[workerbee]

Nothing shocks me anymore but I will be shocked if this turns out to be true.

I just don't know what to think at this point. I can't help but be extremely wary -- there's an aura of ginned-up hysteria about all this.

[Pietro]

"there's an aura of ginned-up hysteria about all this."

Indeed. But remember St Paul said (I paraphrase) a couple things that may help (at least they do for me):

1)Test all things w/ reason

2) We fight not the forces of this world but w/ powers and principalities