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To: epicure who wrote (136369)	6/12/2004 1:53:29 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

I don't think credulity towards conspiracy theories has much, if anything, to do with religion. If you read Russian sites, the Russians are very big on conspiracy theories. They adore Lyndon Larouche. The French are also big on conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories about 9/11 are best sellers in France. Latin Americans - especially Marxists - have been big on conspiracy theories about the US for a long, long time. Might have something to do with CIA involvement in Guatemala, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua, Chile, Argentina, etc., etc., etc., all of it denied at the time, but now that time has passed, admitted with a "ho hum, what else is new?" attitude by later administrations with no reason to hide. Governments do lie. They really cannot be trusted to tell the truth. And they may pretend to themselves that they're doing it for the "good of the people" but objectively speaking, that's usually hogwash. Once you realize that they'll lie at the drop of a hat, it's not hard to distrust everything they say. I don't like conspiracy theories, but am even more skeptical about intelligence and good intentions than ever.