BBC 'The Big Questions': On Whether Jesus And Buddha Were Aliens
The internet blinked in disbelief today after a BBC programme held a serious discussion on whether Jesus and Buddha were aliens from other planets.
The 23-minute segment on the BBC's The Big Questions TV show tackled the question: "Have beings from other planets guided our religions?"
The discussion on Sunday included the head of the Aetherius Society, which believes that Buddha, Jesus and Krishna came from outer space.
Presenter Nicky Cambell asks "Have beings from other planets guided our religions?"
It followed segments covering "Does counter-terrorism have a place in schools?" and "Would democracy work better if voting was compulsory?"
Host Nicky Campbell introduced the debate by saying: "Last month NASA's Kepler space telescope identified another planet that might have the right conditions for life.
"It will be no surprise to the followers of those religions who've long believed that life - possibly not as we know it - exists elsewhere in the galaxy. Life which has possibly exerted its influence here on planet Earth. Have beings from other planets guided our religions?"
Campbell asked Mark Bennett from the Aetherius Society: "Who are they? Where are they? Can we see them?"
Bennet replied: "We believe that various religious leaders from history have an inter-planetary origin. We believe that Jesus and Buddha came from Venus, that Sri Krishna came from Saturn, that Saint Peter came from Mars, and so on."
Mark Bennett said alien civilisations exist and Buddha came from Venus
He said he believes there are civilisations on other planets - such as the 'Venusion' settlment on Venus - but we can't detect them because they are so technologically and spiritually advanced that they exist at a "higher frequency of vibration."
Religious figures like Krishna and Jesus are "masters of love" who care about humans and do as much as they can for us "within the karmic law", Bennett added.
A representative from the British Union Of Spiritist Societies also argued that aliens from other planets reincarnate on earth and give us messages through dreams and intuition.