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[Applause] I find it discouraging and a\h
bit depressing when I notice the unequal\h\h

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treatment afforded by the media to UFO believers\h
on the one hand and on the other to those who\h\h

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believe in an invisible Supreme Being who inhabits\h
the sky especially as the latter belief applies\h\h

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to the whole Jesus Messiah Son of God fable. You\h
may have noticed that in the media UFO believers\h\h

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are usually referred to as "buffs," a term used to\h
diminish and marginalize them by relegating them\h\h

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to the ranks of hobbyists and mere enthusiasts. 
They're made to seem like kooks and quaint dingbats who have the nerve to believe that in an\h
observable universe of trillions upon trillions of\h\h

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stars and most likely many hundreds of billions\h
of potentially inhabitable planets some of those\h\h

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planets may have produced life forms capable of\h
doing things that we can't do. What nerve! On the\h\h

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other hand, those who believe in an eternal\h
all-powerful being a being who demands to be\h\h

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loved and adored unconditionally and who punishes\h
and rewards according to his whims are thought to\h\h

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be worthy upright credible people. This in spite\h
of the large numbers of believers who are clearly\h\h

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close-minded fanatics. To my way of thinking, there\h
is every bit as much evidence for the existence of\h\h

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UFOs as there is for the existence of God, probably\h
far more. At least in the case of UFOs there have\h\h

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been countless taped and filmed and by the way\h
unexplained sightings from all over the world\h\h

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along with documented radar evidence seen by\h
experienced military and civilian radar operators\h\h

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this does not even begin to include the widespread\h
testimony of not only highly trained experienced\h\h

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military and civilian pilots who are selected\h
for their jobs in part for their above average\h\h

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eyesight and mental stability but also of equally\h
well-trained experienced law enforcement officers.

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Such pilots and law enforcement people are known\h
to be serious sober individuals who would have a\h\h

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lot to lose were they to be associated with\h
anything resembling kooky outlandish beliefs\h\h

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nonetheless they have taken the risk\h
of revealing their experiences because\h\h

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they are convinced they have seen something\h
objectively real that they consider important\h\h

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all of these accounts are ignored by the media\h
granted the world of ufo belief has its share of\h\h

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kooks and nuts and fringe people but have you ever\h
listened to some of these religious true believers\h\h

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have you ever heard of any extreme bizarre\h
behavior and outlandish claims associated with\h\h

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religious zealots could any of them be considered\h
kooks nuts or dingbats a fair person would have\h\h

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to say yes but the marginal people in these two\h
groups don't matter in this argument what matters\h\h

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is the prejudice and superstition built into the\h
media coverage of the two sets of beliefs one is\h\h

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treated reverently and accepted as received truth\h
the other is treated laughingly and dismissed out\h\h

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of hand as evidence of the above premise i offer\h
one version of a typical television news story\h\h

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heard each year on the final friday of lent today\h
is good friday observed by christians worldwide\h\h

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as a day that commemorates the crucifixion of\h
jesus christ the son of god whose death redeemed\h\h

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the sins of mankind here is the way it should be\h
written today is good friday observed worldwide\h\h

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by jesus buffs as the day on which the popular\h
bearded cultural figure sometimes referred to as\h\h

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the messiah was allegedly crucified and according\h
to legend died for mankind's so-called sins\h\h

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today kicks off a holy weekend that culminates\h
on easter sunday when it is widely believed this\h\h

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dead savior who also by the way claimed to be the\h
son of a sky-dwelling invisible being known as god\h\h

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mysteriously rose from the dead according to the\h
legend by volunteering to be killed and actually\h\h

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going through with it jesus saved every person who\h
has ever lived and every person who will ever live\h\h

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from an eternity of suffering in a fiery region\h
popularly known as hell providing so the story\h\h

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goes that the person to be saved firmly believes\h
this rather fanciful that would be an example of\h\h