Summary

In summary, before encouraging anyone to adopt a conspiracy theory, please consider:

Have I followed Biblical principles for evaluating data? 

These principles include:

Have the best arguments both for and against the conspiracy been carefully examined?

Is the conspiracy logical?

Are there conflicts of interest in those promoting the conspiracy?

Does the conspiracy theory produce extraordinary evidence for its extraordinary claims?

Does the conspiracy require me to think more highly of myself than I ought to think?

Is looking into this conspiracy redeeming the time?

Are Biblical patterns of authority followed by those spreading the conspiracy?

If the conspiracy passes these evaluative tests, then there may be something to it.  If it fails these tests, it should be ignored.  If the person promoting the conspiracy to you has not taken the time to follow these Biblical tests, kindly ask him or her to follow Scripture before promoting conspiracies to you, and tell him that after Scripture is followed we may have time to talk, but we won’t before then.  Then instead of watching the video on the conspiracy, behold the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, by the illumination of the Spirit, in the infallible Word (2 Corinthians 3:18).

This entire series can be viewed online at “Conspiracy Theory: Biblical Methods of Evaluation” by clicking here.

–TDR