In Reply to: Byron, about conspiracy theories posted by Curious on April 03, 2003 at 09:06:37:
Will do, it wouldn't hurt to find out what others think re: conspiracy theories. I would however like to point out that conspiracies are a fact of history. To say that all conspiracy theories are false would be just as foolish as saying all conspiracy theories are true. The bottom line is whether there is EVIDENCE to support the belief and if so, can the identity of the TRUE leaders be confirmed? There are substanciated conspiracies and then there are conspiracy theories. The difference is the EVIDENCE. The EVIDENCE is what turns a theory into a proven FACT. (When you have sufficient EVIDENCE, then you can prove that any conspiracy, (even a truly bizzare one) is nevertheless, TRUE.)
Wasn't it Edgar J. Hoover, a former director of the FBI, that denied, that organized crime in America even existed? Were all those people who insisted there was indeed a well organized crime syndicate in operation there; all, 'conspiracy nuts'? According to Hoover and many Americans, they must have been.
How was it possible for a nation to almost entirely over look such a conspiracy of evil operating under their very noses; when to do so threatened the very existance of the United States itself?
I am reading the autobiography of a woman, one Alice A. Baily (a former missionary to India in the early 1900s) who became a famous spokesperson for the New Age Movement. She wrote the book(s) on it, so to speak while under the influence of a, 'guiding spirit'. (Mo, it seems was just, 'small potatoes.) Check out the link below, and if anyone is interested in her life story (As an example of how completely a Christian can be deceived when they stray from God's Word.) email me at glorytojesus@hotmail.com and I will forward the link. Below is another link that outlines her contribution to the end-time anti-Christ religion.