First, I am Catholic, and so is this other guy.
I responded to him and asked, "Do you remember how you felt when the first news about Catholic priest abuses in Boston broke, a couple of decades ago?"
He replied, "I was sort of numbed with disbelief."
"Okay," I continued, "and have you ever thought about how such a scandal could exist for so long, not to mention other scandals? Have you ever thought about the power structure at the top levels of the church administration that manipulated things to keep all the scandals a secret?"
"I guess I never thought of it that way," he replied.
"Well, " I said, "do you think that the the Catholic church is the only entity in the history of the world to have a power structure, and secret scandals, etc.?"
Silence.
"And so," I added, "by simple extrapolation, I am confident that a relatively tiny number of people in the highest positions among the governments, corporations and other institutions are all busy pushing their agendas, and protecting their secrets. And if that's true, it's probably just as true that an even higher level of controllers are orchestrating things to their advantage and to further their agenda."
Deer in the headlights stare.
Your friend is learning to question everything 🙂
I hope so. Thanks
Hopefully they keep going instead of relapsing like I've seen others sadly do.
Agreed, I know several people that once redpilled, and started to learn some truth. They submerged themselves back into non reality even deeper because they can't handle the truth. These people won't make it to the end, they are party of the 4-6% in my opinion.
That's not necessarily true. It often takes people several shock waves to change their deepest foundational beliefs. They might have their eyes opened and then retreat back to what is safe and familiar. This might need to happen a few times before they are wiling to accept the new, unwanted reality.
Kind of like how you might hit the snooze bar on your alarm a few times, trying to get back to that deep, comfortable sleep you were in. But you've been jolted awake already so your sleep isn't quite as deep. Each new jolt wakes you up even further. It's just a matter of time before you accept that you have to wake up.
You're right, and I plan to keep at it with him.
It's important to question everything, but also question sources that tell you something is a conspiracy, so that you don't believe everything is a conspiracy. Because i've seen a few go full retard. Flat earth, 1 in 3 people are inverted sexes. Normal people who died are actually well known actors/actresses (like Gabby Petito and her bf) ...
Agreed… you shouldn’t believe everything you’re here either until you do your own research. Doesn’t matter if the source is reliable you have to question everything. 😎
"Questioning everything" is radical skepticism---which is the philosophical position that knowledge is impossible. (You must question any answers you think you found.) Bertrand Russell wrote "Skepticism, while logically impeccable, is psychologically impossible, and there is an element of frivolous insincerity in any philosophy which pretends to accept it."
It is passing strange (if not amusing) that many adherents of this position adopt completely dogmatic views on the subjects of "chemtrails", a Flat Earth, a Moon landing hoax, and other zany paranoid delusions. No questions for them, once they have obtained their "answers."
Interesting quotes. Yes, you can't reason with the person i talked about. I even showed him an hour long video of the police body cam footage where they are talking to Gabbie and her BF on the side of the road in Utah and I said "why would they release this video if it's supposedly some famous actress you're referring to... plus look at her height and weight, she's not even a close resemblance"
He just ignores all dissenting opinions.
Can’t wait until they find out the part in the Bible about the firmament wasn’t referring to The Truman Show.
The "firmament" (from the Latin firmamentum, meaning "sky" or "expanse") is mentioned 17 times in the King James Version of the Bible and refers to the expanse of the heavens above the earth.
It’s THE first-step.
And that would end up with the friend being educated (probably better than the schools he went to).