If you can’t even acknowledge and agree on something so basic and obvious such as the relevance of the religious perspective in a alien disclosure scenario, then I can only assume you’re no longer discussing in good faith with me anymore. I know you aren’t this stupid, so what’s going on here? Surely we can all mutually accept that the implications for millions of deeply religious people would be immense, possibly threatening to their faith? A single theologian then, amongst 8 other specialists is logical and normal. There’s no point of contention or conspiracy here…
Nonsense.
The concept of Aliens and the idea of visitations has been around in (pop) culture all around the world for ages now, its well embedded. What do you expect this "expert" to bring to the table precisely other then
"here's what you should tell your followers, Imams, Rabbi's Priest, Clerics and Shamans: "actually, Aliens where in *insert book here* all along! just look a this meriad of multi-interpretal passages here and here" ? and speaking of which shouldn't you want one from each of the top 6 main faiths on the planet at the very least then?
Clerics and holy men all around the globe are prefectly up to the task of massasing in uncomfortable truths about the nature of reality, a
nd have been for eons, during every Zeitgeist shift. (The earth being round, invention of planes, Moonlanding etc. ) same goes for economists by the way, what are they going to contribute..wrongly predict another crash again?
To, as a government, suggest you need 7 years to assemble an "expert" panel/ person for that is nonsensical, I don't know how else to put that to you.
What the CIA/government need to do (if they genuinly have and want to conceal said "truth") is childishly simple:
*PROVE IT*
-You don't leave out convinient sections in your reports and/or leaks.
-You don't go "wellll. . we need more funding and research and all that but in the mean time listen to this new version of an ad naseaum story we've heard over and over again."
-You don't need these absurd promises of in 7 years needing to assemble this "expert panel to reveal it"
you just, properly, prove it.
And i'm actually surprised to see a stounch believer such as yourself putting up with this so gullibly... are you.. speaking of bad faith.. so blinded by your desire for this to be true and wanting it so badly.. that you cannot see a carrot on a stick, and a bad one at that, dangling in front of you like that?
This isn't me arguing in bad faith, its me pointing out things that are blatently ridiculous and/or blatently obvious.
If I where arguing in bad faith with you I would sheepisly and enthousiastically go along with everything you post whilst sniggering from behind my keyboard.