A Christian take on conspiracy thinking, January 8th, 2025.

Introduction.

The last few years have seen an explosion of jokes about conspiracy thinking.

People are advertising for new conspiracy theories pretty regularly now because their old ones are

useless because all of them came true.

We should stop calling them conspiracy theories and start calling them spoiler alerts.

What is the difference between a conspiracy theory and a real conspiracy?

About six months.

How many conspiracy theorists does it take to change a light bulb?

Do your own research, man.

A conspiracy nutter died and went to heaven. At the pearly gates, when Peter asked him if he had any

questions, he said, yes. Do vaccines cause autism? Peter replied in the negative. No, no, they do not.

The gentleman scratched his chin sadly. How far up does this go? The jokes are pretty even-handed,

with the butt of the jokes varying from the guy who finds absolutely everything suspicious,

to the guy who thinks that keeping Epstein's client list secret really is a matter of national security.

And so what are Christians to make of conspiracy theories? Not surprisingly, it all depends on which

theory it is, as well as

depending on the worldview assumptions that lie behind it all and drive the analysis. Biblical

orientation. In order to orient ourselves biblically, we need to begin with a broad theological point,

and then move on to a few exegetical observations. The theological point is that the triune

goddess scripture is a personal

God, not an impersonal force, and he is sovereign over everything that happens in human history.

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