Wrapping Up Conspiracies

2004-2-3 05:05:00

I thought I would wrap up the subject of conspiracies. The reason I brought up the subject and presented a few is that discerning the truth of these things takes a strong mental effort. The reason is that each of the false conspiracies present so much evidence, witnesses and reasoning that they can convince by the sheer volume of material on the subject.

The idea that we did not go to the moon is a good example. There are still many who have not heard of this conspiracy, but enough have heard of it that 22% of the American people believe that we did not go and that a conspiracy was involved. This means that a fairly large percentage of those presented with the data accept it. One of the reasons so many are convinced is the large amount of information available.

It is also interesting that over 90% of the Muslims in the Middle East believe we did not go to the moon.

I checked into the arguments of the moon conspiracy one by one and found a reasonable explanation for each one.

For instance the believers ask why the Apollo Astronauts never photographed any stars, save a few. The answer is that the brightness of the moon's surface made the exposure rate too small to capture their faint light. For proof just look at pictures of the earth, that we know are real, from the space station. The sky in the background is always pitch black in the pictures just as with the moonshots.

One clincher I just mentioned was the retrieval of parts of the unmanned Surveyor 3 by Apollo 12. Surveyor had been on the moon for three years and when its camera and some parts were brought back to the earth and examined by scientists it was shown to have wear from micrometeorites and cosmic rays consistent with being on the moon for three years.

Overall I am not convinced at all by this conspiracy.

Members also researched the Philadelphia Experiment and although it seemed to be a marvelous mystery, desirable to believe, most concluded that nothing happened as mysterious as was supposed.

The third conspiracy was the accusation that Bush, the government, the military, the Jews, etc were behind 911. We didn't get much discussion on this for the conversation drifted toward Bush and the war instead.

I've studied both sides of this issue and have concluded for myself that 911 is pretty much what it is presented as being - an attack from Muslim extremists who want to destroy civilization as it is and revert to a more primitive state with their version of Islam in control.

So do I believe that all conspiracies are unfounded?

No. There's always some type of true conspiracy at play, some with good intent and some evil. The most common conspiracy which succeeds is, unfortunately, murder. I believe that John as well as Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King were all killed through the influence of conspirators.

I'm not sure that a full blown conspiracy was behind the Oklahoma City bombing, but I believe that there were a number of people involved that were not caught and McVey received some foreign help.

When we hear talk of conspiracy we have an opportunity to sharpen our minds and judgment by examining both sides and attempting to discern the truth.

In the present discussion we are talking about the various astral wars. One of these fronts put forward was Capital punishment. It is indeed true that there are two sides warring on this subject.

Those who oppose it see it as the ultimate punishment, as if there is no punishment worse than this.

What do you think? Are there punishments worse than death that are given by the State? What are they and why are they worse than death?

  

"A man would do well to carry a pencil in his pocket and write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable, and should be secured, because they seldom return."
  -- Sir Francis Bacon