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"So we go with your first view," the Colonel sparred. "Like I said before, I for onehave never detected any hostility from the visitors.""I'm not through, sir," Brian corrected politely, sensing the resistance building. "Itisn't that simple. Many people will make the connection between aliens and Genesis 6whether we conceal that possibility or not–which is why, as I said a minute ago, you'llhave more than a backlash on your hands.""Let's hear it," the officer grumbled."To put it simply, Jesus linked the events prior to the great flood and that wouldinclude Genesis 6:1-4—to his return. Matthew 24:37 pretty much says it all, where Jesussays point blank that, `As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of theSon of Man.'""I didn't hear anything about aliens in there," Mark objected sarcastically."It's true that most religious people would think Jesus was referring to a cultureengaged in sinful living on an unprecedented scale in that passage, but sooner or laterthey'll notice–or be introduced to the idea by those who see it as I'm describing—thatJesus mentions `marrying and intermarrying' in the same verse. The only ones doing thatin the Genesis 6 description are the sons of God and the human women. What you wantus to sell to people as a friendly living arrangement with ET could be viewed by many asthe harbinger of the apocalypse.""This just can't . . . be right," Neil said haltingly, aghast at what he was hearing."It isn't!" the Colonel erupted. "What proof do you have that any of this nonsensehas anything to do with the visitors?""As Andrew just said," Brian replied, this time more confidently, "this storyshows up in dozens of ancient cultures. In ancient Greek mythology, it's the story of theTitans—beings descended from the gods who had sexual intercourse with human women.Sound familiar?""So?" the Colonel snapped."So the Greek word for `Titan' is Titanos. Significantly, Titanos is also ahomonym—there's another word in the Greek language spelled exactly the same way.Care to guess what the other Titanos means?""What?" he snorted impatiently."Gray.""Oh ... my . . . God," Deidre gasped and cupped her face in her hands."So you see, Colonel," Brian stared at him, "if the alternative is really what'sgoing on here we'll have more than a religious panic induced by people who believe theapocalypse is upon us—it will be upon us."177