WTS: Why Some Conspiracy Theories Are Important

by metatron 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  metatron

  It may seem that some popular conspiracy theories have nothing to do with ending Watchtower oppressions. The matter is otherwise.

  I would judge that most experienced posters here grow tired ( been there, done that) waiting for the Watchtower to implode. It seems as if, despite evidence of its decline, it manages to endure, however pathetically and will continue to do so, somehow.

  Maybe not.

  Besides certain legal issues (that could push it over a financial cliff), there are other matters, not in mainstream belief, that could quickly end it. Such as:

  ET's/ Alien life - any of the revealed religions could survive the exposure of some alien life (plants, etc) but actual spacemen 'breaks the bank'. There have been Vatican people claiming it would be OK but I can't believe that. Say goodbye to Islam, Christianity and Judaism, in my view if we experience 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' in real life.

  Bigfoot - I think this would be the end of Creationism, if it could be proved. Yes, it would probably need the whole hairy body to convince born agains that evolution is true.

  Free Energy/ Cold Fusion, et al. - would bring us half way to Paradise on earth. No more Middle East worries, Big Oil, or big government.

  9/11 - if revealed that the US gov's narrative is utterly untrue, it could create radical reform of government - away from war schemes. Another part of Paradise on earth - and the WTS becomes irrelevant.

  Will any of the above happen? I think they all will, eventually. I also think the internet is the game-changer here, as it has been with the Watchtower in particular, in creating a degree of exposure never seen before.

  You could argue that hard facts don't matter in regard to religious belief ( hey, we have dinosaur bones !) but I think that has limits, as long as the contradicting reality replaces functions of the religion. World peace and prosperity don't work as well as 'doom n' gloom'.

  I want to thank all you hard working people out there for fighting the good fight as regards the injustice the 'Truth" brought into all our lives.

  One way or another - we will see justice done. I'm just seeing victory coming from another direction.

  metatron
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  Tiktaalik

  I can't see it Metatron. A lot of people have an infantile attachment to religion that proves impossible to break. Scientific facts and tangible evidence that are contrary to their beliefs are summarily dismissed.

  People cling to religion for a whole range of reasons. The sense of belonging to something; cultural identity and an innate inability to grasp the wonder of the sheer meaninglessness of existence are just some.

  If aliens landed their space ships tomorrow, and appeared on tv for an interview, religious people would find a way to ignore it, denigrate it, or simply incorporate it into their dogma. Religion itself would continue.
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  Phizzy

  Relgion will continue until the Human race grows to maturity. The WT will go before the whole of religion I believe, they are too vulnerable to the forces hastening their demise.

  When all men and women are grown adults in the sense of their grasp of reality, religion will go as has belief in fairys, we will as well see an end to war and want I hope, both are signs that "Man" really hasn't got a grip yet.

  War solves nothing and adds to the sum of misery, hunger and poverty are things that we can eradicate, especially if we are spending little on "defense".
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  Aussie Oz

  The WT would be able to spin any and all of them.

  And there would still be enough people to agree

  Oz
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  zed is dead

  Something bad happens, the end is close. Something good happens, the nations are saying "Peace and Security," and the end is close.

  zed
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  metatron

  I share your frustrations. Perhaps as you say the key is human maturity and displacing religious needs.

  metatron
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  Mum

  I have a friend who was a member of the Worldwide Church of God. Some years ago, that church went mainline. However, my friend (who is an alcoholic and on lots of medications, psychotropic and otherwise) and quite a few others didn't want to belong to a mainline Christian church and split up in to little groups. The non-mainliners are not a cohesive unit, but belong to different groups with names like "Harvest," and "The Vine." Weird!

  Human beings are too neurotic and uninformed (regardless of the availability of information) ever to be rational in their philosophies and choices.

  Regards,

  SandraC