Why Conspiracy Theories?

[IdleRich]

And obviously there is the "Thou shalt commit adultery" Bible which is fairly different...

Wicked Bible - Wikipedia

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[IdleRich]

Anyway, they just unsealed the Ghislaine Maxwell documents from before - what are we going to find out?

 

[catalog]

There are often differences. When I used to teach Muslim kids in East London a lot of them had memorised passages in the Bible that were different in different editions so they could quote them every time we had a theological debate - which was pretty much every day - and thus undermine the credibility of the Bible compared to the rigidly unchanged Koran.

they would be using the equivalent of zines/pamphlets from the local muslim mission shop, where they're photocopying out of date / misquoted stuff

 

[IdleRich]

But there is a sense in which the koran is a better representation of the word of God than the Bible... if you think that word should be rigid and unchanging of course.

 

[Mr. Tea]

There are often differences. When I used to teach Muslim kids in East London a lot of them had memorised passages in the Bible that were different in different editions so they could quote them every time we had a theological debate - which was pretty much every day - and thus undermine the credibility of the Bible compared to the rigidly unchanged Koran.

That must have been really tough for a devout Christian such as yourself.

 

[IdleRich]

I'm not gonna lie - it was a lot of fun. Both kids and teacher much preferred that to a maths lesson. They woulda probably all failed anyway so might as well use the time profitably eh?

 

[Mr. Tea]

Yeah it sounds like a decent laugh. What did you learn about the Qu'ran?

 

[yyaldrin]

what courses did you teach idlerich?

 

[IdleRich]

Maths to 17, 18 year olds, some resitting GCSEs, some attempting A-levels...

 

[version]

the roots of these stories go very deep, it's always been a current, or thread, but right now, it's very wide as well as being long, it's just fully opened up in the space created by the pandemic. there's a crisis of legitimacy

Blood libel - Wikipedia

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[catalog]

he was also telling me about the roots of the word doctor - something to do with knights templars on malta. Freemasonry.

 

[version]

I think Craner's probably right about all conspiracies eventually ending up at antisemitism. The QAnon stuff is just blood libel with a new lick of paint.

 

[luka]

I think Craner's probably right about all conspiracies eventually ending up at antisemitism. The QAnon stuff is just blood libel with a new lick of paint.

i dont think Marxism does.

 

[version]

Marxism is a conspiracy theory?

 

[luka]

more or less, yeah. me and eden were discussing this a little while back.

 

[luka]

you have an enemy. not jews, but a group which acts in concert to frustrate your desires and destroy your experience, to enslave you and manipulate you with lies.

 

[version]

Wasn't Marx himself an anti-Semite?

 

[luka]

and the only way you can stop them is by killing them. thats marxism in a nutshell

 

[luka]

Wasn't Marx himself an anti-Semite?

might have been. most people were. he was jewish too though wasnt he?

 

[catalog]

i think thirdform would agree with you there