L. David Moore’s
“The Christian Conspiracy”

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Title:	The Christian Conspiracy
Author:	L. David Moore
Binding:	Paperback, 358 pages
Publisher:	Pendulum Press June 1994
ISBN:	0060630035
List Price:	$14.95
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Review Date:	30 November, 2000
Reviewer:	J. P. Holding

Useful as Toilet Paper

Synopsis:

"During the first five hundred years of the church's existence, the men of the church dreamed up many teachings, doctrines and dogmas, then decided that all of these must be accepted in order for a person to be known as a Christian. Most of these teachings were needed to resolve certain political problems within the Roman Empire, particularly the empire of the fourth century. In doing this, The Early Church Fathers allowed the church to survive, but it was not the church of the Christ. Who were these men and why did they do what they did? It is a fascinating story, but as a result, what we hear in church today represent the teachings of men, and not of God or of the Christ. This book addresses that fact, and many more!"

Bookshop Summary: Not to be confused with Acharya S' Christ Conspiracy, though being at about the same level of scholarship, it may not make a difference which you have in hand anyway. Yet another sorrowful attempt by a non-scholar to rewrite Christian origins because he finds the reality too offensive to stomach.

Purposeless in Pink

A review of L. David Moore's The Christian Conspiracy

by
J. P. Holding

This seemed like an obvious one to look at, because it has all the ingredients necessary to deceive the gullible: the temptation of a conspiracy uncovered; an author with a "Dr." in front of his name (though that turns out to be in organic chemistry; Moore has been a top business executive, but wouldn't know N. T. Wright from the Wright Brothers); a garish pink cover with a funny picture. By now you know better than to take it seriously. Packed between tedious recompiliations of regurgitated and highly simplified church history from the first century to the present (120+ pages of harmless yet wasted space), this book contains the constructions of a fellow who says that he belongs "to the spiritual and compassionate Christ" who doesn't agree with the "intolerant" Christ of modern Christianity. How he arrived at this wimpy Christ is no shocker: Like others previously, Moore simply looked for the signs that said Incompetence: 25 Miles Ahead and stopped at every Stuckey's pecan pie shop on the way. We are told that "In the Scriptures, Christ was not defined in any clear-cut way which could be understood by all." No? What of "Wisdom Theology," or of studying Christ's claims in their context? (Moore has just a bit, actually, but doesn't realize that there are some quite brazen "Wisdom" claims in all four Gospels! Presumably those were added by the conspirators!) The complex "Son of Man" title, upon which books have been written, is swept off in just one page. Oral tradition is put down as being like the game of "Telephone." (How many times do we have to answer this, and re-emphasize that ancient peoples were accurate transmitters of oral teachings?!?) We are told that the Bible teaches reincarnation. But above all, the theme is that no one religion is right, and Christianity has been very intolerant for saying otherwise; Christ was "one of the most tolerant humans ever to walk on earth" -- tell that to the Pharisees! Moore fails to distinguish between tolerance for attributes by Christ (poverty, nationality) and supposed tolerance for ideology...but in a pinch, I am sure we will be told that all of that was added in as well!

In short, yet another, yet another, yet another work of incompetence by someone who has no business writing such things. We will see more of Moore in future Tekton articles -- it's always a pleasure to put this sort in their place! ;-)