Comments on: What’s Wrong with Conspiracy Theories? http://www.religiousliberty.tv/whats-wrong-with-conspiracy-theories.html Religious liberty and freedom of conscience Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:28:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ole http://www.religiousliberty.tv/whats-wrong-with-conspiracy-theories.html/comment-page-1#comment-1912 Ole Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:10:11 +0000 http://www.religiousliberty.tv/?p=1562#comment-1912 Years ago I found God's perfect antidote to conspiracy theories. While two kingdoms were literally conspiring against the kingdom of Judah, Isaiah came to king Ahaz with this counsel: NAS Isaiah 8:12 "You are not to say, 'It is a conspiracy!' In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy, And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it. 13 "It is the LORD of hosts whom you should regard as holy. And He shall be your fear, And He shall be your dread. 14 "Then He shall become a sanctuary; ... (KJV translators chose the word "confederacy", but the NKJV translators agree that "conspiracy" is now the best word to translate the Hebrew.) I believe Isaiah's counsel is still valid. Those who watch for conspiracies will fall into tragedy, like king Ahaz. (Just look up the story of his life!) Those who fear the LORD will never be put to shame - like Isaiah, even if he did die a martyr under Manasseh's reign. Years ago I found God’s perfect antidote to conspiracy theories. While two kingdoms were literally conspiring against the kingdom of Judah, Isaiah came to king Ahaz with this counsel:

NAS Isaiah 8:12 “You are not to say, ‘It is a conspiracy!’ In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy, And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it. 13 “It is the LORD of hosts whom you should regard as holy. And He shall be your fear, And He shall be your dread. 14 “Then He shall become a sanctuary; …

(KJV translators chose the word “confederacy”, but the NKJV translators agree that “conspiracy” is now the best word to translate the Hebrew.)

I believe Isaiah’s counsel is still valid. Those who watch for conspiracies will fall into tragedy, like king Ahaz. (Just look up the story of his life!) Those who fear the LORD will never be put to shame – like Isaiah, even if he did die a martyr under Manasseh’s reign.

]]> By: sandra http://www.religiousliberty.tv/whats-wrong-with-conspiracy-theories.html/comment-page-1#comment-1875 sandra Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:33:32 +0000 http://www.religiousliberty.tv/?p=1562#comment-1875 Just to add to your point Kevin, it seems as though some people(I think we have all been guilty of this at some point)search out information that will support a preconcieved view, in this case conspiracy fears, that they have in regards to a certain subject. In addition, like mentioned by Kevin, how do these individuals verify how reliable those sources are. I would say they don't. At the end of the day, some people seek out information(conspiracy theories) to help them feel secure in that particular belief. And we must all be aware of such thinking because we are all vulnerable. Just to add to your point Kevin, it seems as though some people(I think we have all been guilty of this at some point)search out information that will support a preconcieved view, in this case conspiracy fears, that they have in regards to a certain subject. In addition, like mentioned by Kevin, how do these individuals verify how reliable those sources are. I would say they don’t. At the end of the day, some people seek out information(conspiracy theories) to help them feel secure in that particular belief. And we must all be aware of such thinking because we are all vulnerable.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.religiousliberty.tv/whats-wrong-with-conspiracy-theories.html/comment-page-1#comment-1874 Kevin Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:45:51 +0000 http://www.religiousliberty.tv/?p=1562#comment-1874 Most who fall for the bizarre and losely verifiable either are of limited thinking or paranoid, maybe both. I find people whose lives revolve around a good dark secret are already predisposed to believing that unverifiable mystery to begin with. Had one fellow who fears the Swine Flu vaccine say you "can't believe what the media tells you" but "I have read about this vaccine and its scarry" and my question was, what made the source he read from any more reliable than the distrusted media he denounced? Which media is giving us the truth? Is every source one can track along the wide and twisting road of the Internet of equal value and how would you know? Most who fall for the bizarre and losely verifiable either are of limited thinking or paranoid, maybe both. I find people whose lives revolve around a good dark secret are already predisposed to believing that unverifiable mystery to begin with. Had one fellow who fears the Swine Flu vaccine say you “can’t believe what the media tells you” but “I have read about this vaccine and its scarry” and my question was, what made the source he read from any more reliable than the distrusted media he denounced? Which media is giving us the truth? Is every source one can track along the wide and twisting road of the Internet of equal value and how would you know?

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