“The real danger isn’t in believing a conspiracy theory but in adopting conspiracy thinking… ‘a stable predisposition that to one degree or another drives individuals to accept conspiracy theories.’ One of my main concerns with this mindset is how easily it makes its way from politics and the broader culture into the local church.” - TGC
This post continues a lecture from C.H. Spurgeon’s Lectures to My Students (read the series so far).
Avoid with your whole soul that spirit of suspicion which sours some men’s lives, and
Suspicion makes a man a torment to himself and a spy towards others. Once begin to suspect, and causes for distrust will multiply around you, and your very suspiciousness will create the major part of them. Many a friend has been transformed into an enemy by being suspected. Do not, therefore, look about you with the eyes of mistrust, nor listen as an eaves-dropper with the quick ear of fear. To go about the congregation ferreting out disaffection, like a gamekeeper after rabbits, is a mean employment, and is generally rewarded most sorrowfully.
