{"id":1889,"date":"2025-03-10T09:44:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/anyone-else-feeling-a-little-bit-proselytised\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T09:44:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:44:43","slug":"anyone-else-feeling-a-little-bit-proselytised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/anyone-else-feeling-a-little-bit-proselytised\/","title":{"rendered":"Anyone else feeling a little bit&#8230; Proselytised?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is anyone else feeling a bit&#8230; proselytized? I\u2019m not even sure that&#8217;s the right term, but it seems to fit! Feel free to correct me if I\u2019m off base.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I couldn\u2019t care less about other people&#8217;s faiths. I\u2019m not religious myself, and I fully support everyone\u2019s right to believe what they choose. That&#8217;s a fundamental freedom, and more power to those who find meaning in it.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s a clear and troubling trend of merging UFO discussions with religious themes. It\u2019s quite blatant. Even if it\u2019s subtle, it\u2019s not a new phenomenon\u2014L. Ron Hubbard certainly did it. More individuals will likely attempt to do the same, yet I find it quite disturbing that the lines between religion and UFOs are becoming increasingly blurred.<\/p>\n<p>It feels almost like a form of brainwashing. While this has been simmering under the surface with various movements over time, there appears to be some kind of cultural campaign aimed at forcing this narrative upon us. All I really want is to watch intriguing videos, read about unusual experiences, critique governmental secrecy, and engage in genuine debates over what\u2019s real and what\u2019s not. I have no desire to get drawn into a belief system akin to a cult! The obvious attempts to hijack this topic only push me further away.<\/p>\n<p>Even in the NJ drones saga, there were misleading videos invoking Ezekiel\u2019s wheel and other religious imagery. Fine, do what you will\u2014but come on, it\u2019s becoming excessive! <\/p>\n<p>Just the thought of it makes my stomach churn, especially with how the SW Ranch situation is evolving; it seems the lines are being blurred yet again.<\/p>\n<p>Believe whatever you want, but it feels manipulative, especially considering how religion has been exploited in the past by unscrupulous individuals preying on vulnerable people seeking answers in this world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nIs anyone else feeling a bit&#8230; proselytized? I\u2019m not even sure that&#8217;s the right term, but it seems to fit! Feel free to correct me if I\u2019m off base. Honestly, I couldn\u2019t care less about other people&#8217;s faiths. I\u2019m not religious myself, and I fully support everyone\u2019s right to believe what they choose. That&#8217;s a&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/anyone-else-feeling-a-little-bit-proselytised\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Anyone else feeling a little bit&#8230; Proselytised?&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufos","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}