{"id":3898,"date":"2025-03-11T16:24:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/anyone-else-feeling-a-little-bit-proselytised-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T16:24:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:24:37","slug":"anyone-else-feeling-a-little-bit-proselytised-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/anyone-else-feeling-a-little-bit-proselytised-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Anyone else feeling a little bit&#8230; Proselytised?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is anyone else feeling a bit&#8230; proselytized? I&#8217;m not even sure if that&#8217;s the right word, but it fits, doesn\u2019t it? If I&#8217;m wrong, feel free to correct me!<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I don&#8217;t care at all about people&#8217;s religious beliefs. I&#8217;m not religious myself, and I support everyone\u2019s right to believe what they want. It\u2019s a fundamental freedom, and I think that\u2019s great.<\/p>\n<p>However, it\u2019s becoming increasingly clear that some are trying to intertwine UFOs with religion and theology, and it\u2019s hard to miss. This isn\u2019t a new phenomenon\u2014L. Ron Hubbard did it, and I suspect more will follow in his footsteps. It genuinely bothers me to see the lines between faith and UFO discussions becoming so blurred. <\/p>\n<p>It almost feels like a form of brainwashing. While there have always been fringe movements, the recent surge suggests there\u2019s a deliberate culture war or campaign trying to push this into the spotlight. I just want to enjoy compelling videos, hear interesting personal experiences, critique government secrecy, and engage in genuine debates about authenticity. I have no interest in getting wrapped up in a cult-like belief system! When I see these obvious efforts to reshape the narrative, it makes me want to distance myself from the subject entirely. <\/p>\n<p>Take, for instance, the NJ drone incident\u2014the spread of fake &#8216;Ezekiel&#8217;s wheel&#8217; videos and various religious symbols was hard to ignore. Sure, explore whatever you like, but come on! It\u2019s becoming excessive. <\/p>\n<p>Just thinking about it makes my stomach turn. With the SW Ranch turning into what it has, it\u2019s clear the lines are being blurred once again. <\/p>\n<p>Believe in whatever you want, but it feels pretty concerning when you consider how religion has historically been exploited by unscrupulous individuals, especially against those seeking truth in a confusing world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nIs anyone else feeling a bit&#8230; proselytized? I&#8217;m not even sure if that&#8217;s the right word, but it fits, doesn\u2019t it? If I&#8217;m wrong, feel free to correct me! Honestly, I don&#8217;t care at all about people&#8217;s religious beliefs. I&#8217;m not religious myself, and I support everyone\u2019s right to believe what they want. It\u2019s a&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/anyone-else-feeling-a-little-bit-proselytised-2\/\" 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":563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3898","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\/3898","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=3898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thataintnoplane.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}