(May 21, 2014 at 1:08 pm)oukoida Wrote: I know this might sound a lot like a conspiracy theory but I believe that something interesting could spark from this... What do you guys think? :-)
I don't think that's completely far fetched.
When it comes to the religious right in the US in general: I recently saw the film 'Jesus Camp' again, and as I watched it carefully I saw signs that the real motives of the 'higher ups' as it were seem to be echo-political rather than religious.
It reminded me of the book 'Dune' where the nobility are aware that the religious beliefs of the people are false, but they still use religion to control and manipulate them.
One way of asserting power is to be right, or to appear to be right. I have often heard christians say things like 10000 people can't be wrong, and so on. If you are a famous creationist and many, many people believe in you, that makes you powerful. One of the greatest powers you can have is to make people believe in un-truths.
Russia's Putin is a prime example of this. He controls the media in his country and it is shock full of half-truths and outright lies.
