Trueman on Conspiracy Theories

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"People like conspiracies to help explain their helplessness and to feel important."

That seems like a pretty narrow spectrum.

Saw one by Penn & Teller, though I'd get carded if I posted it

pgp_protector said:

Saw one by Penn & Teller, though I'd get carded if I posted it

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Though Adam Ruins Everything also has one that is safer for the ears on this site.

JM said:

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Right off the bat he is in error...

"people nowadays work to gain excess". "we have all we need".

Are you kidding me?

"people are bored because their lives are humdrum"?

Nope.

People today work, for the most part, check to check. If any of the, mostly two income families, were to have one breadwinner lose their job... they would, in a short time... end up with their house being foreclosed on.

Yes, we still do things for entertainment but most families in the west spend 120% of their income.. we are the most in debt, families and governments, than any time in history.

We are not bored, looking for any form of entertainment we can, just to fill the hours of empty time that we have laying around..

My life is busy, busy, busy... if I am not working overtime for some rush job that just has to be done yesterday.. then.. I am fixing something around the house that has just broke down even though it is barely past warranty.

A refrigerator will last maybe 10 years, new flat screen TV... 5 or 7 if your lucky. Washer and drier...ya, I was told that I got a good run after 12 years.. our last one was 25 years old and only died due to a flooded basement.

Seriously... with today's planned obsolescence, low pay and high prophet companies, high taxes, low return on investments, inflation and rising costs of raising kids and owning your own home...we are far from bored... far from having too much time... far from having excess....

But.. what do I know... he's a doctor.. so.....he must be right..

Stop listening to this horse pucky and think for yourself..

It's for this exact reason that people are listening and interested in all these events that are labeled as "conspiracy" theories...

It's plane and simple.... we.... don't..... trust... the.. people.. who... tell... us... what.. is... supposed.... to....be... the ... truth.... NOPE.... NOT ANYMORE.

He says we are looking for entertainment because our lives are boring....

I say we are looking for entertainment to escape the rat race that we are trying to survive in.

We feel no power. We feel no sense of being of any importance due to some covert power trying to corrupt us..

No, we feel like we are being fools, believing all the lies that are being told to us.
Lies that cover up the tangled web of the powers that be tell us in order to make sense out of things that otherwise make no sense.

From JFK, Lady Di, the Vietnam war, 9/11, you name it... we question because the facts don't line up with logic, with physics, with intelligent reasoning or, even with common sense.

Then, as people dare to dig... they just end up with more questions, more pieces that don't fit and the trust falls out the open end of the bucket.

When an election time is coming.. so does Christmas in parliament... the promises flow like water.. blah, blah, blah, blah...

JacksBratt said:

Right off the bat he is in error...

"people nowadays work to gain excess". "we have all we need".

Are you kidding me?

"people are bored because their lives are humdrum"?

Nope.

People today work, for the most part, check to check. If any of the, mostly two income families, were to have one breadwinner lose their job... they would, in a short time... end up with their house being foreclosed on.

Yes, we still do things for entertainment but most families in the west spend 120% of their income.. we are the most in debt, families and governments, than any time in history.

We are not bored, looking for any form of entertainment we can, just to fill the hours of empty time that we have laying around..

My life is busy, busy, busy... if I am not working overtime for some rush job that just has to be done yesterday.. then.. I am fixing something around the house that has just broke down even though it is barely past warranty.

A refrigerator will last maybe 10 years, new flat screen TV... 5 or 7 if your lucky. Washer and drier...ya, I was told that I got a good run after 12 years.. our last one was 25 years old and only died due to a flooded basement.

Seriously... with today's planned obsolescence, low pay and high prophet companies, high taxes, low return on investments, inflation and rising costs of raising kids and owning your own home...we are far from bored... far from having too much time... far from having excess....

But.. what do I know... he's a doctor.. so.....he must be right..

Stop listening to this horse pucky and think for yourself..

It's for this exact reason that people are listening and interested in all these events that are labeled as "conspiracy" theories...

It's plane and simple.... we.... don't..... trust... the.. people.. who... tell... us... what.. is... supposed.... to....be... the ... truth.... NOPE.... NOT ANYMORE.

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Sometimes a PHD isn't all it's cracked up to be. Give me more Bible, Dr Trueman and less opinion.

JM said:

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First I had to push my ear up to my machine just to hear this guy.
Then I find out it's just a screed against my hobby.
I thought to report it for the violation of not having any description or summary, but it should be left in the sunlight where it can be seen for what it is. Rules be damned, this forum must burn. I get it.

royal priest said:

Don't be deceived! Westminster Seminary is affiliated with Freemasons!

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Thanks. That if verified true is certainly not good.

pgp_protector said:

Saw one by Penn & Teller, though I'd get carded if I posted it

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They are unassailable pillars of all that is good and true in our Godly society.
Models of righteous dignity that reflect God's glory and mighty warriors expanding His kingdom through their tireless efforts.
Thanks for bringin' them to table and classin' this place up,"good buddy".
They are a god send.

QUOTE="JacksBratt"]He says we are looking for entertainment because our lives are boring....

I say we are looking for entertainment to escape the rat race that we are trying to survive in.

We feel no power. We feel no sense of being of any importance due to some covert power trying to corrupt us..

No, we feel like we are being fools, believing all the lies that are being told to us.
Lies that cover up the tangled web of the powers that be tell us in order to make sense out of things that otherwise make no sense.

From JFK, Lady Di, the Vietnam war, 9/11, you name it... we question because the facts don't line up with logic, with physics, with intelligent reasoning or, even with common sense.

Then, as people dare to dig... they just end up with more questions, more pieces that don't fit and the trust falls out the open end of the bucket.

When an election time is coming.. so does Christmas in parliament... the promises flow like water.. blah, blah, blah, blah...[/QUOTE
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So to escape the rat race,
the solution is not to seek entertainment.
There is a better way, a way , one way, to eternal life.

JM said:

Ditto. Lol

The guy in my avatar is wearing a tin foil hat.

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Truly you are a comic genius.
Surely we don't deserve your talent.

JM said:

Yup, and there it is.

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I listened to the vid... the guy is whacked and out to lunch... meh.....