Biblical theology for evaluating a conspiracy theory . . .

How has God's word helped you to understand conspiracy theories in ways that help you to please God and get more into loving and caring about any and all people?

One thing which helps me >

The Bible is very clear that Satan's kingdom is in this world, and that Satan uses conspiracies in order to get what he wants; yes, Satan does use people to do conspiracy stuff, by means of deceit and murder and control measures. And our Apostle Paul says there is "the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience," in Ephesians 2:2. So, yes Satan's evil spirit is working this world's people to do their conspiracy things.

So, I would say we need to not be surprised by the possibility that there are conspiracies in this world. But how does God's word mean we need to deal with the reality that worldly people do have conspiracies going on?

Please consider that Satan can have people promoting conspiracy ideas, and this is part of his conspiracy to keep our minds and attention busy with and tied up with that stuff . . . including with judging and looking down on accused people, instead of first loving them and caring for them in prayer. So, we need to not let conspiracy ideas tempt us to become unloving and unforgiving and get us away from praying with hope for people who are accused of conspiracies.

And, like I said, do not let the possibility of wrong people's activities have power over us to get us tangled with dealing with that >

"No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier." (2 Timothy 2:4)

But first be attentive to God and submit to how He guides us "continually" (Isaiah 58:11) in His own peace >

"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)

While we obey how our Father guides us in His peace, we are acting according to all He knows, including according to His priorities. So - - - with God, choose what needs to get our attention. Make sure we are doing the personal loving which God wants, instead of getting side-tracked with trying to control people we don't even really know.

com7fy8 said:

Please consider that Satan can have people promoting conspiracy ideas, and this is part of his conspiracy to keep our minds and attention busy with and tied up with that stuff . . . including with judging and looking down on accused people, instead of first loving them and caring for them in prayer.

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Our Apostle Paul says,

"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence." (1 Timothy 2:1-2)

So, God wants us "first of all" to be praying with hope for political and other people, not first to be so busy with accusing and blaming. So, of course Satan will have conspiracies which are designed to get our attention away from praying with hope for wrong people in politics . . . and in our families and workplaces. And he can design conspiracy stuff which is meant to get us and our attention tied up away from caring in prayer "for all men".

But God's love "hopes all things", our Apostle Paul does say in 1 Corinthians 13:7. And Jesus on the cross so suffered and died with hope for any and all evil people. So we need to be strong in love with hope for any and all people. Or else, if we go along with conspiracies to get our attention away from loving and prayer with hope, we can be made weak in what is not love with Christ's readiness to forgive. And then we can deeply fail and suffer in our weakness.

And it does say Satan is the one "who weakened the nations," in Isaiah 14:12. He can get people weak, by getting our attention away from God and away from having loving hope for any and all people in prayer. So, instead of first making such a project of pointing my finger and blaming wrong people and criticizing, I need to have compassion with hope for people >

"He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness." (Hebrews 5:2)

Plus, by the way, 1 Peter 4:17 says >

"For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?" (1 Peter 4:17)

So, if we are the ones who are right with God > we get judged "first" ! ! We need to first be seeking our Father for the correction which we ourselves need > Hebrews 12:4-11. So, it is important not to let conspiracy reporting and claims trick us into pointing at someone else, instead of gaining all the good of how our Heavenly Father is able to succeed in correcting us

Shempster said:

The purpose of most conspiracy theories is to demonize one group while supporting the other using information that is not verifiable or that changes when new perspectives are considered.

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Thank you for making this clear.