what Belief is based on the concept that We Came from extra terestrials?

Question

Is there a name for the belivers that we were put here by ailens.

Answer 1

Well I believe that there are many people who believe this. In Egypt on one of the temples there is Sanskrit along with a diagram of the solar system including Pluto and another bigger planet outside of Pluto but still in our solar system. Perhaps in ancient times they knew something that later was hidden from the general population. By people trying to permote there religion..so they got rid of any evidence that could make people stray from a general belief system.

Answer 2

There are at least two religions based on this premise. Scientology claims that human Thetans (roughly equivalent to souls) were originally extraterrestrial but were imprisoned here billions of years ago. The Raelians claim that humans (and if memory serves, all life on earth) were genetically engineered by aliens. There are also a number of so-called "UFO cults" that may share this premise, but they are very small and I am unaware of the specifics of their belief systems.

In a broader, non-religious, sense, the belief that humans were placed here by extraterrestrials would be a subset of what is usually called "von Danikenism" or "ancient astronaut theories" (if one wants to be polite). However, most of these hypotheses assume that humans evolved naturally, and that only our civilization is the result of alien interference. Individual writers have expounded on the idea that ETs placed us here, but to my knowledge, they are not common or influential enough for the belief to have a separate name.

Answer 3

Scientology

Answer 4

There's a theory called 'Panspermia' that suggests that life here came about from organic molecules/dna carried to this planet by comets or meteors. If the earth was destroyed you could imagine tiny bit of organic substances flying into space and 'seeding' other planets it landed on.

Answer 5

Yes, this is the most closest explanation we can come up with indeed. In various artificial religion we made, there, we always talk about LIGHT, and BEING from sky, etc. It was only our foolish to express unexplained and put it into a word GOD or whatever.

Answer 6

There are several. The original idea was probably from Erik Von Danikin in his book "Chariots of the Gods?" It is misguided, but a pretty interesting read.

Answer 7

For thousands of years, the only thing that came from the sky was water, light, bird droppings, and angels. Angels are extr terrestials by definition.

Answer 8

Is it Ekkankar? I remember reading something about this recently. Totally absurd, in my opinion.

I did attend a service at Ekkankar once and there is a picture of one of their spiritual leaders who lives on Venus right now!!!!! LMAO!

Answer 9

Panspermia

Atheist astronomer Fred Hoyle was an advocate of this view.

Answer 10

Scientology and Scientologists.