Letter to the Conspiracy Theorist

To Whom It May Concern,

For the following reasons I must respectfully decline to engage in a conversation regarding your conspiracy theories:

  1. Conspiracy theories can all contradict each other and still all be valid at the same time because they are not facts…. They are theories. If they were facts and they contradicted each other, then one would have to be false. Instead, when they are “theories,” you can have as many as you want. This makes it so that we are not in the realm of actuality, but instead we are in the realm of possibility. In the realm of possibility… that which is actual becomes harder and harder to see. The plain sense is rejected and nonsense is accepted. A wise man once said, “If the plain sense makes good sense, seek no other sense lest it result in nonsense.”
  2. The possibilities of conspiracy theories appear to me less and less possible and the theories become more and more numerous. Now you may be saying, “What about the theories that come true?” It is said that if you throw a handful of cooked spaghetti on a wall, some noodles will stick, so it is possible for some of the theories to be true, but when theories become contradictory and proven false, almost all credibility is lost. In the end, you have become the boy who cried wolf. Alone in your “enlightenment.”
  3. The foundation of most Conspiracy Theories are biases and presuppositions. The benefit of the doubt is thrown out the window. Please allow me to give an example of what I am talking about. Recently, the prominent Christian speaker, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated. This gave birth to myriads of conspiracy theories. One theory is that Israel did it because they pulled their funding for a speaking event because Charlie was going to have Tucker Carlson as a guest speaker. Tucker has become more and more vocal of his disdain for Israel, so they pulled their funding. Those with the presupposition that Israel is the enemy view the pulling of their funds as a sign of bullying. Let me ask you this, if Charlie was having an event and had invited a guest who was adamantly Pro-Choice, and a certain Pro-Life organization had pulled their funding, would you consider it bullying? Of course not because you are Pro-Life. But this is what I am talking about; it would be viewed as not wanting your money you gave to support something you are against. But they see it as nefarious. Presuppositions and biases breed the most outrageous of conspiracy theories.
  4. Conspiracies are most prevalent during times of uncertainty. This is because uncertainty breeds fear of not being in control. It is a vicious cycle of being uncertain, not having control, questioning one’s safety, and, in the end, becoming more scared, thus starting the cycle again.
  5. Conspiracy theories also give you a sense of intellectual superiority and power. “Conspiracy Theorists know what’s really going on…not like all the other sheep who don’t want to ask the tough questions.” Knowledge is power, so the more someone “knows” the more power they have, and more power means more control. The only problem is that not all knowledge is true. Also, “knowledge puffs up” (1 Corinthians 8:1) and “the prideful reject advice and breeds strife” (Proverbs 13:10). This pride leads to a refusal to listen to any argument against their conspiracy theory. In fact, when you do try to argue with them, it solidifies their presupposition that everyone else is just sheep.
  6. Conspiracy theories breed paranoia because one conspiracy theory creates another and the more and more theories that are born, the more twisted and farfetched they become… each one building on the other, causing a tower where each level is more shakey then the last. And with each section comes more and more implications, making it harder to believe. This will breed isolation because you will seek out others who have the same reasoning and theories, thus creating an echo chamber which in the end creates more isolation and sometimes mental illness.
  7. We live in a time where all media, news, tabloids, youtube, Instagram, X, facebook, tiktok, podcasts, etc are all fueled by views/clicks. Every post seeks views because more views equals more popularity, which converts into revenue. The more crazy the headline, the more outlandish the cover photo, the more likely someone will click on it. This means news is sensationalized and often blatantly false.
  8. If you claim to be Christian, and you can’t tell me the Essential Doctrines of the Christian faith, the Lord’s Prayer, what hermeneutics is and how to properly use it… if you do not know what you believe in the faith, or if you know what you believe but don’t know why you believe it… but you know all of the conspiracy theories and your life is enveloped by political and social videos and podcasts like Joe Rogan, Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, etc., then your priorities are backwards and you need to take a hard look at them.

It is for these reasons that I will not engage in a conversation with your conspiracy theories. I will not entertain reasoning that is not grounded in reality, that rejects what makes the most sense, that uses questions as a guise for the pursuit of knowledge, that uses sources not concerned with facts, reasoning that breads confusion and pride. I will not entertain nonsense when the plain sense makes more sense amidst the senseless theories born from the theories of the questions of those guided by personal bias instead of objective truth.