Despite the political landscape, the greatest dangers that a Conspiracy Theory presents are a false sense of self-importance, and a fertile field for manipulation.
While the term Conspiracy Theory has been wielded as a weapon against suspicion over events like COVID, JFK, etc., where we see people captured by the throes of such a mindset, are the BLM Riots, the idea of LGBTQ genocide, etc.
As well as this, we see it as an epistemic problem.
Here are my questions when a theory is presented:
1. If true, then what? What does it demand of you and I?
2. Can this information be verified?
3. Why are you important to this story?
Because a danger of Conspiracy Theory is that it demands nothing of the believer except belief.
Thanks to James Lindsey, Gnosticism has returned to a more common place in the English Language. Gnosticism separates itself from Christianity through introducing "secret knowledge" or revelation. It also tends to depend on an inversion of the truth: ex: God is ...
I'm looking to start a weekly Questions and Answers segment just for Supporters, and have one question for you.
Each Monday a new post would appear with the week's date. Throughout the week, you can leave your questions in the comment section of that post. At the end of the week, I'll host a live stream on Locals (here), and go through your questions.
What would work best for you to tune in live?
