Former Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Suggests Religion Is Used To Manipulate People
Former Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers Suggests Religion Is Used To Manipulate People
The Green Bay Packers, for the first time in years, are enjoying a drama-free offseason. Sure, they fired defensive coordinator Joe Barry earlier this year,
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.
Whew! For a second there, I was worried that I agreed with Aaron Rogers.
I thought maybe Aaron Rogers finally found the correct cocktail of meds to make him sane
This should absolutely be the top comment. Holy shit, Rodgers is such a fucking moron
It did seem like a reasonable statement until the article summed up the stupid.
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.
It’s used to hold power over people
Yes. It’s used by the rich to make people into stooges to do their bidding.
And burning them at the stake if they didn't do as told.
It's about power.
Goddamn does this headline bury the lede or what?
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
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.
Kinda surprised that something sane tumbled out of his mouth.
edit: apparently, it wasn't as sane as the headline made it sound, lol
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.”
I stand corrected
A broken clock is right twice a day
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.
This clock has spirograph shapes instead of hands.
You might wanna check the clock
He's going so crazy he accidentally lapped around to sane for a minute
Well, duh.
Here's a thing: so are sports.
You can play sports and not be manipulating people.
You cannot lead a church and not be manipulating people, even if unwittingly.
That's a false comparison. You can't lead anything without, to a point, manipulating people. You can manipulate them transparently and for their benefit, or you are manipulating them for your own. The people who lead and run sports leagues are definitely not doing it out of a sense of charity.
Plenty of churchgoers and even pastors are in it to serve people with no real personal benefit. The same can't be said of professional sports players.
I would argue that the Baha'is manage that one pretty well. They don't have clergy, so the person leading Sunday/Saturday Classes is a different person each week, and you are required to thoroughly research the topic that you've been assigned. The assignments.are handed out by the Local Spiritual Assembly, whose members are voted in every year. The primary requirement of being an LSA member is that you don't want the job. This requirement extends to the National Spiritual Assembly, as well as The Universal House of Justice.
I don't usually agree with this guy, but on this one, I do agree.
The article makes it clear that what he means is that The Government is using Religion to manipulate people into not noticing all the extraterrestrial life that they have access to.
I wouldn't agree with that sentiment.
I have a feeling everyone is missing this crucial bit of context.
Wait, do I actually agree with Aaron Rogers on something?
(Reads AngryCommieKender's clarification.)
Nope, false alarm!
Whoaaa hey hold on, I agree with this completely. The U.S. Government does use religion to coerce and convince millions that their way is the correct way.
It just doesn't involve aliens...yet.
Well...it does, just not the type we're talking about. Cause if you're Right, you're right apparently.
I'm going off the title, I don't care enough about rodgers to read the article, but, now that you say that, I can't say I'm surprised. He's a clown.
Freezing cold take
"Freezing"? This take is so cold that upon uttering it hydrogen condenses into a 0-viscosity liquid.
So do I. It's just news because this guy throws a ball real good?
So funny to call him "Former Green Bay Packers Quarterback."
He's going into his second season on the Jets.
Isn't he still injured?
As far as I know the expectation is he'll start week 1.
[insert always has been meme here]
Congrats on him getting his first coherent thought. Hopefully he gets a few more
Broken clock
On the one hand, i love to see people questioning their mythology; on the other its nice of you to join us in the modern world, Aaron
"Suggests"
Jesus, because aliens. Got it
Even a broken clock is right twice a day...
Amazingly smart for an American "football" player.
...and the government could be hiding the existence of alien life because it would change the way people view religion and threaten this control.
I feel like the headline was leaving out the main idea he was getting at.
I mean fucking duh. But honestly who gives af what he has to sy?
What's a deep and profound insight.
Congratulations 🎉
It's always nice to see people start using the reasoning part of their brain. Let's hope he doesn't fall back into his old routines
Is this 1/2 of his broken clock? *
Mos Definitely
I'll stay on edge for him to drop some more wisdom.
He's not wrong about that.
Please.
Farve ended up being a steaming pile of shit.
Let Rodgers be an ok dude.
This claim keeps him an ok dude.
Please keep it there.
I’ve got some bad news for you…
I'm sorry to hear about the coma you've been in for the last 8 years. Hopefully you have a quick recovery!
I left behind sportsball well over 8 years ago...
I won't look it up, but I'm guessing not good things have surfaced since.
Edit: also, referencing this guy as a QB suggests its not the guy who the QB sneak G.O.A.T. when I stopped paying attention to sportsball and the Packers where decidedly the best team in the institution.
That ship sailed long ago buddy.