Conspiracy: A Biblical View, by Gary North - EntreWave

COURT HISTORIANSfirst great demonstration of the brotherhood of man, don't you? Cainkilled Abel.) Nelson Rockefeller used the phrase "brotherhood ofman, fatherhood of God" so often that reporters invented an acronymfor it: bomfog. 10 Thus, conventional liberal historians deny theoperating principle of those who hold a conspiracy view of history,namely, that there is a continuing war between good and evil, betweengood men and bad men, and (if you happen to believe in a literalBible) between good angels and fallen angels (demons). Havingdenied such a world view, "true" scholars can then all agree: theconspiracy view of history is infantile. They can all applaud DavidRockefeller's letter to the editor to the New York Times (August 25,1980), which begins: "I never cease to be amazed at those few amongus who spot a conspiracy under every rock, a cabal in every corner."And we know who conspiracy theorists are! They are people whomight dare to disagree with Rockefeller's conclusion in his letter:My point is that far from being a coterie of internationalconspirators with designs on covertly conquering theworld, the Trilateral Commission is, in reality, a group ofconcerned citizens interested in identifying and clarifyingproblems facing the world and in fostering greaterunderstanding and cooperation among internationalallies.This sounds like a public relations bulletin from the League ofWomen Voters. (Would you deposit your life savings in a bank whosepresident writes like this?) "Concerned citizens ... clarifying problems. .. greater understanding." You can almost hear the committee thatmust have edited this letter getting the giggles. You can almost seethem nudging each other in the ribs and guffawing. "That ought tosilence the rubes!" somebody blurts out. Yes, it ought to. The rubeswho regularly read (and believe in) the New York Times.The anti-conspiratorial perspective of most academic historiansobviously works to the advantage of conspirators. Let's face it, ifvoters believe in manipulators, it is much more likely that they willbecome alert to the ways by which conspirators are manipulating thepublic. This "ill-informed rabble" might take steps to reduce theirvulnerability to the manipulators. Clearly, outraged rabble-rousingvoters can fight a self-interested group of monopoly-seekers a loteasier than they can fight "the forces of production" or "the Volk."http://freebooks.commentary.net/freebooks/docs/html/gnco/html/5.htm (13 of 15) [5/26/2000 1:48:14 PM]