[ WP ] First contact has been established . The aliens are friendly , although fanatically religious . As we learn from each other , there seems to be more to their religion than unverifiable myths and fables ...

Our bombardment of space with TV and Radio waves did n't go unnoticed. 
 
 Much like how almost everyone in grandparents generation recalled exactly where they were when they heard the news of President Kennedy being shot and like how everyone in my parents generation could remember exact memories of where they were and what they were doing when the Twin Towers fell, our generation will forever remember First Contact. 
 
 That fateful day 2 months ago when the alien ship, sleek, menacingly long and unnaturally oblong descended from the skies and hovered silently over Singapore. 
 
 Predictably the world went crazy. 
 
 Riots, rape and pillage, induced by paranoia and fuelled by the rantings and ravings of all sorts of crackpot ideological preachers who seemed to have sprung up overnight spread around the world. 
 
 It did n't help that the world leaders quickly lost control of the situation and ran around like headless chickens. 
 
 The last two months have been hell. 
 
 But slowly the world seems to be settling down into a new rhythm. Getting more confident that we can survive this. Maybe even come out of this in a better, more advantageous position. 
 
 The ship still hovers over Singapore but now we think we know what they want. Why they came. 
 
 From what I've heard from my sources - they are friendly and bear no ill will towards us 
 
 There has n't been a large uptick in the number of claims about being zapped up and probed anally or via any other orifice although you would have thought that the police and other agencies would be flooded with such complaints. 
 
 It's as if we have always felt that they are benign. Sounds crazy but that's what it is. 
 
 Moreover, they seem to share fanatical religious sentiments as with similar people of Earth. 
 
 With one key difference. 
 
 Where the people of the Earth believe in ancient myths and miraculous stories of our Gods, these Travelers from a distant home seem to believe in altogether something different. 
 
 Actually believe does n't seem to a strong enough word. 
 
 It's as if their core DNA or whatever is their equivalent is made up of this one thought. 
 
 They think WE are their Gods. 
 
 And this is their pilgrimage. 
 
 A species that is producing so much output just for fun and entertainment seems to them like we have mastered and solved all other problems. 
 
 Now, tell me how can we not believe them. 
 
 For that would mean not believing in ourselves. 

