Once upon a time....we had Presidential elections and things barely 'boiled'...meaning you could still bowl with Democrats, attend Church with Republicans, and linger through a 3-hour visit with relatives on Thanksgiving avoiding anything political coming up.
Then one day....the Jesus and Satan identification came up. One candidate/party is Jesus, and the other candidate/party is Satan. At that point, everyone wanted to join in on the cult. Newspapers, churches, radio news, sports networks, magazines like Reader's Digest and National Geographic, your local Channel 31, your friendly HR folks, scientists, medical geeks, social media, and the prime news folks.....they all joined the party.
Your trust level dried up....you went skeptical.
You look at a story, reviewing the key five facts given to you....realizing there's two or three gaps missing. You start to step back....realizing they avoided the whole story.
At some point, your friends with one cult (or the other)....will suggest if you just came back to the cult/church/theme....you'd 'get-right'. You feel bad for them, but you realize they are fully tied into the Jesus/Satan stuff.
The accusation of conspiracy beliefs? Well....with JFK and RFK....the laid-out 'truth' doesn't work anymore. And after.....you just start asking questions.
The Greeks had a number of Gods/spirits that they worshipped....each having some special 'power'. My favorite was 'Apheleia'. You would ask Apheleia to help with a mess....presenting ease, simplicity and transparent/untroublesome details to complex situations/chaos. We kinda need that Greek spirit today.
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