Strange things happen in this world. Strange things happen all the time, really. Some things can be left up to interpretation, but others are either supported by facts or need facts. For example, I can claim I saw a ghost; maybe I did, maybe I didn’t. If you weren’t there and it was just me, it’s up to interpretation. But if I claimed that I saw a ghost in a room full of other people, well, if they didn’t see it, there’s less room to interpret this. I could be mistaken, I could be lying, but there probably wasn’t a ghost. Someone should explain this logic to Gregg Phillips.
Who is Gregg Phillips?
Gregg Phillips seems to be a bit of an idiot. He’s someone who adamantly believed that the 2020 US Presidential Election was stolen. It was not. There is still no evidence of this. It kind of makes sense, though, that he would allege something like this, considering he also alleges he was teleported to a Waffle House in the city of Rome, Georgia. Maybe this wouldn’t be so troubling if not for the fact that Phillips is also the second-highest officer in FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Phillips appeared on an episode of the Onward podcast last year, claiming he had been teleported on several occasions. One such incident involved him and his car being transported over 50 miles away to the aforementioned Waffle House. No one at that Waffle House recalls him being there, though. As a matter of fact, according to reports, they didn’t even recognize him when they were shown a picture of him.
God Sure Loves Waffle Houses
Obviously, this doesn’t look good for a highly appointed government official. So, Phillips did what any self-serving person would do and tried to change the narrative. He tried to say that he never used the word “teleportation” and that the biblical terms for what happened would be that he was “translated” or “transported.” He also noted that these are “not new ideas for people of faith.”
Well, you’ve got us there. In God, all things are possible. But why? Why were you brought to a Waffle House? And if you were, why didn’t anyone see you there? Also, again, WHY would God bring you to a Waffle House? Assuming that the almighty and all-powerful father would exercise dominion over the world to single you out for getting you “translated” to a Waffle House, why would he do that?
Okay, let’s assume that maybe God was trying to remove you from a dangerous situation. Let’s say that you were going to get hit by an oncoming car or something. So God decides to save you from this fate for a later purpose. Why would he move you 50 miles away to a Waffle House? Sure, God works in mysterious ways, but not THAT mysterious.
A Likelier Explanation
But we can’t go so far as to state that Phillips is lying. Not necessarily because we believe him, but because he might legitimately believe this himself. It’s far more likely that if he did wind up without explanation at a Waffle House, it could have been from some delusion. No matter which way you look at it, no one at the Waffle House saw this happen. It’s a ghost story that no one else was around for. Except in this case, the storyteller thinks the story still works in a crowded room.
