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If you ever find yourself tempted to look down on or judge someone for getting roped up in a cult or simply spewing some dogma that you find ridiculous, please
by jmyeet 4y ago
If you ever find yourself tempted to look down on or judge someone for getting roped up in a cult or simply spewing some dogma that you find ridiculous, please consider that UFOs (and a bunch of other conspiracy theories) are just religion for atheists.
Humans have a deep need, a very egotistical need in some ways, to feel like there's a bigger plan, that they're part of something and even that they're in possession with some secret knowledge the masses aren't.
It's not too dissimilar to those who jump on the trend of the latest fringe FTL technology idea. Warp drives, wormholes, space folding, whatever. Part of this comes from a genuine desire for some Star Trek or Star Wars future of visiting other stars without taking a lifetime to get there. But part of it is also some people realize that if the speed of light is a cosmic speed limit (my personal belief) then the idea of alien visitors and UFOs becomes truly ridiculous.
- booleandilemma 4y agoThere may be ways around the speed of light though, see: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive Please don't psychoanalyze me for telling you this :)
- w4ffl35 4y agoYour comment is misinformed. There are religions for atheists, such as Satanism. UFOlogy is not a religion, and certainly neither are "UFO". Unidentified Flying Objects could hardly be considered a religion. That's like saying a car is a religion to a gearhead. Furthermore, insinuating that people who are into UFO are atheist and UFO are their religion is asinine. Many are atheist, but the majority I know are "spiritual", in pagan religions etc. Additionally there are UFO religions, such as Scientology. There is also the Starseed movement.