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[edit] Title

Couldn't the title and the entire subject of this article perhaps be considered POV? If these groups wouldn't agree with this classification, isn't it POV to group them as such? We should cite sources for every grouping made in this article and phrases it as "X source defines Y group as a UFO religion". Tfine80 17:16, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

The expression seems to be widely used, and it has no obvious pejorative intent. It is IMO entirely acceptable to use it here.#fhmit# 22:25, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nation of Islam

Should this should also be included as it has as one of its beliefs that there is a "mothership" that will destroy the white devil? This might be a UFO but as there are technically no "aliens" related to this ship, some may object. --ScienceApologist 19:33, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for giving me a "WTF?" moment. :-) I think it's worth mentioning, certainly. -- ChrisO 19:44, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nation of Islam

I agree. Categorizing a valid religion such as Islam with UFO religions, which are typically considered to be BS religions, seems iffy.

"Valid religion?" What is a "valid religion?" I've never seen one. Flyingsaucerism is surely no more preposterous than stories of thunder-gods on mountaintops, or demigods who rise from the dead and heal the sick. Flying saucer cults are ridiculous, yes. But surely no more and no less ridiculous than Christianity or Islam.

Hum, sorry for what I gonna said, but Christianity, Judaism and Islam are religions where their faith is based in a "non-Terrestrial God". The 3 Abrahamic religions could be "valid" religions, but believes in an "Alien God". JC 12:40, 28 Feb 2008 (PST)

[edit] The X-Files

Yeah. Ummm, is that Mulderism religion real, or did someone just make a pretty big joke? I'm sorry if I am offending a real Mulderian.

I can find no sources for it aside from that one website. Joke or not, it's a vanity entry and I'm tossing it. wikipediatrix 15:25, 9 April 2006 (UTC)


[edit] The Ashtar Command

someone care to make an entry on them here? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kyn (talk • contribs) 08:47, July 1, 2006 – Please sign your posts!

Done. ∞ΣɛÞ² (τ|c) 09:48, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Invader Zim

In the episode, Attack of the Saucer Morons, of Invader Zim they parody UFO religions when Zim crashes his ship in the middle of one's convention, Should this be listed in the article? --68.224.37.19 03:22, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I suspect confusion...

"A publication produced at this time that received some press attention was titled "How to build a U.F.O." and purported to describe an interplanetary spacecraft built out of materials such as old tires."

There may have been an actual publication titled "How to build a U.F.O." that purported to describe an interplanetary spacecraft, but I suspect with the reference to "materials such as old tires" that, at the very least, this publication is being confused with Earth Ship: How to Build Your Own, a how-to book produced by Heaven's Gate. Despite the title, it's not a how-to on building an interplanetary craft but rather a style of architecture which used recycled tires as a major component.[1] -- Antaeus Feldspar 17:15, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LDS should be included

Some of the lesser known but significant teachings of Mormonism involve extraterrestrial Gods and supernatural beings inhabiting celestial bodies. --NEMT 07:18, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Scientology should be included

Anyone who's read the story of Xenu cannot see Scientology as anything other than a UFO cult. Serendipodous 14:27, 20 February 2008 (UTC)