Sean, I know you are of the Christian faith. I suggest you check out Rob Skiba's website and YouTube (if you haven't found them already) as he has looked at this extensively from a Biblical perspective. Been reading your site for years and very glad you are opening up to this!

http://testingtheglobe.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoiIt_v1D-6z75LmrdIU2aw/videos

Also on YouTube: Mark Sargent, Jeranism, ODD TV, Allegedly Dave, etc... Enjoy!

(I tried posting this at SGTReport.com but I only get errors)