Katy Perry Super Bowl halftime show and the Illuminati article
- What is the Illuminati / New World Order?
Boova, addressed as 'Moova' in the audio, presents a Facebook article headlined 'Ex Christian Katy Perry promotes dark magic and LGBT agenda at 2015 Super Bowl halftime show'. He reads its claims at length: the Luke 22:53 epigraph, the 'Illuminati' history of past halftime shows (Beyonce, Madonna, Bruno Mars), and Katy Perry's fire dress, golden beast with red eyes, and songs 'Dark Horse', 'I Kissed a Girl', and 'Firework'. The hosts push back: the golden beast does not match Daniel 7's four beasts (lion with eagle's wings, bear with three ribs, leopard with four heads, iron-toothed fourth beast with ten horns), the rainbow is 'God's rainbow', and one host reads the Wikipedia definition of the Bavarian Illuminati when asked what the term means. They conclude the article makes Christians 'look stupid' and 'make God look small', rebuking conspiracy-chasing directly: 'knock it off'. A closing note observes Lenny Kravitz also sang 'I Kissed a Girl'.
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