This weekend, I turn 30. (Where do the years go!?) Anyway, the time has come for me personally to bid my farewell to Armstrong Delusion and COG blogging in general. It’s been a lot of fun stickin’ it to the cults, their leaders and their absurd beliefs. However, for myself those days have come to a end. It’s been an incredible experience working with Casey, Eric, and Samuel. They are all incredibly intelligent and fantastic writers. I’m sure they’ll keep up the good work for many years to come. For my own Delusion swan-song I’d like to write about a subject that all COG members are probably familiar with in one form or another. One that has become inextricably linked with Armstrongism over the past few decades. This article is about conspiracy theories and why they seem to be so prevalent within the various churches of Armstrongism.

Shit, this one has a gold stripe!

Over the course of the article, I will discuss some of the more popular theories that are circulating among the membership. I will examine the attitudes of COG leadership towards these theories (and the people who hold them) and I will attempt to determine why the proponents of these theories may be susceptible to such ideas in the first place.