Friday, September 30, 2005

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

Thursday, September 29, 2005

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