Curious Faith: Why Truth Seekers Shouldn’t Fear “Conspiracy Theories” or Fringe Ideas
How Exploring the Unexplainable Can Strengthen Your Faith, Expand Your Mind, and Bring You Closer to a Wonder-Filled God
A friend on Instagram sent me a funny reel this morning of a comedian on stage talking about conspiracy theories. His sentiment was to the effect of “you don’t believe in ANY conspiracy theories? Like you think the government is just batting .1000 and not lying to us about anything? That’s a strong stance to take.”
He then goes on to say how the government is entrusted to be responsible for alllll it’s people. And even though he only has one son, as a father, he lies to his son all the time!
Relatable for any parent who regularly says, “One more minute.” LOL
My recent article about conspiracy theories received great feedback, and it seems like there’s more of us out there who are willing to open our eyes to hear data, facts, and testimonies around various subjects that aren’t mainstream. Things like Area 51, the truth about Egyptian pyramids, who really killed JFK, and other phenomena have fascinated those who are willing to open their curiosity to believing, or at least seeking to understand the evidence, that there could be explanations not rooted in what’s traditionally be explained or taught. Covid effectively red-pilled a giant subset of our population about behind the curtain happenings of how our government worked together for the greater good of themselves more than the people they were elected to serve. Things like the origin of Covid, the role of media as government propaganda instead of fact-tellers, how the mRNA jab came to be, and the realities of the Deep State not being relegated to just fiction or fringe thinkers have all come up as topics of discussion for people who are usually labeled “conspiracy theorists”.
It’s a title I’ve decided to willingly accept.
Because what I’ve come to realize is that closing myself off to being curious to these fringe ideas, at minimum leaves too much on the table in regards to possibilities of truth.
If I want to know truth, then I need to be willing to listen to, and accept, evidence and testimonies that aren’t mainstream or are categorized as “conspiracy.”
One of the very first posts I wrote on this Substack last year was about the woo, and whether or not Jesus would accept it or if seeking to understand things labeled as “woo woo” was blasphemy. As a person of faith who just recently celebrated the resurrection of the Son of God, it’s really hard for me to reject other ideas that are also rooted in explanations that aren’t explainable by what we know as humans. Rising from the dead is pretty extreme, and if I can accept that, then why can’t I be open to other unexplainable ideas?
My most recent podcast deep dive explores this same unexplainable phenomenon. It’s called The Telepathy Tapes and it is currently blowing my mind. With the current focus on the rising autism epidemic (April is National Autism Awareness Month) being put front and center by HHS Secretary RFK Jr, this podcast series seems perfectly timed for those willing to understand more about kids specifically with autism who are non-verbal, or mostly non-verbal. The researcher conducting the experiments, Ky Dickens, has documented & recorded hundreds of parents and their children, who claim that their child has telepathic abilities. They assert that while we communicate via verbal and written language, that these neurodivergent kids with physical limitations due to their autism diagnosis do in fact communicate, but they do it in their minds. The podcast dives deep into the limitations of this type of communication and works to conduct various experiments to prove that there is in fact another dimension of non-verbal communication not explained by the physical world we’ve always known to be true.
I know, it sounds crazy! You’ll have to listen for yourself to make your own judgement about the validity of these family’s claims.
But what I sit with mostly is why couldn’t it be true? Scientists have long rejected the competency of kids with autism because the foundation of their belief system is that everything exists in the material world only. Oftentimes, kids with autism are limited in their physical bodies, and thus we make assumptions about their competency because they act and behave in ways that are wildly different than neurotypical people. So how could people communicate in their minds? As I’ve been listening this week while folding laundry, I kept thinking that this sounds like an ability we’ve only relegated to fiction and superhero movies. I mean the thought that there could be real life Xaden & Violet abilities out there is WILD, I know! But the evidence is quite convincing, although you’ll have to judge for yourself.
What I love about truth is the spirit of curiosity it requires. It’s honestly hard for me to understand how people can be so sure of things if they haven’t experienced or learned everything. In the Bible it says that only God is all-knowing - omniscient. Could it be possible that there are things that exist that we don’t yet know? And not realities that we haven’t discovered yet, but that we have and are too afraid to accept them as true because accepting them would mean unraveling and unlearning our previously taught or accepted paradigms. When you learn a new truth that bucks mainstream or what you’ve always known, it can be gut-wrenching and extremely disruptive. Many of us have experienced exactly that on a smaller level as more truths have been revealed in the wake of the pandemic.
*coughJoeRoganTuckerCarlsoncough* ;)
To have the courage to explore “alternative” truths has typically been shamed or quieted in many spaces, but especially in Christian spaces. When unexplainable things occur in the spirit world, the popular Western Christian warning is that it is of the occult. I’ve watched many episodes of the Hollywood Medium on E! with Tyler Henry, where he famously is able to connect with loved ones in the spirit realm and pass along messages to their earth-side loved ones. Granted, it’s a TV show and I’m not in the room to confirm my skepticism, but from what I can tell he is not using these gifts for occult or nefarious purposes - every single time they are used to heal and provide peace to those stuck in grief.
Healing and peace sound an awful lot like things gifted from the Lord.
I get that it’s extremely uncomfortable to accept that this is possible, or that it even could be a true gift from God, primarily because it goes against what we’ve traditionally known. When I look at Scripture, there were supernatural phenomena throughout including from Joseph and Daniel in the Old Testament who were famously dream interpreters. Imagine how weird that must have been for everyone around them, but the Kings verified their interpretations were true and thus granted them favor. There are 37 miracles recorded in the New Testament performed by Jesus. Even his disciples were gifted with the ability to cast out demons and perform other miracles throughout the NT. So tell me why being curious or open to fringe concepts isn’t possible? Based on historical and current evidence, it seems mostly small and closed minded honestly. If we can believe that the resurrection is actual fact, and we accept that as humans we each have a soul temporarily contained in a physical body (but are separate entities) then is it really that much of a stretch to accept things like telepathy or mediums as true, or at minimum, possible?
Being a truth seeker requires you to open your mind to things that aren’t traditionally explained, that buck narratives we’ve been handed down or taught, and that might earn you the label of “crazy”. I get it, I totally get it. But at the same time, as someone who LOVES to learn, and is fascinated by so many things in life, I can’t close myself off to all that’s possible in God’s creation. Strong archaeological evidence points to a global flood as depicted in Scripture - that’s sort of crazy to think about! But if I can believe that as true, and I can believe in all of the unexplainable miracles Jesus did during his ministry before he rose from the dead, then is it possible there are more miracles and unexplainable phenomena happening all around us right now?
I always want to remain curious, think critically, and thus contribute in meaningful ways to our time here on Earth - that is the spirit of our home and it’s the spirit I believe required to be a truth seeker. Based on evidence, I have good reason to believe that God is FAR BIGGER than anything we could dream up, and when you operate with a spirit of curiosity, a humility to accept that you might have been wrong or didn’t yet know something, then you open yourself to a world of possibility and wonder. When you are open to learning new (fringe) things, you ultimately gain a greater understanding of the unexplainable grandiosity of our Creator, and thus more beauty and possibility this side of Heaven that others might not yet accept. I already think my mind will be blown when I get to Heaven and realize HOW MUCH we missed on Earth, even when it was right in front of us.
So for now, I’ll keep lingering and associating with the fringe thinkers, if it means I’m one step closer to knowing Him and His creations better.
Along with the links embedded throughout this post if you’re brave enough to curiously explore some of the unexplainable things (labeled as conspiracy theories) that have caught my attention as of late, I’ll leave you with this message I recently received from one of my boys’ teachers:
