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So… in reading the article, it seems he suggest the government is using religion to manipulate people into forgetting about all the aliens they’re hiding.

So, not so much with the sanity.

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Whew! For a second there, I was worried that I agreed with Aaron Rogers.

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I thought maybe Aaron Rogers finally found the correct cocktail of meds to make him sane

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This should absolutely be the top comment. Holy shit, Rodgers is such a fucking moron

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It did seem like a reasonable statement until the article summed up the stupid.

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Ric Romero reporting from the No Shit Sherlock Institute…

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Thanks Ric! And now, Kelly Andrews with the weather. How’s global warming going, Kelly?

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SHIT’S GONNA HAIL!

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Thanks Ollie

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IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN USED TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE! That’s all it has ever been. It’s used to hold power over people by preying on their fear of the unknown.

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Naw, not only manipulation. It’s also poor man’s philosophy. Humans like to have an answer for the big questions wether they know wtf they’re saying or not. I think something like religion is inevitable with the absence of explanations.

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Yea, the Prosperity Gospel is definitely richboi propaganda.

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It’s used to hold power over people

Yes. It’s used by the rich to make people into stooges to do their bidding.

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And burning them at the stake if they didn’t do as told.

It’s about power.

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Can You bring it down a notch. We’re all right here.

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Goddamn does this headline bury the lede or what?

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Lmao… right???

Rodgers is known for his belief in alien life and in the supernatural. During his interview with Carlson, he suggested that the government knows of the existence of these beings, but keeps them from public knowledge and could be using religion to manipulate people’s thinking

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I mean with all the shit that world governments are constantly pulling it really wouldn’t surprise me at this point.

Like whistleblowers disappear all the time or are labeled crazy people.

Imagine a govt employee suddenly ranting and raving about aliens or extra dimensional beings. Even if he had proof it wouldn’t be hard for the govt to make him look like a crackpot or make it seem like he had a mental breakdown.

Edit: Y’all I’m not saying I actually believe this shit just that I wouldn’t be surprised.

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Uh huh. If aliens were able to reach our solar system, do you think they would give one shit about being seen by a primitive civilization with zero space defenses?

If we’re talking about signs of alien life from deep space scans, do you really think that the scientists that found this evidence, who have spent their life pursuing the better understanding of the galaxy, would keep quiet about it at the behest of whatever government?

Life isn’t that interesting. There’s no massive multi-government conspiracy. We couldn’t even get governments to shut down borders or enforce mandates on wearing mask when a global pandemic of unknown severity was ongoing.

You’ve watched too much fictional media if you think any conspiracy of that level is remotely plausible.

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CIA sold crack…what else does the govt need to do to convince us they will do anything.

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Kinda surprised that something sane tumbled out of his mouth.

edit: apparently, it wasn’t as sane as the headline made it sound, lol

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It wasn’t actually sane. It was batshit crazy. The headline was really working overtime to tone it down into a rational thought.

“That gets in the whole other idea about religion being as a way to control people, control thought maybe, which is pretty wild. But disclosure, I think needs to happen. It’s going to be interesting to see how it happens, where it happens.

“But in my space where I’m at, where I do a lot of plant medicine, the veils between worlds and dimensions gets very thin. So the idea of seeing other entities, seeing angelic type of beings and demonic type beings is very normal. And the idea that there’s a demonic aspect to the UIP phenomenon, I think is very It’s plausible and interesting.”

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I stand corrected

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A broken clock is right twice a day

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But he isn’t right nearly that often, lol

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He has managed not to expose himself to any reporters, so far. For whatever that’s worth.

I guess that means he’s still outperforming his predecessor, but… wtf… Green Bay? That’s twice?

Kinda makes you wonder what fuckery Fields will bring to the table.

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This clock has spirograph shapes instead of hands.

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He’s actually worse than a broken clock. Even twice a day when he manages to be right, he’s wrong - because he’s so phenomenally stupid.

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You might wanna check the clock

https://lemmy.ca/comment/9275491

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He’s going so crazy he accidentally lapped around to sane for a minute

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