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[–] 21 points 5 months ago

oh no who will perform the totally real and actually effective exorcisms now??

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  • [–] 30 points 5 months ago (7 children)

    I don't understand American obsession with UFO, is there something behind it?

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  • [–] 45 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Mostly poor education in STEM and a massive distrust of government.

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago

    It's mostly because of a highly credible and stable intelligence officer

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Grusch_UFO_whistleblower_claims

    Essentially he was tasked with finding where funds are going and it led him to a rabbit hole of black programs

    Keep in mind this doesn't mean any of the implications of the programs are true, but the programs do exist, whether their purpose is legitimate or not is the question

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    I would encourage you to look into a recent documentary about the congressional testimony from numerous high ranking intelligence officers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Disclosure

    tl;dr Of the claims they make in the documentary, the biggest thing (to me) appears to be a massive siphoning of tax dollars into black ops programs that don't report up through the government. Whether there are actual UFO/UAP programs is up to debate.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    The confirmed, filmed sightings of UAP doing things we understand to by physically impossible are behind it yes. I refer you to the US Air Force, and their publicly released footage.

    My guess, and it's a left field one, holograms.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    This guy clearly hasn't finished reading all of 'Childhood's End' yet.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    We can't have our nonsense be tainted by someone spouting nonsense!

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Fair enough. You just can't allow such rampant UFOism to take root in the church!

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Not the right kind of supernatural?

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    I didn't realise it was possible to be too credulous to be an exorcist.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    The Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., Cardinal Robert McElroy, on Wednesday removed a well-known priest as an exorcist of the archdiocese after he made public comments suggesting that UFO sightings were the work of demons.

    The archbishop said Rossetti’s statements “linking UFOs to demonic presence and the Center’s recent use of social media gravely undermine the Church’s very precise teaching on the devil, demons and exorcism.”

    “It’s my personal belief that probably many if not most of these UFO sightings are in fact demons,” Rossetti added.

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    It was my understanding that these days, exorcists were more or less glorified guidance counselors for people who are a very specific kind of religiously mentally ill.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago

    Sounds like he's angling for a job with JD Vance.

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    [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    What a headline.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Honestly the Catholic church cleaning house and defrocking these weirdos would probably do a lot of good long term. I know theyve been pretty hands off since the religious wars of Europe cooled down and let various sects do their own thing but I feel that quiet a few of the US sects are fucking batshit and need an inquisition thrown at them.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago