by bvonahsen » Thu Sep 28, 2006 12:26 pm
<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>haha, wow, right on. can you imagine what the world would be like if everyone did DBT?<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>It would be great, honest. These are just basic life skills everyone should have learned but many have not. Things like how to cope with stress, How to ask for what you want in a way that makes it more likely you'll get it. How to be in touch with the world around you and within you. How to effectively manage your relationships with other people.<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>who is the conspiracy theory community, what demons do they conjure up and how?<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>The conspiracy theory community is made up of those who theorize about the existence of grand conspiracies. They are often highly improbable and/or logically incoherent.<br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory">Wikipedia Entry</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br>The term "conspiracy theory" may be a neutral descriptor for a conspiracy claim. However, conspiracy theory is also used to indicate a narrative genre that includes a broad selection of (not necessarily related) arguments for the existence of grand conspiracies, any of which might have far-reaching social and political implications if true.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>The demons are of course the Illuminati, FreeMasons, the Reptillians, the quote unquote "Powers that be", UFOs and aliens, "The Military Industrial Complex", the CIA and on and on and on. Not that these groups do not exist and not that they may or may not have less than honerable intentions... but rather that they are imbued with powers beyond reason. They are more than not believed to have supernatural abilities and influence beyond what is typical for any human organization. The parallels with religious thought seem obvious to me.<br><br>The power that conspiracies have is a function of one's relationship to power in one's own life. If you feel powerless and have little or no access to information about the actions of the powerfull you tend to fantasize about what they are "really" up to. It is in that moment that the "conspiracy theory" sigils are charged and given a life with powers they would not ordinarily have and begin to take on a life of their own. <br><br>The CIA is not an evil empire, UFOs and aliens more likely than not do not exist, The ultra rich, despite their great wealth, are only human afterall. It is when people fantasize about them that they gain their power over us. One's own inner needs and desires feed these shadows and give them energy. One begins to see their influence everywhere and in everything. It isn't real, it's an illusion.<br><br>Worse still, conspiracy theories distract us from real issues and social concerns. The concentration of power and capital, the rise in power of racist and facist individuals and organizations. These are real problems that go unaddressed in the presence of conspiracies because they can riddicule and marginalize people who believe they have vast supernatural powers. It leaves them free to act without scrutiny.<br><br>Make these demons vulernable and call them by their real names, then slay them. <p></p><i></i>