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reply posted on 11-5-2009 @ 07:07 AM by theamazingone
This thread is a great example of why conspiracy theories exist in the first place. Even though it may not seem like it at first, believing in a NWO conspiracy is actually a more comforting view of the world than believing that everything is really a result of random forces, many unpredictable and unexplainable. In a way, NWO is just like a religion. It has a lot of explanatory power because it apparently brings a sense of order (if you will) into an otherwise disorderly reality. And like religion one of its biggest strengths is also the very thing that makes it lose credibility, and that's the fact that it is pretty much unfalsifiable. If the Illuminati or what have you are really in control of everything, and are for whatever reason intent on maintaining secrecy, then you can basically convince yourself to believe in the whole conspiracy even when there's no evidence. You even go so far as to deny evidence against it, or fabricate evidence for it. It brings to mind the whole creationism vs. evolution debate. For people who really believe in it, you can't convince them otherwise using logic or evidence. They believe in it pretty much through "faith" and that's stronger than any logic or evidence you could provide.

That's why I don't really bother to argue about the veracity of conspiracy theories like NWO when people try to debate it. It's fruitless. I'm more interested in analyzing or discussing the reasons that people believe in this stuff in the first place. And I believe the primary reason is what the OP said--a conspiracy theory world view is, paradoxically, more comforting than one in which things are just caused by random chance rather than an intelligent causal agent. NWO/Illuminati conspiracy theory is nothing more than the "Intelligent Design" theory of history/sociology/current events.


reply posted on 11-5-2009 @ 11:26 AM by Ellirium113
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The truth IS out there and not overly hard to find...the problem is that there are a great number of groups involved and until you start researching every group and start finding common connections. You will find that it will eventually form a bigger picture and how it is all interwoven. Again there is DOCUMENTED PROOF right out there among all the other garbage which is why it is hard to discern what to research until you single out the main group then it starts becomming much clearer. The fact is that this all is not a random mess it is being played out for a very specific purpose.


reply posted on 16-5-2009 @ 09:02 AM by CommandoNinjaGolfer
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So what your saying is you want the government to make decisions for you but still act like your making them (which i believe is going on right now)
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