Has anyone else noticed the upswing of conspiracy nuts hopping on the Christian Apocalypse bandwagon?
These days conspiracy theories have become more accessible and prevalent than ever before and i find it funny that along with COVID deniers and flat earthers we're also seeing more people declaring the end times are gonna happen any day now.
To be fair, the Christian apocalyptic vision isn’t a conspiracy theory per se.
A conspiracy theory explains current events through dark and sinister plots involving secret groups and so on. [i]I’m tired all the time because the Illuminati are spraying halcyon on me through chemtrails.[/i]
A feature of Christianity is eschatology. The theology of the end of the world. Most see that as something that is always immanent. It’s a minority who are convinced it’s coming next week.
There are a couple here preaching that. They seem to when they are upset. It comes and goes.
@CopperCicada Yeah i guess i phrased that badly. I don't think of latter day beliefs as a conspiracy theory so much as a wacky fringe belief. But it's people who hold a lot of conspiracy theories that i've noticed taking up this belief more in recent years.
[quote]There are a couple here preaching that. They seem to when they are upset. It comes and goes.[/quote]
Ah I’ve noticed an uptick of conspiracy theories but the more prevalence of one over others or others over one idk I can’t keep track of that. There’s so many goddamn crazies.
However the government just confirmed UFOs are a thing when they denied for years UFO footage existed and they had their hands on it so uh...might’ve had something to do w the distrust.
@AnthroKenji Oh if you don't think the government keeps stuff from its citizens then you're crazy lol. But there's a difference between declassifying something that may once have been a security issue and say running a child sex-trafficking ring lol
This has been going on for something like 2,000 years. Christianity itself basically began as a Jewish apocalypse cult, and hasn't really changed that much.
@DunningKruger Oh i know the end times stuff is not new. After all, we've had the church of latter-day saints for quite a while now. But i feel like conspiracy nuts are jumping on board now
Could be. But i personally think it's just a progression of conspiracy minded ideation that works well with the already existing conspiracies about governments being secretly evil and hiding truth and all that.
@Crazywaterspring I think that's a bit of a different situation. Y2K was a potentially disastrously situation that was avoided by a lot of people working very hard to avoid it.
Yep. I was watching a couple of pastors Ben Marsh and James Kendall who are speaking out against the infiltration of QAnon into Christianity. They say that because religion relies on believing in stuff you cant see and you have to take things on faith that it is easy to slip between beliefs. For instance Jesus was supposed to save the world from Satan and usher in a utopia. Trump was supposed to save the world from Satan and usher in a utopia. When the beliefs run parallel they can end up crossing.
@Pikachu yeah it ties to Christian Zionism, the idea that Isreal will start WW 3 which will bring .Armageddon and hence the Rapture. Their desire for the world to end is disturbing tome
@monte3 I do find the apparent [i]eagerness[/i] to see all the unfaithful die and the oceans turn to blood etc a bit gross and honestly a bit un-Christian lol
