I think the trouble with conspiracy theories is that they often become indefeasible beliefs, beliefs that just can't be shown to be wrong at all. When it goes wrong is when it typically focuses on malicious planning by secretive structures that nobody can see except us. And this is all done to explain some phenomena that we're experiencing. But some elements help you spot out when a conspiracy theory turns wrong.Ī conspiracy theory is generally just a grand explanation that is essentially trying to identify various pieces that don't look like they fit together, but they do. How would you define a conspiracy theory? Is it just the belief that two people agreed to do something in secret or is there more to it?ĭru Johnson: Anything you come up with for a definition of a conspiracy theory will also be true of something like Watergate that turned out to be true. The transcript is edited by Bunmi Ishola Highlights from Quick to Listen: Episode #213 Quick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder Johnson joined digital media producer Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to share about how the Bible discusses conspiracy theories, what Paul means when he writes about the mysteries of God, and what differentiates a conspiracy theory from a religion.įollow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Ted Olsen A test of who we trust and how we think about what's worth trusting and understanding.” “But I certainly do believe that God is using this as a test of us.
How could we know such a thing?” said Johnson, who also teaches biblical studies and theology at The King’s College in New York City. “People say that God sent COVID-19 to bring the church in America together to teach us the lesson. “And you have to lean into the wise practices that God has given us as people to discern what is worth listening to and what's not.” It's that somebody will always be interpreting your world for you,” said Johnson. “The biblical diagnosis, the biblical impulse here, is not that you have to be afraid of someone lying to you. The Bible has many things to say about conspiracy theories, specifically with regards for how Christians should determine what is real, says Dru Johnson, the director of the Center for Hebraic Thought and who wrote about conspiracy theories for CT in December.
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At the same time as Plandemic, The Atlantic launched a new series examining conspiracy theories, including an in-depth look at the QAnon, a movement that makes bold claims about the global elite. In the past month, a video making claims that Gates and Anthony Fauci, who leads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, used COVID-19 to gain money and political power, went viral. Plandemic? QAnon? Bill Gates creating COVID-19?Īs the novel coronavirus has traveled around the world, so too have conspiracy theories about the origins of the disease and the winners and losers that have emerged as result.
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