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Term paper outline

1. Introduction/Topic: Within this essay I will be covering the general topic


of religious belief regarding Keely’s conspiracy theories and how they
compare. I will argue that there are greater similarities between the
two than differences.
2. Thesis Statement: In this paper I will illustrate other approaches to
religious belief, Keely’s take on conspiracy theories and how they
relate to religious belief, then compare them both to demonstrate how
similar conspiracy and religious belief are.
3. Supporting evidence/primary sources:
1. “The Marxist Critique of Religion: A Persisting
Ambiguity Download The Marxist Critique of Religion: A Persisting
Ambiguity,” Richard Comstock.
1. I will begin by using the article above to present how Karl
Marx views religious belief.
2. Specifically, where he thinks religion originated from
3. And how along with is ideal about religion being the
“opium of the people”
2. “God as the Ultimate Conspiracy Theory, Download God as the
Ultimate Conspiracy Theory,” Brian Keeley.
1. Continuing on with Keely’s viewpoint on religious belief and
conspiracy theories together. Specifically, his idea of God
as the ultimate conspiracy theory.
2. Using this to set up a comparison of the two approaches to
religious belief through adding the contrast of conspiracy
and religious belief directly.

3. Franks, B., Bangerter, A., & Bauer, M. W. (2013). Conspiracy


theories as quasi-religious mentality: An integrated account from
Cognitive Science, social representations theory, and frame
theory. Frontiers in Psychology, 4.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00424
1. Within this article the authors explore conspiracy theories
as quasi-religious mentality- highlighting how conspiracy
theory uses the same framework as quasi-religious
mentality.
2. They explain conspiracy theories to be used to explain the
unexplainable in the same way Keely explains them and
religion
3. Use the groundwork of conspiracy theory to support the
argument for a basic understanding of both
4. Demonstrate how “CT’s draw on resources employed by
religious representation” – how they “stick” due to the
having the quasi-religious framework-
4. Objections:
1. Wood, M. J., & Douglas, K. (2018). Are conspiracy theories a
surrogate for god? Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and
Contemporary Religion, 87–105.
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004382022_006
1. This article explores both sides of similarities and
differences of conspiracy theories and religious belief.
2. I will be using the evidence for the contradictions to
rebuttal my argument that they’re very similar
3. Specifically, this article provides that have opposite world
views, social dimensions, differences in social cohesion
4. So different they cannot be psychologically
interchangeable
2. Frenken, M., Bilewicz, M., & Imhoff, R. (2022). On the relation
between religiosity and the endorsement of conspiracy theories:
The role of political orientation.
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hyt39
1. The authors provide differences being from the social
dimensions
2. Different world views that are brought forth in a different
way than the previous objection that I will elaborate on
5. Reply to objections:

1. Jasinskaja‐Lahti, I., & Jetten, J. (2019). Unpacking the relationship


between religiosity and conspiracy beliefs in Australia. British
Journal of Social Psychology, 58(4), 938–954.
https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12314
1. I will use this articles finding to direct rebuttal the first
objection
2. Specifically, “the finding that we did find that the extent to
which religious worldviews were endorsed predicted belief
in conspiracy theories. Among believers, the importance
attached to their religious worldview was directly
associated with higher belief in conspiracy theories and
this link was partly mediated by higher anti-
intellectualism”
3. Also using the relationship’s that have been found between
religiosity and conspiracy theories to add to their
similarities and strengthen my argument

2. Bezalel, G. Y. (2019). Conspiracy theories and religion: Reframing


conspiracy theories as bliks. Episteme, 18(4), 674–692.
https://doi.org/10.1017/epi.2019.46
1. Bezalel provides how religious belief is part of how we
understand the foundations of conspiracy theorizing
worldview
2. The use of his worldview argument will deconstruct the
objections I have provided
6. Conclusion/Summary: To conclude my paper I will briefly touch on
Marx’s assertion off religion, continuing with Keely’s writing over
conspiracy theory and religious belief, the take on conspiracy as quasi-
religious, the objections and how I respond to those rejections coming
back to the argument I presented. Overall concluding my argument on
how similar religious beliefs and conspiracy theories are.
1. The conclusion will overall highlight the most important aspects
to support how similar the two are.

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