How can I stop myself being addicted to conspiracies ?

[Strong in Him]

In the book of Genesis it tells us that Cain went off & built a city and called after his son Enoch.

Are you saying he didn't?

Even today we can't replicate such buildings as Windsor castle & some of these castles spread across Europe.

Can't we?

I'm questioning the time line for the Biblical era.

Why?
And what's that got to do with conspiracy theories?

 

[Ted-01]

I know, there I go again joining the dots, I just can't help myself. Sorry..........

There's no need to apologize, Apple Sky... I was looking to understand, so I appreciate you helping me with a kind response.

I hope that you don't see this as patronizing, but I believe that I understand what you are dealing with because I have the same issue in several areas of my life. It's been a struggle for me to deal with sometimes but with God's overwhelming and steadfast love, His grace and His ability to heal, things are definitely turning around.

I am confident that He is both able and willing to help you too. See this "thing" as a real issue in your life and take it directly to God in prayer - meditate on it as regularly as you can. Of all the things that folks say about addiction, what it is and what isn't, are all distractions to the one truth that I hold to be true, it's not the best of what God wants for me... for me, not from me.

James 5:14-16 (ESV)

13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

God still heals today, Angel Sky, through the Spirit of Jesus, already dwelling inside us.
I'll keep praying for you.

 

[Apple Sky]

There's no need to apologize, Apple Sky... I was looking to understand, so I appreciate you helping me with a kind response.

I hope that you don't see this as patronizing, but I believe that I understand what you are dealing with because I have the same issue in several areas of my life. It's been a struggle for me to deal with sometimes but with God's overwhelming and steadfast love, His grace and His ability to heal, things are definitely turning around.

I am confident that He is both able and willing to help you too. See this "thing" as a real issue in your life and take it directly to God in prayer - meditate on it as regularly as you can. Of all the things that folks say about addiction, what it is and what isn't, are all distractions to the one truth that I hold to be true, it's not the best of what God wants for me... for me, not from me.

James 5:14-16 (ESV)

13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

God still heals today, Angel Sky, through the Spirit of Jesus, already dwelling inside us.
I'll keep praying for you.

I thank you for your kind words & understanding, God bless you

 

[trophy33]

I know, there I go again joining the dots, I just can't help myself. Sorry..........

Not every two dots should be joined. If you are referring to the children' books in which you draw lines between dots in a dotted image, then realize it must be done rightly for the image to make sense.

 

[Apple Sky]

Not every two dots should be joined. If you are referring to the children' books in which you draw lines between dots in a dotted image, then realize it must be done rightly for the image to make sense.

I'm going forward with my plans to implement dot-com modular time-phases.

 

[prodromos]

I do everyday, but I hate to tell you, God did not create a spinning ball earth, he created a beautiful stationary level earth with the heavens above.

Unfortunately, your particular beliefs have made you into an accuser. You regularly accuse people on this forum and other people you have never met of being liars, and you often make posts ridiculing others. That is not of God, and it should make you question whether the encouragement you get to continue down that path is from God either.

 

[Apple Sky]

You regularly accuse people on this forum and other people you have never met of being liars, and you often make posts ridiculing others.

I only accuse others of lying when I know it's not true & besides you yourself have very often accused me of lying.

That is not of God, and it should make you question whether the encouragement you get to continue down that path is from God either.

Well it certainly isn't from Satan. I know 100% it's from God, he has led me & shown me more than you could imagine especially throughout the Bible.

Psalm 23
King James Bible
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

 

[Strong in Him]

I only accuse others of lying when I know it's not true

Sorry, but I don't believe you KNOW that the things others say are not true.

You haven't been to Antarctica.
Others have. But you don't know them so you dismiss them as liars.
I doubt you know, or have talked with, anyone at NASA.
Others have. But you dismiss them as liars.
You haven't been to the moon, or talked with anyone who has been to the moon.
Others have. But you dismiss them as liars.

You have asked how you can beat an addiction to conspiracy theories.
IF you are serious; apart from avoiding this forum, which is full of conspiracy theories, start checking them out.
If you test something and find it to be false, it will have been disproved as a conspiracy theory.
Use the brain that God has given you - use discernment, check out the facts and don't swallow everything Rob Skiba tells you to swallow. (Though as he died from Covid after poo-pooing those who were treating Covid, his discernment wasn't the best.)

It's almost hypocritical to dismiss the theory of gravity, saying that it is only a theory. Yet conspiracy theories are accepted by you without hesitation. A theory that confirms what you believe is not said to be a theory at all.

 

[Apple Sky]

Sorry, but I don't believe you KNOW that the things others say are not true.

Sorry but I believe I do.

It's almost hypocritical to dismiss the theory of gravity, saying that it is only a theory.

But it is just that, a theory.

I don't like having to give you this truth, I know how hard it is to except the truth to what you've been indoctrinated with, but I feel like it's my God given right to inform you.

 

[trophy33]

Well it certainly isn't from Satan. I know 100% it's from God, he has led me & shown me more than you could imagine especially throughout the Bible.

And another poor soul knowing "100%" that some nonsense is from God. When the nonsense is proven false, the whole faith in God is lost or in crisis. Which happens daily, because of this.

 

[Apple Sky]

When the nonsense is proven false, the whole faith in God is lost or in crisis. Which happens daily, because of this.

They wont, in fact, quite the opposite.

This is how much faith I have in God.

 

[trophy33]

They wont, in fact, quite the opposite.

This is how much faith I have in God.

Equating your feelings and delusions with God leads to loosing faith after they are proven false. So this inflated ego and certainty is good for nothing, it only hinders you from being open minded.

 

[Strong in Him]

Sorry but I believe I do.

Unless you have spoken to everyone who works at NASA; you don't.
You have been told by a fellow conspiracist that they all lie, and you choose to believe it.

But it is just that, a theory.

My point is that it seems to be ok for you to say "gravity is just a theory, so I reject it."
Yet you regard conspiracy theories as being Gospel truth.
You are inconsistent in your use of the word theory.

And gravity can be proved, in any case. Like I've said before, drop a ball, a book, a piece of paper, a handbag - they all fall to the ground.
Do it again; 1,5, 10, 100, 150, 1000 times - they will still ALL fall to the ground. You don't drop a handbag, mobile phone etc and watch it floating upwards into space.
Ironically, the only places that would happen would be on the moon, where there is no gravity.

I don't like having to give you this truth,

It's not truth, so save yourself the trouble.

I know how hard it is to except the truth to what you've been indoctrinated with,

You should know.

but I feel like it's my God given right to inform you.

God give right or God given duty?
Either way, it's not true, it's not from the God of truth, it has nothing to do with salvation, faith, Christian growth, being filled with the Holy Spirit etc. - and I reject it.

 

[Apple Sky]

And gravity can be proved, in any case. Like I've said before, drop a ball, a book, a piece of paper, a handbag - they all fall to the ground.
Do it again; 1,5, 10, 100, 150, 1000 times - they will still ALL fall to the ground. You don't drop a handbag, mobile phone etc and watch it floating upwards into space.

Gravity has not been proven where as density has.

How do you explain a balloon or a feather floating up ?

Either way, it's not true, it's not from the God of truth

How do you know ? Are you me ?

 

[trophy33]

Gravity has not been proven

 

[Strong in Him]

How do you explain a balloon or a feather floating up ?

A balloon will float upwards if you are outside and it is a windy day. Otherwise, if you are in the house, or a room, and you drop a balloon it will fall to the ground.
Have you never played the party game where you have to keep blowing a balloon to try to keep it in the air?

How do you know ? Are you me ?

I don't need to be you to know that it's not God's truth.

I have already said that, if it was, it would be in the Bible - loud and clear where no one could miss it. And Jesus, who IS Truth and who came to teach us about God, would have taught it.
You didn't answer that post; presumably because there is no answer to that. A flat earth is not taught in the Bible and certainly wasn't taught by Jesus.
Furthermore, the Spirit is/would be very capable of teaching, "correcting" us and showing us the truth through your words - if they were indeed true.
But he hasn't.

 

[Apple Sky]

 

[trophy33]

How do you explain a balloon or a feather floating up ?

 

[Apple Sky]

But we don't live in vacuum.

 

[trophy33]

But we don't live in vacuum.

And now you answered your question why feathers or balloons float in air. Because of the air.