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Definitely all true.

When I say "genre of human being," I'm talking about a particular group of people who have a sense of disgruntlement and pessimism that goes beyond the seemingly normal desire to find a higher force to look to for comfort. In fact, conspiracy is somewhat the opposite of religion in that way. Where the religious, even Scientologists, use the concept of the external, greater force to aspire for self improvement or rely on for emotional security, the conspiracists (of this type) use the concept to place blame for their undesirable state and avoid self improvement by justifying their hopelessness through that blame. As the majority of people on the planet are religious, it does suggest that there is a sociological predisposition in humans to look beyond the self for emotional security, but it takes a very specific type of person to go in the direction of blame rather than aspiration.

<blockquote data-quote="ProphetofOccam" data-source="post: 151011" data-attributes="member: 5272">Definitely all true.&nbsp;When I say &quot;genre of human being,&quot; I&#039;m talking about a particular group of people who have a sense of disgruntlement and pessimism that goes beyond the seemingly normal desire to find a higher force to look to for comfort. In fact, conspiracy is somewhat the opposite of religion in that way. Where the religious, even Scientologists, use the concept of the external, greater force to aspire for self improvement or rely on for emotional security, the conspiracists (of this type) use the concept to place blame for their undesirable state and avoid self improvement by justifying their hopelessness through that blame. As the majority of people on the planet are religious, it does suggest that there is a sociological predisposition in humans to look beyond the self for emotional security, but it takes a very specific type of person to go in the direction of blame rather than aspiration.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ProphetofOccam, post: 151011, member: 5272"] Definitely all true. When I say "genre of human being," I'm talking about a particular group of people who have a sense of disgruntlement and pessimism that goes beyond the seemingly normal desire to find a higher force to look to for comfort. In fact, conspiracy is somewhat the opposite of religion in that way. Where the religious, even Scientologists, use the concept of the external, greater force to aspire for self improvement or rely on for emotional security, the conspiracists (of this type) use the concept to place blame for their undesirable state and avoid self improvement by justifying their hopelessness through that blame. As the majority of people on the planet are religious, it does suggest that there is a sociological predisposition in humans to look beyond the self for emotional security, but it takes a very specific type of person to go in the direction of blame rather than aspiration. [/QUOTE]

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