Conspiricism

Conspiracy theory goes hand in hand with Remnant theology. The entire world is under the control of the Illuminati (controled by the Devil), everyone in power is obviously part of the conspiracy otherwise how could they have gotten into power? The problem you run into with those who are already heavily invested in conspiracy theories is that their faculties of reason have been so diluted that they will not be able to distinguish fact from fiction, fabrication from fantasy.

Wikipedia's entry for Conspiracy theory is illustrative:

Conspiracism

When conspiracy theories combine erroneous 'facts', observational fallacies and lack of evidence, critics refer to them as a form of Conspiracism, a worldview that sees major historic events and trends as primarily the result of secret conspiracies.[1]

According to many psychologists, a person who believes in one conspiracy theory is often a believer in other conspiracy theories as well. Belief in a conspiracy, or even conspiracies, is not necessarily a sign of psychological problems.

Some people distinguish between accusations of conspiracy and unfalsifiable conspiracy theories and argue that when conspiracy theories are proposed, the proponents bear the burden of proof. In justifying the classification of a conspiracy theory as conspiracism, detractors tend to level accusations that the theory is:

1. Not backed up by sufficient evidence.
2. Phrased in such a way as to be unfalsifiable.
3. Improbably complex or lengthy. A rule of thumb called Occam's Razor is often cited. It states that the simpler a theory is, the more likely it is to be right.

Defenders point out in response that:

1. Those powerful people involved in the conspiracy hide, destroy, or obfuscate evidence.
2. Skeptics / apologists are not (in their opinion) prepared to keep an open mind.
3. Skeptics / apologists may be politically motivated and have a vested interest in the status quo as a shill or agent..
4. Skeptics / apologists may be victims of a human tendency to assume the safest and most secure of all possibilities.

Epistemic bias

It is also possible that certain basic human epistemic biases are projected onto the material under scrutiny. According to one study humans apply a 'rule of thumb' by which we expect a significant event to have a significant cause.[2] The study offered subjects four versions of events, in which a foreign president was (a) successfully assassinated, (b) unsuccessfully wounded, (c) wounded but died of a heart attack at a later date, and (d) was unharmed. Subjects were significantly more likely to suspect conspiracy in the case of the 'major events'—in which the president died—than in the other cases, despite all other facts available to them being equal.

Another epistemic 'rule of thumb' that can be misapplied to a mystery involving other humans is cui bono? (who stands to gain?). This sensitivity to the hidden motives of other people might be either an evolved or an encultured feature of human consciousness, but either way it appears to be universal. If the inquirer lacks access to the relevant facts of the case, or if there are structural interests rather than personal motives involved, this method of inquiry will tend to produce a falsely conspiratorial account of an impersonal event. The direct corollary of this epistemic bias in pre-scientific cultures is the tendency to imagine the world in terms of animism. Inanimate objects or substances of significance to humans are fetishised and supposed to harbor benign or malignant spirits.
-Wikipedia

Conspiracy: A flawed world view
9/11 conspiracy theories
The freemasons

A spirit of religion

One thing that marks the theology of those who call themselves the remnant is a disdain and downright hatred of Christians who are 'apostate' in their minds.

Being one of the hosts on the Christian Media Network I spent most of the time manning the booth with some other very helpful volunteers. I expected to be surrounded by Rapturists, Preterists, Pharisees and a slew of equally deluded people. I was not disappointed. However, I did get a chance to meet several like-minded Christian brothers and sisters.

In a situation surrounded by misguided (and sometimes arrogant) sheep, it was important for me to realize that most of the people attending the Jesus Festival were there because they consider themselves Christians and they do so because they desire a relationship with God. -'It's about what the bible says'

"A slew of equally deluded people..." This kind of comment is the mark of god's chosen remnant? This kind of condescension can be found throughout the writings of remnant theology. It's not an accident. It is a spirit of religion.

I say spirit of religion because they display such haughtiness and pride in their exclusive knowledge. As if their knowledge will save them. They look down upon everyone who does not hold as true their particular beliefs, which are extra-biblical from all that I can see.

In fact, those who, "refuse to hear the truth" are in fact only so-called christians, because obviously if they were true christians they would accept everything 'the remnant' says uncritically.

Their intentions are good, but they don’t love the truth. The Bible says, “And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.” (2 Thessalonians 2:10) They don’t seem to read their Bibles and study the words to make sure they are not being led astray. The Bible says, “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (2 Timothy 2:15)-'It's about what the bible says'

They don't love the truth, therefore they are not saved.

Beware men who would substitute their own truth for God's salvation and then tell you that if you do not accept their version of the truth that you are going to hell.

There are very few things upon which you can base your salvation, religion is not one of them. God is.

Buildings on Mars?

Are there buildings on Mars? Apparently James Lloyd thinks there are.

The equivalent of “the smoking gun,” this means there is now no doubt that there are intelligently designed structures on Mars. To put it another way, the odds are so (if you’ll pardon the pun) astronomically against any random natural landscape feature having an identical twin, that it is virtually undeniable that the artifacts seen on this program were constructed artificially. (More information on the Redstar video is available by clicking on the More On This Subject button below).

From this writer’s perspective, it is inconceivable that the controlling powers have not known of this information for many years. Indeed, the entire field of inquiry is littered with intentional disinformation, “lost” or "doctored" computer images, an inordinately high percentage of supposedly failed exploratory missions, and a systematic obfuscation of the truth that has emanated downwards from the highest levels of government. -Christian Media Research

Does this make any sense at all? Is the 'Remnant Church' so gullible and devoid of logic that they cannot even critically examine even this level of quackery?

Lloyd goes on to say that Aliens, presumably these martians, are none other than the Nephalim of the old testament. Angels who fathered a race of giants with human women. That when the worldwide conspiracy finally reveals this knowledge about the Martians it will be part of the strong delusion sent to the earth in the last days.

The modern resurgence of goddess worship can clearly be traced to the worship of the Egyptian Isis. Furthermore, the heretical teaching that the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were actually descended from "gods" that came from another world is currently enjoying an enormous resurgence with the release of the major film, Stargate and the hit television series of the same name. These programs, and many others, powerfully bolster the growing view that extraterrestrials were active in ancient Egypt and their alleged promise to return is about to be fulfilled.

Furthermore, this entire scenario fits extremely well with the extensive writings of Zechariah Sitchin and his predecessor Erich Von Daniken. In a reversal of the truth, these apostates teach that the extraterrestrials were mistakenly thought to be the angels of antiquity seen in the Nephilim account recorded in the Bible (see my book on the Nephilim entitled Where Angels Dare To Tread in the online catalog found at Christianmedianetwork.com) The truth is, the fallen angels are masquerading as extraterrestrials. -Christian Media Research

False Prophets

Believe me or be damned!

The main mark of James Lloyd's ministry is a hatred and repudiation of the 'apostate Church' (which incidentally includes most, if not all, American churches) and America as a nation. He says that most Christians are going to hell and that America is Babylon the Great.

His evidence for this is that the true church would obey him as a prophet and follow his interpretation of scripture. Well, he is a prophet after all. (Just don't ask him to be accurate 100% of the time. We can't expect that from this great man of God.)

Jesus told us that we would be inundated in False Prophets in the days preceding His return. Christian Media Research considers the primary characteristics of False Prophets to be found in Deuteronomy chapter 13. There, the text tells us a False Prophet is one who is "a dreamer of dreams," or one who performs "a sign or a wonder" and then leads people to follow "other gods."

Why isn't accuracy in prophecy important?

This is in sharp contrast to the mainline church perspective that a False Prophet is one who fails to achieve 100% accuracy in his (or her) predictions. That descriptive passage, found in Deuteronomy 18, actually provides the Messianic characteristics of the prophet that God promised would be like unto Himself. This grave error, in the most fundamental description of what constitutes a False Prophet, has critically hampered the organized Christian church from recognizing the Antichrist power in their midst.

Well, it seems the Prophet James Lloyd has made public predictions that did not come true. That's bad for a prophet, because he is supposed to be given his message by God. Since God knows all, God would not likely get a prediction wrong.

But Lloyd cannot admit that whoever gave him that prediction was not God, now can he? Obviously mainstream churches must be to blame. Conveniently, when caught making predictions that do not come true, he looks and finds a new interpretation of what a false prophet is!

Of course, those that are familiar with my prophetic history already know that I have intensely experienced this teaching on a first hand basis with my failed prophecy of the destruction of New York (and significant portions of America) on or before July 4th 1998. While I have already written several articles relating to this episode, it has taken me over 6 months to "think on these things" and come to a fuller understanding of what the scriptures actually teach concerning the assumption of a requirement of prophetic inerrancy among those that make predictions within the constraints of Biblical Christianity.

I find it interesting that in an effort to extricate himself from his own lies in the face of the truth of the bible, that he attempts to 'contextualize' and reinterpret what the scripture plainly means. Context, it seems, is in the eye of the beholder.

The context within which Deuteronomy 18 talks about false prophets is a warning to the Isrealites to avoid the occultic religions of the middle east. Who are always looking for a sign, and are easily deceived by shamans and priesthoods claiming to have secret and divine knowledge. Let's start at verse 9 (to get a little more context):

9 When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in [a] the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, 11 or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the LORD, and because of these detestable practices the LORD your God will drive out those nations before you. 13 You must be blameless before the LORD your God.

The form of 'Prophesy' which James Lloyd practices is indeed a form of divination. He seeks hidden knowledge intended to be found only by those with 'the gift of prophecy', those anointed ones who have the correct knowledge of the true doctrines of God. God says that he detests those who practice divination. What else is Christian Media Network but a ministry of divination? In addition to claiming to be given knowledge from God, James Lloyd also proclaims that anyone who disagrees with his specially divined and interpreted knowledge is an apostate and a false prophet. How's that for accuracy?

As an individual with the gift of prophecy, I truly believe the Lord has showed me many things concerning the "hows" and "whys" of the end of the age.

Furthermore, I believe it is the departure from the truth that is found in the Bible that has generated the incredible amount of apostasy that even now seeks to overwhelm the remnant church of Jesus Christ. We cannot stand idly by and watch wolves ravage the flock with False Doctrine and financial manipulations without standing up to fight. Christian Media Research

Verses 14 through 21 go on to describe what a prophet of God is and is not:

14 The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination. But as for you, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so. 15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him. 16 For this is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, "Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die."

17 The LORD said to me: "What they say is good. 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers; I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. 19 If anyone does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name, I myself will call him to account. 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded him to say, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, must be put to death."

21 You may say to yourselves, "How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD ?" 22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.

If Lloyd can't get this right, he can't be trusted to interpret any scripture. Verse 20 says clearly that any prophet who 'prophesies' in the Lord's name something that God has not told him to prophecy should be put to death. Verse 22 God merely reiterates that God's power and authority is not in a prophet who's prophesies fail.

How much clearer can it be? Yet Lloyd tries to reinterpret this as saying that these pasages are only speaking of the coming prophet, the Messiah. To say that God is warning that only those 'prophets' who pretend to also be the messiah are to be put to death is a bit of a stretch. It says, "if he speaks in my name anything I have not commanded him..."

Back in the original reading in Deuteronomy 18 in verse 20, immediately following the prediction of the coming of "the prophet" that will be like Moses, the text reads "But the prophet, which shall presume to speak in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die." Here we see that God takes the office of this particular prophet seriously enough to prescribe death for any pretenders.

The next verse states that when a prophet speaks for the Lord, "if the thing follow not, nor come to pass," it will be clear that this is something "which the Lord hath not spoken." Once again, this is a requirement for "the prophet" that is spoken of throughout the entire passage — and that prophet is Jesus Christ, the mediator of the new covenant. It is highly inappropriate for us to lift these last two verses out of the context of the entire chapter — which speaks of the same individual for the last 8 verses of the chapter.

Plainly Lloyd does not take no for an answer. But unfortunately there can be no doubt what is meant here. His is an attempt to separate the meaning not contexualize it.

In verse 16 Moses says that the Israelites asked, "Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God nor see this great fire anymore, or we will die." Moses then prophesied that God would not live among them as a pillar of fire but would live among his people as one of them. The Lord is speaking of himself becoming a man, being born among them as Jesus the Messiah, a prophet like Moses.

However Jesus was not the only prophet God raised up. Therefore to say that verse 20 only refers to Jesus or any prophet presuming to be him does not make any sense. God is defining both what a prophet is and what a false prophet is. A prophet's words come from God and a false prophet's words do not come from God. How hard is that to understand? There is no loophole here for pretenders; for those 'practising' divination.

In verse 22 God answers a question the people would ask, "How will we know?"

James Lloyd, Christian Media Network

I've read and heard enough of James Lloyd to know that he doesn't have any special annointing to interpret prophecy. I know for sure that he is no prophet. His writing style is a bit negative, (some of us find a passion in opposing things I guess). My main criticism is that his proofs are usually completely unrelated items that he attempts to connect together. For instance, a map of New York is the same general (and I would emphasize general) shape as a map of Jerusalem, and this somehow proves his theory that New York is the Babylon of Revelation. Much of his proofs are of this nature. Similiar words and names are related in some esoteric hidden way.

Another criticism I have is that there is very little about Christ in his teachings. There are very few, if any, references calling readers to accept Christ for their salvation without also demanding adherence to his peculiar doctrine of the end times.

Most of his vitriol is in fact directed toward all the heretical (majority of) Christians who believe in the rapture or who just plain don't subscribe to remnant theology.

One gets the feeling that Lloyd harbors a lot of anger and bitterness against Christians.

Acording to Lloyd, the only bible you should be reading is the King James Version. All others are corrupted and are not inspired by God.

Also, Billy Graham is a false prophet and servant of the Beast!

Dr. Billy Graham is the singular most influential false prophet in America. Fortunately, a new book finally details his tremendous deception in astonishing detail.

These are just some of the off the wall views this guy puts forth. I am still trying to make up my mind about whether or not he really believes everything he says. Part of me thinks that it is purely a money making endeavor, and then again how could you espouse such things if you didn't believe them?