Is there a cult or conspiracy theory or something similar which you DON'T actually believe to be true, but are fascinated with anyway?
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January 19th, 2017
I hope we can stay away from the current political scene or bashing people’s current religious beliefs. There is plenty of other opportunity for this on the internet.
Don’t be concerned about appearing as a “wack job”—because the key here is—something you DON’T believe to be true. At the same time, all readers, PLEASE do not interpret anyone’s answer as a ‘hate group’ unless, well, it IS one—and lets avoid hate groups that deem some of us subhuman altogether. I am interested mostly in beliefs about ancient civilizations, religious cults, religions with innocuous errors in history (histories of Earth or geography we know can’t be true), Dark Star theories and extraterrestrials, alternate histories of the planet or solar system, etc.
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Hollow Earth Theory
Chemtrails
Our world leaders are lizard people
Denver airport conspiracy
It’s all pretty interesting even if it’s nonsense.
That the twin towers and other hits on 9/11 was an inside job and not done by terrorists.
I do not believe this. However, I did listen and watch some of the videos stating there were workers on the upper floors for weeks and they stopped coming the day before the planes crashed. The theory was that “they” (whoever they are), knew the planes were going to crash and had been strategically set to blow the building down.
One theory I am particularly interested in which I know cannot be true are the views of William Comyns Beaumont— who places all Bible history (Hebrew Testament and New Testament) in ancient Scotland.
According to Beaumont, all events in the Bible took place in ancient Scotland. Hadrian is the one responsible for revising history to ascribing the events from the British Isles to Palestine and the Middle East. Even well educated people found these histories plausible in the early to mid 20th century. Really, any British Israelitist views are interesting to me but, as I stated in my original post, many of these views hold antisemitism somewhere. Then again, maybe some of us Europeans just want to be Jewish.
HAARP-Pentagon’s High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program which is believed to be a weapon capable of controlling the weather
The Philadelphia Experiment- Scientists tried to bend light around a ship but failed and sent the transporting through space- only to reappear on sea again.
MK-ULTA- Code name for a supposed CIA experiment that tested human behavior engineering
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion- Theory that says the Elders will rule the world by controlling Finance and Media and that they will replace the typical social order with one big manipulation.
These are all ones I find interesting!
That the moon landings were a hoax.
Seems kind of insulting to the thousands of people it took to actually land on the moon and sacrifices they made along the way. But it’s fascinating to me that anyone would believe that conspiracy theory.
Just as an edit to my previous answer- I found a video of an interview with a woman who says she was a victim of the MK-ULTRA experiment- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qbjpP6bk0Q She talks about abuse, mind control, surveillance, and alien contact.
There are some NSFW things in the video, though. Thought it would be interesting to share it with you guys.
Most of them. I love conspiracy theories. I love the act of questioning the accepted norm and also how elaborate and interested some of them get. In recent years, conspiracy theorists have gotten out of hand and now it is becoming a nuisance, but barring that, I have always been a fan of conspiracy theories. It’s a good practice in critical thinking.
Area 51. Also I love listening to Coast to Coast AM on the radio at 1am – 5am.
@chyna ” videos stating there were workers on the upper floors for weeks and they stopped coming the day before the planes crashed. ” That really doesn’t even make sense. So some people coincidentally missed work that day. When you have 3000 people working in a buildings a certain % are not going to be at work on any given day. Or were they some sort of construction workers?
I’m fascinated by the Big Foot legend and all the cyptozoology stuff. I know there are more possibilities in biology.
I might be able to help anyone with the area 51 stuff. I know a guy.
I wish Big Foot was true, becasue I have the perfect spot for him, at my uncle’s house in Kent, Washington.
I’m not kidding about the area 51 stuff.
@Dutchess_III It was construction workers. And I meant to say they strategically set bombs to ensure after the building was hit, it would fall.
@chyna So, who do you blame for that?
OIC. Thousands of tons of exploding, burning jet fuel and the impact from a passenger liner needed a bit of help taking that building down!
Oh, and the other problem with it, to ensure it would fall the way it did, they’d have to set the explosives at the bottom of the building, not the top.
I’m just talking. I know you don’t believe the conspiracy stuff.
The whole “Paul McCartney is dead” thing is hilarious to me. The way they combed through songs and images to find “evidence.”
Big fan of reading cryptozoology shit too. Bigfoot, the Jersey Devil, black-eyed kids, skinwalkers. Trying to make something out of four pixels in a blurry photo. I love that shit. Don’t believe a word but it’s some good entertainment.
One I used to have was that the USA dropped its guard and allowed a terrorist attach under Bush jr. so that they could declare war on terror so that they can dip into social security reserves. I stll wonder. Now I believe that Bush jr. just didn’t read his briefings in a timely fashion and didn’t stop an attack.
@Mariah AND they played songs backwards to try to prove he was dead!
@cazzie Who do I blame for what?
You repeated the 9/11 bullstuff…. but you did say you didn’t actually believe it. OK
Hey—lets not get into whether we believe it. Just what some believe is “out there”
Stories about the Yorkshire Ripper and Jimmy Savile connections and police activity around the case.
Or
That Jack the Ripper was Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale.
@cazzie Yep, that was the question. Is there a conspiracy theory that you don’t believe but are fascinated with.
President Trump: The Inauguration
After a long absence, The Twilight Zone returns with one of the most ambitious, expensive and controversial productions in broadcast history. Sci-fi writers have dabbled often with alternative history stories – among the most common is the “What if the Nazis Had Won the Second World War” setting – but this huge interactive virtual reality project, which will unfold on TV, in the press and on Twitter over the next four years, sets out to build an ongoing alternative present.
The story begins in a nightmarish version of 2017 in which huge sections of the US electorate have somehow been duped into voting to make Donald Trump president. It sounds far-fetched and it is, but as it goes on it becomes more and more chillingly plausible. Today’s feature length opener concentrates on the gaudy inauguration of President Trump, and the stirrings of protest and despair surrounding the ceremony, while pundits speculate gravely on what lies ahead. It’s a flawed piece, but a disturbing glimpse of the horrors we could stumble into, if we’re not careful.
With thanks to the “Sunday Herald”.
I think 9/11 truthers are bananas, yet I find their insistence amazing. There is so much evidence against them!
Yes. The theory that academic feminists and Marxist critical theorists are perniciously and significantly influencing Western governments to implement policies to destroy Western culture.
It’s a common recent theme among “anti-SJW” types, nativists, white ethno-centrists and fascists.
That Elvis Presley was the second gunman & torn apart with guilt, gorged himself on burgers, became obese & raped Larry King.
I grew up in Vegas so Area 51 has always interested me due to our proximity to the area.
Christianity, Scientology, and Mormonism. I think that’s about it.
The teaching of Islam that women are inferior yet there are many Islamic women still religiously uphold and continue such degrading custom. How fascinating that some women are willing and so enthusiastic in self-degrading just because of some text written in a book.
^^^^ We did it ourselves, most of us, anyway, here in America until the 60’s hit. Then Women’s Rights, which had been around for over 100 years at that point, FINALLY took off.
Many women were just as bad at believing the shit, as the men were about convincing us. “A lady doesn’t do X, Y, Z.”
The difference between Islam and us, is an Islamic woman is far more likely to be killed, and worse, for standing up.
_ just because of some text written in a book.&
It’s not only what’s written in that book, but it’s more about how that is interpreted and dogmatized. This is true whether you’re talking about the Kuran, the Judaeo-Christian scriptures, the Mahabharata or Dianetics. If students aren’t taught the critical thinking skills to interpret these types of writings they’ll have to rely upon someone else to tell them what to think and believe.
@Strauss Nope, I am legitimately not fascinated by those.
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