I learned a long time ago that there's more going on in the universe than we can even imagine. There's more going on here on our own planet than we are being told. The truth is stranger than fiction, and many things that are called conspiracy theories are based in truth. Don't believe everything you're told. People are easily led astray that way.
When I was a child, for instance, I had this belief in mind. The history of mankind on this planet goes back much further than we have been taught or can even imagine. It's my belief that civilizations have been completely wiped out, and there's not a trace of their history left. They may have even been more advanced than we are. That history is lost in time.
I remember looking up at the stars and thinking about planet Mars and the other planets in our solar system. Is their life out there? I had a belief that there's more about Mars than we are led to believe. When Richard C Hoagland would be a guest on Coast to Coast AM with Art Bell, I would listen intently to what he had to say.
People that you would call conspiracy theorists, such as Jim Marrs, Anthony Hilder, Jordon Maxwell, David Icke and William Cooper, fascinated me. Some of the stories I would hear sounded far-fetched, but they sparked my imagination. Then, there was a book called Nothing In This Book Is True, But It's Exactly How Things Are. Bob Frissell told a fantastic story, but it sparked my imagination. The style of that book inspired me when I started writing Because, That's What They Want You To Think.
If you believe what you're told by the media is 100% true, Because, That's What They Want You To Think is not the book for you. This book invites you to think. It gives you theories and opinions on several different topics, but it doesn't claim to be the authority on any of it. I talk about things that I believe, but my beliefs are ever evolving. I believe that once you say you've got all the answers, you cease to grow as a person and you're deluding yourself.
I actually started writing the first chapters back in 2003 while I was still involved in motorsports journalism. I wanted to do something that was completely different from what I had been doing. I wanted to expand my horizons as a writer. I put things aside for a year or two and came back to finish this book by 2006. I even started working on an unfinished second book that was deeper and darker.
This book is meant to be taken with a grain of salt and light-heartedly. You'll read some fantastic ideas, but it urges you to do your own research and think for yourself. Things like the political system, Hollywood, the conspiracy theory movement, life on Mars, the world of sports and many more topics are covered here.
I've experienced some things that I can't explain in my life. I've had an out-of-body experience as a child and had experienced lucid dreaming before I started writing about it in the book. The topic of what our mind is capable of is covered in this book.
You'll also hear people say "they" are doing this or that. By they, people are referring to the powers that be. They can't put a real name on this because they don't know. The final part of this book explores that subject in a chapter called, The Conspiracy Of They. Just who are they? Who do you think they are?
This book is not meant to stress anybody out. It's not meant to give you all of the answers. It's meant to give you questions and theories and leave you to find out what the answers are for you. Even the title of the book is tongue-in-cheek, meant to make fun of the "tin foil hat" conspiracy theorist.
I picture a scene with that crazy conspiracy theorist in a movie. He's looking over at somebody and trying to have a conversation. That person is telling this person how there's an answer for everything, and this person comes back with, "Maybe that's what they want you to think. Maybe the truth is they don't want you to know what the real truth is."
My opinions have evolved since I wrote this book, but that's understandable. I've gotten new information and answers to certain questions, and now I have more questions. I still don't believe everything I'm told. I still believe there's more going on in this world and in the universe than we are led to believe. What do you believe?
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