Personality and Conspiracy Theories: What Your Beliefs Say About You

[Stone5524]

Conspiracy theories in 99 percent of cases exaggerate some form of truth. The problem most face is the inability to discern the trtuhful portion, the probable, improbable, and the false. Most people do not have the time or energy to commit to researching which might be which...so they either accept everything or deny everything.

To simple DISMISS an entire movement regardless of their belief is the height of ignorance. You do not have to believe their theory or beliefs, but in order to be of any help whatsoever to any person jn this entire world, you must be willing to commit the time to understand the person them self.

Jesus filled the cups of those around him, close friends or acquaintances according to their capacity to understand. Drown a seed it dies. Neglect a seed it dies. Expose the plant to too much sunlight or wind, it dies.

Simply telling another person with conspiracy theories or alternate beliefs to read the bible is of no real benign service to them. To save someone and turn them from evil covers a multitude of sins, but surely such a reward is not an easy achievement. People initially turning to Christ from alternate beliefs are like infant plants. They require constant care and attention, less so once the roots are strong enough to support itself.

 

[jaybird88]

Conspiracy theories in 99 percent of cases exaggerate some form of truth. . . .

i agree with you. but to those that challenge conspiracy theories on the basis of exaggeration, we should not forget, in the history of mankind, we have always taken things to far. mankinds biggest flaw is the fact that we can never leave well enough alone. with a little common sense and plain reasoning its easy to discern the truth, but this is in all walks of life and not just conspiracy theories.

 

[un2him]

Be aware social media is infiltrated with expert teams to control media and present agendas more acceptable to leading thought of those who have appointed them. Christians are one of those groups as labeled by our homeland ppl as to be watched.

 

[49]

Be aware social media is infiltrated with expert teams to control media and present agendas more acceptable to leading thought of those who have appointed them. Christians are one of those groups as labeled by our homeland ppl as to be watched.

Well they surely must be watching me...

 

[un2him]

Your not alone especially if you watch invisible empire a new world order defined on YouTube oh wait a minute that might be conspiracy.

 

[Stephen63]

Conspiracy theories ARE exaggerated because of errors & educated guesswork, some simply due to disinformation. Spread enough lies, & some of them will infiltrate.

Funny..... the Op's posts fall completely under the description of disinformation..... pulled from a website, no doubt.

 

[Dude653]

ok i am in agreement with you about conspiracy theories...but using someone's depression and suicidal thoughts as 'ammo' for personal criticism is kind of over the line...

That's his go to method for anyone who disagrees with him. His keyboard gangsta tactics don't intimate me. In my opinion he nothing more than a troll.

 

[KJV1611]

Personality and Conspiracy Theories: What Your Beliefs Say About You

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blo...racy-theories-what-your-beliefs-say-about-you

Do you believe in conspiracy theories?

Imagine that everything we think we understand about how the world works is, in fact, an elaborate hoax. Democracy is a sham designed to fool us into believing we are in control. That a small group of unknown, unaccountable elites is actually pulling the strings and pretty much deciding the course of history; everything from the world economy and the conduct of nations to the media and pop culture is under their complete control. Anyone who says otherwise has either been fooled by the conspiracy or is an agent of disinformation.

Conspiracy theories are now a firm feature of popular culture - the recent furore around Wiki-leaks provided compelling evidence for this. But the popularity of conspiracy theorising dates back to the shocking assassination of American President J.F.K. in broad daylight and in front of dozens of onlookers on November 22nd, 1963. Immediately, many people claimed that there was more than one gunman, and conspiracy theories arose implicating everyone from the CIA to the communists. More recently, films like Oliver Stone's JFK and T.V. shows like The X-Files brought conspiratorial themes further into the mainstream. The terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001 have become perhaps the most widely debated events of the current generation. Many people doubt the ‘official' story, believing instead that the events were the result of a conspiracy.

So, what has psychological research told us about belief in conspiracy theories? Not much. Indeed, so far only a handful of studies have looked at the personality of conspiracy theory believers. This research has found that believers tend to be lacking in trust and higher in levels of anomie - the feeling that things are generally getting worse - when compared to people with low levels of conspiracy beliefs. However, these findings show correlation, not causation. On the one hand, it may indicate that people's conspiratorial beliefs are a result of their underlying lack of trust; people who see conspiracies behind everything are simply be projecting their own jaded view of the world onto events. Alternatively, lack of trust may follow from the perception of a conspiracy, reflecting a rational response to the reality of living in a world of conspiracy.

I think it's knowledge and objectivity rather than personality. Take JFK as an example. JFK was assasinated on the 33rd parallel, he was killed on the 22nd day of the 11th month...33. Freemasonary teaches Hiram Abif was killed by blows to the head, throat in breast. Kennedy was shot in the throat and head and the governor was shot in the breast.

This stuff goes on and on with JFK and I've forgotten most of the rest but to say there is no conspiracy is ludicrous.

 

[un2him]

Probably the most troubling and most damaging conspiracy in our day is 9/11. All of our freedom has been taken from us as well numerous rights under the constitution have been steadily under attack. The true terrorist is? Certainly not who we were told.
[video]http://youtube.com/watch?v=xqqelDq4P48[/video]

 

[3Scoreand10]

I have a theory that is based on what I read on the internet ( If its on the internet, it must be true)

Never mind!

 

[DP]

The term "conspiracy theory" is used by Christ's enemies as propaganda with linking the idea of conspiracy to mentally challenged and deranged individuals. That suggestion trying to attach medical science with it as proof was one of the 1958 Soviet long-range disinformation 45 points that ex-FBI agent Cleon Skousen pointed out in his 1958 book The Naked Communist.

It is only a way Christ's enemies try to use to shut the public up about discovery of secret workings by individuals banded together in legitimate conspiracies to overthrow western governments, monarchs, and Christianity itself. One such documented evidence of this was 18th century Adam Weishaupt's Illuminati order with secret papers and letters of the order discovered on one of its dead agents by Bavarian police (see John Robison's 1798 work Proofs Of A Conspiracy).

 

[Dude653]

If you believe 9/11 was an inside job, you are the very definition of gullible

 

[DP]

If you believe 9/11 was an inside job, you are the very definition of gullible

By that, are you trying to say there's no such thing as the idea of a conspiracy?

If so, then why is there a law against conspiracy written in today's law books, and is punishable by death or imprisonment?

 

[un2him]

If you believe 9/11 was an inside job, you are the very definition of gullible

The 911 link I posted was very well done. The study was done by the survivers of the victims who lost their lives needlessly. This was done 10 years later in 2011 using the same information the commission had,they came up with some very startling evidence that the original committee seemed to over look.

Was I surprised? No just saddened.

 

[KennethC]

If you believe 9/11 was an inside job, you are the very definition of gullible

Explain to me how Bush not once but twice got caught stating "when he saw the first plane hit" when there was no such video evidence available at those times ???

How about the fact that the planes that were scrambled were sent out toward the ocean instead of sent to find the planes that disappeared off radar ???

There is a number of other inconsistencies and things that do not align, but these are just two unanswered questions.

Here is a third: Personal witnesses that have mysteriously disappeared or died afterwards ???

 

[blue_ladybug]

If you believe 9/11 was an inside job, you are the very definition of gullible

And if you DON'T believe 911 was an inside job, you are the very definition of a blind, ignorant gullible fool..

 

[KJV1611]

If you believe 9/11 was an inside job, you are the very definition of gullible

Do you know anything about the occult?

 

[Dude653]

A simple Google search debunks every conspiracy theory about 9 11

 

[blue_ladybug]

Do you know anything about the occult?

I know that evil DOES exist inside our governments, and that 9/11 happening on September 11 was NOT a co-incidence. It was a world-wide 911 emergency for America.. :/

 

[blue_ladybug]

A simple Google search debunks every conspiracy theory about 9 11

No it does not. A lousy Google search is NOT a good debunker of theories, conspiracy or otherwise.