I could only watch two minutes of that stuff in one sitting. How does knowing this benefit in the long-run? How many other people do you believe faked their death?
fyi, I’m not judging. So-called conspiracy theories are not my forte. Im curious but very cautious about this stuff.
there could be a whole book on all this but- what is the benefit?
well for me I like to use conspiracy theories for rhetorical purposes.
for example: "free love is a sinister plot to destroy the family!" (which of course I one hundred percent believe- I absolutely believe this is true)
well... you (not you specifically but people in general) don't want to be a sucker do you? you don't to be a dupe do you? no? ah, great- well if you don't want be a sucker and fall for the sinister plot- say "no" to zina!
or for example some people in rl really enjoy hearing me tell them conspiracy theories about jews... I have no idea why but I know people who are like that... so maybe I talk about a Jewish plot to promote "free love" and say "see? it's those darn Jewish conspirators... we have to beat them by rejecting zina and staying chaste until marriage!"
I really do stuff like that and I do it all the time if people give me their ear. but I genuinely believe all the conspiracy theory stuff I say and so I don't deliberately trick people or anything like that.
with some people, if I tell them "the Quran says"- unfortunately it doesn't move them. but if I appeal to them on the basis of resisting an alleged conspiracy and thereby imply they'd be a sucker unless they reject such-and-such haraam/immoral behavior, maybe I can influence them in the right direction, which is what I hope for. and I don't believe it's lying- I genuinely believe there are sinister hidden forces promoting all sorts of deviant or immoral behaviors and ideas. and so by expounding on these sinister plots, I hope to persuade people to reject wrong/deviant/immoral ideas and behaviors.
for example if I have kids... I would want them to know what Islam says about various haraam, immoral behaviors... but I would also want to give them lectures alleging that there are plots to promote haraam, immoral behaviors (which I genuinely believe) in order insha'Allah to make them more determined to resist such behaviors. so I tend to use conspiracy theories for that kind of thing and I don't see as wrong because I genuinely believe what I'm saying. to me it's like using a trick to try to get a kid to eat their veggies.