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Sunday, November 10, 2013

It's Time To Put This 9/11 Conspiracy Thing To Rest Once And For All

There is a lot of hearsay and folklore surrounding this event which may or may not be true. So we're going to need to sift through some news-clips, firsthand testimony and whatever else that can provide credible information on this important topic. There comes a point that you learn too much and you can't revert back to ignorance. In a way it's very much like when you first realized that Santa Claus is really a fiction. At that point there is really no amount of logic that can resurrect your belief in Santa again. So when did you quit believing in Santa Claus?

As kids we believed in Santa Claus. Our parents were the gatekeepers of information and, though benign, our environment during that formative time was a controlled one. We were taught to believe in Santa Claus. Initially we accepted all the information that we received at face value. However, as time progressed, we gained bits and pieces of information that led to a cognitive dissonance which, in turn, led us to question our image of Santa Claus. These “bits and pieces” led to questions such as “How could Santa Claus fit through my chimney” or “How does Santa Claus leave gifts in millions of homes during a single night”? Armed with all these bits and pieces of information, we began to get a different picture that caused all the previous illogic that we had learned to come crashing down. This finally led to an epiphany that Santa Claus really isn’t anything like what we had first thought!

There are other things in life that we have always taken for granted as “fact” that later prove to be only an illusion as well. It’s only a matter of getting more information. As in the case of the Santa Claus myth, it is only a matter of time as new evidence unfolds that we are forced to rethink our view on what the truth is.

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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gee,thanks a lot.You just HAD to spoil it didn't you.All of these years I've been leaving hot chocolate and cookies out just to have you come along and tell me Santa Claus is a myth.Now I'm gonna have to hide somewhere to see who is bringing the presents.

Anonymous said...

Hey Wait a minute! Leave Santa Claus out of this.

Anonymous said...

Wonder what Paul A will have to say about this! Guess I am not the only conspiracy theorist / goofball in the world!
Whackadoodles unite!

Anonymous said...

Thete is no santa just



like there is no conspiriciy.

Anonymous said...

Annie beam me up.

Anonymous said...

Loose change - google it

Anonymous said...

843 what's ur con name.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for posting this Joe.

Anonymous said...

The only con is your government .

Anonymous said...

ANNIE has loose marbles oh and google area 51 see if they are missing anyone,LOL

Anonymous said...

9:28 did you even bother to read the article or the numerous links? Don't be a dummy, wake up and smell the tyranny