D, swimming around us,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have touch tanks where you actually put your hand on different aquatic creatures and things like that, as well as talks throughout the day.\u201d<\/p>\n Rives is also gearing up for the Wonders of Creation Conference from June 10-12, which will feature experts in physics, geology, and biology from all over the country.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a family event,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s great for science geeks, but it\u2019s also great for families who just want to be encouraged, for kids who want to learn a little bit more about how the whole world around them is pointing right back to the God of the Bible.\u201d<\/p>\n Find out more about the Wonders of Creation Conference and the Wonders of the Sea, Oceans of Awe aquarium\u00a0here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" David Rives, founder of the Wonders Center & Science Museum in Dickson, Tennessee, believes the most disturbing part of the current conversation surrounding UFOs and aliens is people\u2019s penchant for believing science over God. \u201cI\u2019ve seen things through telescopes for years on many sleepless nights \u2014 through large observatory-class telescopes \u2014 I can\u2019t explain,\u201d Rives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[6948,1482,2861,656,820,9359],"class_list":["post-29640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jesus","tag-alien","tag-claims","tag-disturbing","tag-reality","tag-surrounding","tag-ufo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}