Last updated 12/13/2024

This is some the ways Christians talk about their faith, themselves, and the rest of the world that enables conspiracy theories to flourish.

1. Many Christians believe that science is opposed to their religion, so it's easy for them to reject findings that don't line up with their dogma.

Uncritical examples

Is Materialism a ”Dogma” of Science? (Yes) | Roger E. Olson (January 2023)

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Commentary

Culture Wars and COVID-19 Conduct: Christian Nationalism, Religiosity, and Americans' Behavior During the Coronavirus Pandemic by Samuel L. Perry, Joshua B. Grubbs, and Andrew L. Whitehead | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (July 2020)

Science, reality and 'persecuted Christians' | slacktivist (March 2017)

2. A lot of Christian teachings portray non-Christian thinking and media as being opposed to ”the truth”, and encourages Christians to see themselves as a persecuted minority.

Uncritical examples

Christian Worldview: What Does It Mean to Be ”In the World” but Not ”Of the World”? by J. Warner Wallace | Cold-Case Christianity (July 2017)

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Thinking Like the Remnant by Pastor Rich Hamlin | Evangelical Reformed Church (July 2022)

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Christianity is Better: What Place for the Christian in a Post-Christian Political World? by Jay Watts | Christian Research Institute (February 2024)

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Letter: Another list of the things liberals hate | Enterprise-Record (December 2022, note that the writer accuses ”liberals” of hating the truth while peddling conspiracy theories)

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Commentary

...I'm talking about a deep individual desire that fundamentalist Christianity instills in us to be The One who is brave enough to stand up against the medical/legal/governmental establishment for what we believe in the face of Satanic opposition./a> | the-transfeminine-mystique (January 2018)

Doctors Hate It, Scientists Reject It, and That Means It's True | Speaking When the World Sleeps (April 2015)

Why 'Respectable' Evangelicals Can’t Rein in Evangelical Conspiracy Theorists by Chrissy Stroop | Religion Dispatches (July 2020)

A Few Things Writers Should Know About The Occult | springhole.net (November 2020)

After Columbine, martyrdom became a powerful fantasy for Christian teenagers by Alissa Wilkinson | Vox (April 2019)

Educated Evangelicals, Academic Achievement, and Trumpism: On the Tensions in Valuing Education in an Anti-Intellectual Subculture | Not Your Mission Field (March 2017)

Further information

A Beginner's Guide To Spotting Cranky Websites & Culty Groups | springhole.net (originally posted April 2012)

Six Ways to Debunk Any Conspiracy Theory | Debunking Denialism (February 2017)

We Must Face Down the Expanding Anti-Reality Industry by Bryn Nelson | Scientific American (May 2024)

Some Observations On Conspiracy Propaganda | springhole.net (originally posted September 2021)

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