It's a CONSPIRACY!!!

[nonmagic]

Salem started a thread here: viewtopic.php?f=22&t=247 that got me thinking about the crazy things that people believe. Dale and I were talking about Kevin Trudeau and his book that is supposed to tell you health secrets that THEY don't want you to know. I started thinking about conspiracy theories that bug me the most.

I keep an eclectic bunch of friends and from that group came a guy a long time ago that I was friends with for a few years until he started talking about some things that I just no longer could tolerate listening to on a consistent basis. I like eclectic, but conspiracy theory nuts do nothing for me.

One his (many) beliefs was that there never really was a Nazi Holocaust. Now you and I may think that's insane, and it is! But what he did was read books exclusively that supported his viewpoint and then when you asked him to cite his sources he could cite quite a few of them, but they were all form the same point of view. He also has a pretty high IQ and although he didn't really flaunt that, he was known for it in the small town he lived in.

Anyway, he had a lot of crazy conspiracy beliefs like how the Jews control the world, blacks are inherently less intelligent than whites and how that was secret information that 'they' didn't want you to know, and that there was a secret group of 7 people that controlled all the wars and finances of the world. How that secret group of 7 could control the world when the Jews were supposed to be controlling it was never explained. I always wondered how someone with such a high IQ could be so dumb, but it really all boils down to what you feed your brain as far as information.

His beliefs started to become popular with our little group of friends and me being the sole person in that group at that time that had been to college was hard because I was told that I was only believing what I was told to believe in college and not exploring the other side. This reminds me of Ray Comfort standing out here at UNLV and yelling at the students something along the lines of they believe propaganda told to them by their professors and how evolution is just myth but he is 'in the know'. There is a video of that on YouTube.

Eventually I separated myself from that group except for one person who was relatively sane. He is still friends with me and with Mr. Conspiracy Theory and from what I hear Mr. Conspiracy Theory is still going strong.

OH! I forgot to mention that Mr. Conspiracy Theory was also an HIV denier.

So I told you all that to ask you this: What is the the craziest/most annoying conspiracy theory you've ever heard ? Do you know anyone who actually believes it? Did YOU ever believe a conspiracy theory and if so what was it and why did you stop believing it ?

[ExPatMatt]

The implementation of Codex Alimentarius at the end of this year will result in the deaths of several billion people due to malnutrition. It is financed by the people behind Monsanto who will, in the end, control the world's food supplies by owning the patent on all life.

The guy I sit next to at work believes this to be true.

No bullshit.

[nonmagic]

The implementation of Codex Alimentarius at the end of this year will result in the deaths of several billion people due to malnutrition. It is financed by the people behind Monsanto who will, in the end, control the world's food supplies by owning the patent on all life.

The guy I sit next to at work believes this to be true.

No bullshit.

Oh, I hadn't heard that one, that's a good one!

[BeamStalk]

Growing up I believed the whole UFO thing. That the American government had UFO/Alien technology and were keeping it under wraps. This went away the more I learned about the cosmos. I also had a cousin that worked at Area 51. She was there for the work on the Stealth Bomber. She couldn't talk about it until well after the information was released to the public. She said the worst part was when one of the stealth bombers crashed in the desert and they had to comb the desert to find every single part of the plane.

[nonmagic]

Growing up I believed the whole UFO thing. That the American government had UFO/Alien technology and were keeping it under wraps. This went away the more I learned about the cosmos. I also had a cousin that worked at Area 51. She was there for the work on the Stealth Bomber. She couldn't talk about it until well after the information was released to the public. She said the worst part was when one of the stealth bombers crashed in the desert and they had to comb the desert to find every single part of the plane.

I only live about 100 miles outside Area 51. I would NOT want to have to comb that desert for anything in the summer!

[ExPatMatt]

I only live about 100 miles outside Area 51.

She's one of them!!!

[nonmagic]

I only live about 100 miles outside Area 51.

She's one of them!!!

Yes, yes I am.

[E-lad]

I'm a bit too skeptical to "believe" anything. But, I would give anything to see a UFO sitting on the ground. I would not hesitate one second to get as close as I could and prove something one way or the other.
Just think of the implications if Alien Beings revealed themselves to us! Thus I want to believe that Aliens exist, but I don't actually believe they do.

[ExPatMatt]

I'm a bit too skeptical to "believe" anything. But, I would give anything to see a UFO sitting on the ground. I would not hesitate one second to get as close as I could and prove something one way or the other.
Just think of the implications if Alien Beings revealed themselves to us! Thus I want to believe that Aliens exist, but I don't actually believe they do.

What would be the reaction from the fundies if aliens were to make contact with the human race?

Denial?
Suicide?
Mad Apologetics? (AnswersinGenesis....and Beyond!)

[E-lad]

All of the above.