• jwiggler@sh.itjust.works
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      Unfortunately I’ve heard this exact refrain from at least one small town Christian couple up here in the northeast

      I get these vibes, too, from some of the increasingly trad-aestheticized Catholics I grew up with, which is actually antithetical to the actual stance of the Catholic church which is, y’know, science and God go hand in hand, evolution is real, big bang happened , etc, etc

      Edit: like suddenly those Catholics are ALL ABOUT demons and learning about demons. One was trying to tell me Labubus are based on Chinese demons and I blurted out “oh you believe in their demons too? Like not just Christian demons but ones from Eastern tradition as well” dude did not understand what I was asking so I dropped it to not be too much a dick

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        so I dropped it to not be too much a dick

        Stop doing that. These fuckwads need to be called out on their bullshit way more than they are.

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          Respectfully, that’s not always the way to change peoples minds / hearts. Most certainly not in this situation, which involves family dynamics.

          I appreciate the frustration though. I get it.

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        To be fair, you don’t need to believe a thing (demons) is real to believe someone based a product on it.

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    According to several US government whistleblowers this is actually a common sentiment within the Pentagon.

    Most UFO/UAP reports can be dismissed via conventional explanations. But about 5% can’t be. And for those, a number of influential government insiders are adamant that they are literally demonic. Not that they might be extraterrestrial, extra-dimensional, or whatever other explanation. No, they believe they are literally Satanic demons from Hell. Presumably flying around in Satanic vehicles. Not surprisingly, most of the people holding onto this idea are staunch evangelical Christians.

    This theory seems to have taken root with the idea that some US scientists in the 1930s or '40s opened a portal (or portals) to hell. Possible deliberately, or possibly by accident. And since then a steady stream of entities have come through to do work for Satan.

    It doesn’t surprise me that a bumbling dipstick like Vance believes this.

    We truly live in the weirdest, most stupid timeline.

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    “I have not been able to spend enough time on this to understand it. But, trust me, I’m obsessed with this,” Vance said. “I’ve already had a couple of times where I’ve said, ‘All right, we’re going to Area 51, we’re going out to New Mexico, we’re going to sort of get to the bottom of this.’ And then the timing of the trip didn’t work out. But, trust me, anybody who’s curious about this — I’m more curious than anybody. And I’ve got three years at the very tippy top of the classification. I’m going to get to the bottom of it.”

    Translation:

    “Could this be a distraction from the child rape, coverup, civil rights abuses, and illegal wars?”

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    He’s pandering to religious morons. He’s dumb, but not that dumb.

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      If J.D. Vance believes in demons, he must also believe he is going to hell.
      Obviously I am very skeptical that he believes either. He believes in getting all that he can in this life, no matter the cost to others.

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    I want to live in a world where saying something like this would disqualify you from holding public office.

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    When JD Vance makes a statement like that, what we should really be asking ourselves is what his administration is trying to bump off the headlines today

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    UFOs. If you are listening… Please help. I’m sure Vance would be a worthy human subject for repeated probing and other worthwhile experiments.

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    He is one step away from the Presidency… and of the two, he’s the smarter one.

    Meanwhile, churches and mosques and temples etc. are all tax-free in America, so we all get to finance this stupidity… and they are schooling a LOT of children, churning out more morons by the millions

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    Shady Vance saying a lot of things this week. Peter Thiel must be very busy preparing these statements.

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        Yup. This is the distraction for the Iran fiasco. Which itself was/is a distraction for the Epstein Files. All this bullshit is mentally exhausting.

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    I don’t believe the UFO phenonena are demons but I do think modern people saying they are aliens is exactly as crazy as people of the past saying they are demons. The people of the future will have some other explanation and consider us idiots too.

    Like, the past had a whole system and pantheon of angels and demons but have you ever looked at what the alien conspiracy theorists write about aliens? There’s a whole system and pantheon they believe in too.