Whew! For a second there, I was worried that I agreed with Aaron Rogers.

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.

Thanks Ric! And now, Kelly Andrews with the weather. How's global warming going, Kelly?

Naw, not only manipulation. It's also poor man's philosophy. Humans like to have an answer for the big questions wether they know wtf they're saying or not. I think something like religion is inevitable with the absence of explanations.

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

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.”

A broken clock is right twice a day

You can play sports and not be manipulating people.

You cannot lead a church and not be manipulating people, even if unwittingly.

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.