Karen Keener, free thinker, natural health advocate, owner of The Sovereign Mom, and head of the Army of None (not yet released) can be found on Facebook, Instagram, and emailed at thekarenkeener@gmail.com.
She joins us today to talk about the denominational and political division among American Christians, the validity of most COVID diagnoses, and the blind compliance of the American public.
Timestamps & Starting Points:
1:35 “A church for smart people”
Growing up at Christian school, kids would fight about which denomination was right
She longed for a church without so much dogma, who used critical thinking
Without fear of being called blasphemous
Found Church of Religious Science
But politics got in there too
“politics gets involved in spirituality and then it's not really spiritual anymore” -Karen
5:39 Churches claiming to be the only valid -- or even the original -- group
But… many denominations started in the US
How can they trace their history back to the Early Church?
The Early Church was about Jesus, not doctrinal division
"I wanted to understand how they related to the state and there was no Baptist or church of Christ or Pentecostal, or none of that mentioned in their writings. It was all about Jesus." - Craig
9:28 Trump is equated with Jesus
"There was this whole fear that you were going to burn in Hell if you ask any questions." - Karen
It’s grown up to adulthood where people don’t question authority
Don’t question Trump
He is fighting the evil illuminati
They’ll call anyone who uses their own brain demonic
Y’all are crazy
14:11 It’s almost like Borderline Personality Disorder
Anything I agree with is holy
Anything I disagree with is evil
Humans are not seen as complex
They are either the embodiment of evil or good itself
If you point out a flaw or positive, they’ll say “Nobody’s perfect; only Jesus”
“This is like saying that Jack Black isn't a perfect replica of Beyonce… like they both can sing high notes, but like they're not perfect. They’re such a far cry from each other, like Trump and perfection is so far away.” -Karen
It doesn’t matter if the person they’re following blatantly does evil, it is acceptable to them. If their enemy did that, they would be so upset
Young people are not growing up
Their parents are paying for everything
They’re taught not to think or question
They have been taught lies about history
Changing any of that is terrifying, so they cling to it
20:55 Craig and Karen’s political journeys
Guiding resources:
Sibel Edmonds’ book
Eva Bartlett reporting on Syria
Dr. Joseph Mercola on medical freedom
“I think taking a nap is way more productive than voting.” -Craig
29:46 COVID theatrics
Karen’s friend’s dad got it
Proved to her that it was a real illness
Got sent away from the hospital because he “wasn’t bad enough for a ventilator”
Died after being on the ventilator for a month
Hospital would not offer any other treatment
Craig medically can’t mask
So he had to find other ways to fight it
VITAMINS
People with masks were the ones getting sick
He never got it, even when he spent time with those who did
Misdiagnosing COVID
Bacterial pneumonia and the flu both fit the diagnostic criteria
The actual tests were inaccurate
Deaths
Most people die in hospitals
If you diagnose everyone who comes into a hospital with COVID, then a lot of deaths will count towards it
Misdiagnosing the flu
37:15 Doctors are telling people, “The flu doesn’t exist anymore.”
Peter Doshi article from 2013
Make a big deal of it every year until now
They don’t usually test for Influenza
What if the symptoms are caused by something else?
Another illness
Eating poorly/detoxing from holidays
Less sun
Cold weather
Mold
Stress
Refusing to treat people
Hospitals incentivized to have serious cases
Didn’t offer typical pneumonia treatments to help
Waited for patients to be severe enough for ventilators
41:52 What’s the next thing?
People are rule-followers, not boat-rockers
Changing the rules
Little kids need to mask now
Can they mandate a vaccine for work?
Anyone can ask, but they cannot require you to answer
We have our own authority; we don’t have to follow irrational laws
But how do we know who is on our side now?
People are not wearing masks because they’re vaccinated AND because they just don’t want to
Maybe an alien invasion to unite us under one world government?
“Not that COVID was fake, but the pandemic was fake.” -Karen
They’re timing the changes in law so people will feel grateful and willing to listen
People believe their rights come from the Constitution, not from within themselves