Canadian Watcher wrote:
I can learn boatloads of good stuff from myth and fiction.
besides, i'm still not closed off the possibility that aliens are among us.
Of course, but the 18 page question is whether you think Icke's core tenet of his philosophy is fiction or fact.
Just as one can't be a little bit pregnant (you either are or your not) one really can't entertain seriously that lizard-human hybrids secretly control the world while entertaining other scenarios can one? It's a totalistic schema of how the world operates. It's like believing that God controls ever little thing that happens in the world like a Sim game while also believing that everyone has free will.
Thinking alien life may possibly exist on other planets and possibly has visited Earth, or does from time to time, is a whole different order of magnitude then a organized cabal of lizard overlords going back thousands of years orchestrating the present order on Earth. I can understand liking Icke in a X-Files entertainment sense, but if you believe what he says is true then I think you are arguing that Icke is not a madman. Am I getting that correctly?
And fwiw (and this is a general address, not CW specific) why all the drama around Icke? Love him, hate him, dismiss him, entertained by him, why does an examination of someone's philosophy seem to provoke such teeth gnashing and self flagellating? If you think this thread is a waste of time for you, then it probably is, and you can step out and jump in another one. If you have strong opinions about the man and his work express them. I don' t understand all the little content free sniping and questioning of people's motives who question Icke's thesis or methods. Some people seem to have a soft spot for Icke but don't want to come out and advocate for him, while getting angry at those who do want to talk about him in a critical way. I don't get that. If you have a problem with someone's interpretation of Icke and his methods, then the sensible thing is to provide counter evidence of why they are mistaken.
If I knew all mysteries and all knowledge, and have not charity, I am nothing. St. Paul
I hang onto my prejudices, they are the testicles of my mind. Eric Hoffer