Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Extraterrestrial life in the Bible

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Sr13 08:31, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Extraterrestrial life in the Bible

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Contested prod. Basically a stub saying that: "Several themes and events in the Holy Bible are thought to acknowledge the existence of extraterrestrials and their contact with human beings during biblical times." Plus a quote from Ezekial. With no sources this is a POV mini-essay. GabrielF 23:45, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete. Without the quote from Ezekial this would be speediable as a rephrasing of the title. This is nothing but very stubby unsourced original research. Someguy1221 00:19, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Delete And it's Ezekiel, where I'm sure the old UFO or time-travelling jet pilot theory is explored. Not to give anyone any ideas, ut technically, all the angels are "extraterrestrial". Worthless as an article. Mandsford 00:50, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete if the article went beyond a stub, it would go into WP:ORland. Capmango 02:18, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - While a proper article could be written about the subjects (there are books out there about "ancient astronauts" and Biblical passages), this isn't it. Doesn't even fit as a stub in its current form. Best to just delete it, and let a better article come along later (preferrably with a better title). -- Kesh 03:03, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Delete Definitely POV, arguably OR, and unsourced. --JayJasper 12:13, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
  • LOL oh wait, that's not a proper vote... delete OR POV V NN where to begin?Balloonman 05:33, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 14:24, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Very Weak Keep Delete - The Bible does indeed talk about Extra-Terrestrials (Gen 6.2-4) etc. Although I think it is covered in Angels, I do know that there are a few Rabbi's who have interpreted Close Encounter reports as confirming Ezekiels vision (Ezek 1.4-28). I'll see if I can find any sources before the Afd closes. Mike33 17:00, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Sorry... still won't change my voteBalloonman 23:21, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment I didn't expect anyone to. The Rabbi I mentioned was called Yonah Fortnan, and he was a lone warrior, though he worked for the Federal Education Department. Only other sources just made me laugh through inconsistency or Kabbalic notions of 7 earths! It probably has a validity somewhere in Wikipedia, but not as a single argument, I have amended my comment to reflect that. Mike33 00:21, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.