Originally Posted by Russ T
I am a Christian conspiratorialist simply because that's where the (strong) evidence leads, and I'm not paranoid about being different from other people, as most seem to be.


It is interesting that our viewpoints are at once parallel and opposite at the same time. I too am not paranoid about being different from other people. It is for this very reason I have never felt a nagging call to christendom despite growing up in a heavily christianized society. I don't say this with an ill will towards your faith in that regard, simply that I haven't let the majority, the teeming, all-encompassing mass (in this case, the christian fold) dissuade me from my accepted beliefs and the ability to look at all possibilities, to differentiate a fact from a maybe from a not likely.

I read the hyperlink you've included in your post. I have to be honest, I see neither strong evidence nor any whatsoever indicating that the path of a christian 'conrpisatorialist' is the obvious one that we should take. Somehow I tie this remark in with your stating that anyone who believes in evolution is being silly and ridiculous because, according to your research, it (evolution) is so obviously wrong. The trouble with statements like this which I can't quite get past is, how do you tackle disproving people like geologists who have spent decades researching these subjects when you yourself are not a geologist? That isn't to imply that just because something is in a book it must be the truth but logic dictates to me that if you wish to discredit numerous fields of science you need to have volumes and volumes of supporting evidence. Making statements like 'people are afraid to know the truth' and providing hyperlinks to videos can't be the way to do this, can it?

I find it interesting that you believe all evidence not only points you in the direction of the christian conspiratorialist but that it strongly does - I find the evidence supporting evolution is quite apparent and (I've said this in a previous post) even if it were wrong it sure looks like the truth. If I were to arguably speaking ask that you point me in the direction that took you down the path you have arrived to, that I wished to understand things as you do, what would you say the first step is? Where can I access the information which leads me to conclude what you have concluded? I would very happily look at what your claiming step by step, piece by piece.

I'd also like to ask if you believe all conspiracy theories are really happening or only some. You seemed to indicate that every known conspiracy theory is claimed to be false but in actuality is truth. Or perhaps I misread what you were saying. For example, do you believe ancient Egyptians were visited by aliens? Do you believe there is a cover up and that Buzz Aldron (sp?) never really landed on the moon and that it was faked?