RE: atheists and "conspiracy" theories
May 2, 2012 at 11:38 am
(This post was last modified: May 2, 2012 at 11:42 am by Napoléon.)
I used to be into all these conspiracy theories myself for quite a while. When I first came onto these forums I posted threads about ancient aliens.
No doubt they got shot down within a few posts.
The thing I realised pretty quickly is how stupid I was to believe in them. But the thing is, is you make up evidence and only look at the facts you want to, in order for it to conform with the conspiracy theory you want to believe in.
The people who spread these theories are incredibly good at making them sound convincing, and by presenting 'reasonable' arguments. But what they tend to do is simply ask questions and then propose their version of events. You get caught up in listening to them and you suddenly think there is something in the theory.
Truth is, if ANYONE really takes the time to examine shit like this, they will debunk it.
Like I said, I came here with the same conspiracy theorist noggin. When you realise that these theories should be approached in just the same way as the way we dismiss creationism for much the same reasons, that's when you realise why they are not often given any credibility.
UNTIL evidence to PROVE conspiracies is presented, they are nothing more than conspiracies, and should be treated as such.
No doubt they got shot down within a few posts.
The thing I realised pretty quickly is how stupid I was to believe in them. But the thing is, is you make up evidence and only look at the facts you want to, in order for it to conform with the conspiracy theory you want to believe in.
The people who spread these theories are incredibly good at making them sound convincing, and by presenting 'reasonable' arguments. But what they tend to do is simply ask questions and then propose their version of events. You get caught up in listening to them and you suddenly think there is something in the theory.
Truth is, if ANYONE really takes the time to examine shit like this, they will debunk it.
Like I said, I came here with the same conspiracy theorist noggin. When you realise that these theories should be approached in just the same way as the way we dismiss creationism for much the same reasons, that's when you realise why they are not often given any credibility.
UNTIL evidence to PROVE conspiracies is presented, they are nothing more than conspiracies, and should be treated as such.
