May 2002 04:02:17 GMT
In your opinion, what effect would full
disclosure have on our social, religious
and political organizations?
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MAYNARD: Let me take each one of these
aspects of our lives in reverse order:
Political life and organizations: When
it comes to UFOs and alien contact, in
our current system, at least 98 percent
of our elected officials are as much in
the dark as the rest of our citizens. It
is also a simple fact that our elected
officials are so greedy that they have
not been able to look beyond that greed
to what has been happening in our
country, but I should add that this is
not all-inclusive. As for world
organizations, primarily within the
leadership, such as the UN, and
industrial nations, their current level
of knowledge probably goes beyond what
the American populace is aware of, yet,
it is still shrouded in secrecy to the
nth degree.
Religious organizations: For the most
part, the majority will be totally and
utterly devastated and receive a blow to
their theology. Yet, there will be a
full element within the religious
community that will take this in stride
and will not be shaken by the
announcement. It will be that element
that leads the way to a greater
understanding of the scriptures and the
theology of a one-God concept.
Social aspects: This is probably the
most difficult to predict or provide an
assessment for. I would have to say
that, as a whole, the social aspects of
an alien presence will have a dramatic
effect at first, which is a given fact.
However, there have been many more
similar types of changes in our social
structure, some subtle, while others
[are] more dramatic. Each change
basically was taken in the essence for
what was burst on the scene. Although,
some of these changes did not come
naturally or easily, in that some were
caused by civil wars or revolutions,
while others were a cause-and-effect on
society over a period of time. Still,
the power to conquer flight, the
automobile, mass transit, and onward to
space travel --in other words, basic
technology-- have all been taken in
stride. I feel that our social aspects
will survive, and yes, there will be
some suicides and possibly some type of
conflict over this knowledge. But the
change will come, and it will probably
be for the better.