Not interested in Truth
Image via Wikipedia Since President Barack Obama announced that Osama bin Laden was dead, Internet skepticism has been on a steady and troubling rise . So much so that the White House had considered releasing gory photos of bin Laden’s body before deciding yesterday against it. It’s just as well. I am convinced providing such evidence would have done no good. Conspiracy theories and doubt would linger. It’s an unsettling phenomenon that raises questions not only about the lack of trust in government, but also about the distinctions that must be made between irrational incredulity and a Christian belief that rests on faith rather than evidence. If I root my faith in emotional belief rather than cool-headed logic, how am I different from “birthers” and “deathers?” Two recent articles written before last weekend’s Pakistan mission have provoked me to thought. In the first, Discovery Channel’s Benjamin Radford addressed why “birther” conspiracy theories linger eve