Whee... everything I say is irrational because it does not register in your paradigm of reality, I truly get it. I can see into your mind and know where you are, because I was once exactly there, using the exact same arguments against people like me. Again, think about the money system based on usury, and why we were warned about it thousands of years ago. Is it really impossible based on anything other than 'faith' and 'trust', that higher level intellectual beings with their own secret beliefs could create traps for us to fall into? Is it beyond the realm of possibility that highly intelligent beings/people do not want to share this planet with billions of people they do not view as 'their' species? Again this is not a game of programming with canned 'input' - 'output', this involves some creative imagination and problem solving to break through.
The only thing more annoying than reading about 911 conspiracy theories, is arguing with people who believe 911 conspiracy theories.
When you start from the concept that you don't need facts or science to arrive at the truth, you are starting from an irrational place. When you start at an irrational place, you are bound to get nowhere good or truthful. Usury and interest rates really have little to do with anything we are discussing. Since you bring up something so tangential as this to state your case, it would be useful to throw another little gem out there. Let's assume that there was a conspiracy regarding finance (which I believe bears merit) for the few to exploit the many to increase their wealth...just because there is such a conspiracy does not mean that EVERYTHING is a conspiracy. Sure. For an example of such behavior, look at USA circa 1790-1865. Slavery was based upon the notion that the Africans were not "people." It is an inherently flawed premise, but it existed nonetheless. That does not mean that I believe that there is a plot to kill off the population. The same type of imagination that creates movies. If you substitute logic and reason for imagination, one tends, over time, to become delusional. If you fall too far down that rabbit hole, you lose your sense for what is imagined and what is real.
How was truth 'solved' before science was created? How did the most primitive of societies create things like fire and the wheel without imagination and willingness to break free from the status quo? What you perceive as 'rational' could easily be a product of everything you've learned in life coming to its own reasoning. In the spirit of respectful discourse, I encourage you to look to the root of every perceived problem and ask 'why?'. Why is the money system there? What happens if one person gains all the wealth in the world? What will he do then, if there is no more wealth and no other man in the world recognizes what he considers 'wealth' as it pertains to the monetary system? What if the impoverished now see through the illusion, or out of pure desperation band together to take everything he has? Would that man or group not see this coming and put measures of control in place to insure that this inevitable counteraction is unlikely to occur? If 'you' were in charge of the world as a benevolent dictator, would you enslave people based on their color or creed? If you raised your children on the bare essentials of life, would they suddenly one day wake up and declare all Africans as inferior? Furthermore, would an innocent child ever be able to recognize an 'African' from any other person, unless he was trained to? Is it not possible that someone with a devious agenda created strife and turmoil between tribes as a means to attain wealth and power? Look at this from a basic human nature perspective, do people really have a need to attack others when they are living peacefully and comfortably? What is delusional? Are people who write 'science fiction' delusional? What happens when older science fiction starts to become reality? Was that writer just 'lucky', or did he know of a plan that we weren't given access to? Again, I am trying to remain respectful of those who at least respect my viewpoints, but I firmly believe that human beings are capable of many great things when they are able to see past the many lies, obstacles and tests put before them, whether or not they seem like tempting dangling carrots that will temporarily appease the inner workings of their minds. I believe that there is more to life than blindly accepting religion, science, and other notions put forth by an unknown entity that may or may not have a nefarious agenda or reason to lie to you. Has science never been wrong? Has religion never been wrong? Has government never been wrong? The point is that unless an entity has proven itself to be absolutely perfect, your free will and mind are the only things you can trust.
