posted on May, 11 2009 @ 07:07 AM
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.