Media Coverage of Deepak Chopra and the Jeffrey Epstein Files – Terry Mattingly, 2/25/26 (0561)
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🗓️ 25 February 2026
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Terry Mattingly of Rational Sheep
Rational Sheep
Pop Goes Religion: Faith in Popular Culture
GetReligion.org
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| 0:20.0 | If I allow you to only notice the facts that confirm your hypothesis |
| 0:28.6 | and to ignore or disregard all of the facts that contradicted, |
| 0:33.6 | I mean, you can pretty much prove or argue anything. |
| 0:36.6 | One of the ways that the world was fear Christians is they will slap ugly labels on true and good things, |
| 0:43.3 | and they'll often put good labels on things that are false. |
| 0:47.3 | One of the great difficulties of Christianity is that we cannot be the hero of the story. |
| 0:53.3 | We are not the Savior. Jesus is the hero of the story. We are not the Savior. Jesus is the hero of the story, |
| 0:58.0 | and he's the Savior, and we are the saved. Leave it with Jesus. I mean, what are you doing, |
| 1:03.6 | punishing yourself? Why do you think Jesus died so you could spend your life carrying your sack of |
| 1:09.3 | shame on your back? No, he died so you could be forgiven and free. |
| 1:14.1 | So drop that sack of shame and live free and forgiven in the gospel. |
| 1:18.3 | Nurses in Wyoming who volunteer with EMS love issues, etc. |
| 1:35.3 | Deepak Chopra has been a new age guru to the stars for decades now, |
| 1:43.2 | probably made most famous by really a glowing endorsement from Oprah Winfrey several decades ago. |
| 1:48.6 | And he's remained in many ways a religious leader in the U.S., new age religion, albeit new age religion. He's also apparently in the Epstein files a lot. |
| 1:57.2 | How are the media reacting? Greetings and welcome to issues, et etc., live on this Wednesday afternoon, February of the 25th. |
| 2:03.6 | I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. We'll be talking about media coverage of New Age Guru Deepak Chopra and the Epstein Files, Terry Mattingly. |
| 2:11.6 | We'll join us for that conversation. |
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