Posted on 06/16/2023 6:47:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Concerning the Ressurection of Jesus: was this really witnessed or was there a conspiracy among his followers?
Christians are more skeptical of narratives.
Jeremiah 17:5
Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the Lord.
While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.
When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.
Matthew 28: 11-15
Conspiracy theories
"Coincidence theories", than you very much.
A new study, published in something called the Journal for The Scientific Study of Religion, claims that both Christian nationalism and biblical literalism are independently associated with a greater tendency to believe in conspiracy theories. More to the progressive point, that study purportedly found when people believed in both Christian nationalism and biblical literalism, their distrust of government officials increased significantly. Egads!
Such a study has the potential to tell you much about the studier. Are they self aware enough to let it?
Fauxian trolls spread them around here.
There's also the real stuff...
...but of course, there's the Nevertrumpin'!
Overall, it's actually nice to have something for the cooldown phase of the online day:
There is indeed a “conspiracy” which is demonic in nature, coming from the kingdom of darkness. Lost man is simply a puppet on a string, as the word of God declares that Satan “takes men captive at his will.” The plot is a One World Government, headed up by the Antichrist, as clearly defined in Scripture. The world is spiraling in this direction. However, in the end, Satan, his demonic hosts, and his captives lose; to forever burn in the Lake of Fire.
I’ll bet Satan funded that study.
Who knows earth makes such “studies “?
Marxist propaganda
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