Alex Jones
Alex Jones is a radio host and a filmmaker you might or might not know. If you haven’t heard about him I recommend you to check his webpage Infowars out. I’ve been listening to his radio show for well over two years now and I’ve seen all his films. There are lots of things I think Jones does very well but there are also things I think he could do much better. Well, nobody is perfect, but when it comes to spiritual subjects Jones goes a bit over the edge in my books.
When Jones, who says he’s a Christian, stays in clearly political topics he has done a lot of good and still does so. But when he attacks people based on their spiritual beliefs and practises he is clearly not at his best. At best he seems to be at such times heavily misinformed and misinterpreting those peoples non-Christian views and practises and at worst he is accusing them of things that are total crap, insulting those people and their freedom to choose their religion (or their freedom to be atheists). It does not help at all when he invites someone like Texe Marrs to his show.
It’s all fine with me that Jones is a Christian. I have nothing against that. But it troubles me how much and in what kind of way his spiritual views have come to color his interpretation of politics, people and other things involved during the last two years. At times I am wondering if I am listening to some wild Christian radio show or a political radio show who’s host happens to be a Christian. As a 9/11 truther myself and a student of comparative religions I am afraid that with his spiritual ranting Jones is driving some good people away from his show and websites and that he might even be giving some ammunition against 9/11 Truth for some others.
Jones is without a doubt a good meaning person who is sincere in what he does but I think he should think to what direction he wants his show and work to develop. He still has a lot people listening to him who are not Christians or who as Christians does not agree with many of his and some of his guests wild spiritual interpretations. I wish that Jones can do a better job in the future in separating politics from wild interpretations of spiritual subjects and in keeping personal spiritual beliefs just personal. Being a Christian is not a guarantee that a person is any better than someone else next to him. Period.
Alex Jones should just calm down in general.
…I could say exactly the same about you…
We are all spiritual beings, so saying we shouldn’t talk about spiritual matters is like like saying we shouldn’t breathe air, eat food, drink water, speak our minds or even be allowed continued existence upon this planet.
Funnily enough there are certain people trying to sort that all that out for us as we speak. I also clearly perceive that you are part of that sorry fraternity.
Eugene,
thanks for your comment.
I didn’t say we shouldn’t talk about spiritual matters. I said that Mr. Jones have sometimes pushed his personal spiritual views too much in the air in his show (in my opinion). I think his radio show should be most of all clearly political, not religious or spiritual. After all, his most known website is called Infowars. It is not “Spiritual war” or something alike.
As a sidenote, my major is comparative religions. I find religions and spiritual matters very interesting and have no problem in the view you presented – “we are all spiritual beings” (having said that, definition of that can vary a lot). I personally agree with that view.
Well… I think Alex Jones’ gospel is ok. He preaches about God and His Love and as long as he shall continue doing this, I shall admire him so. I am glad he’s a fair Far Rightist.
Hi Flijoye,
thanks for the comment.
Well, it is his radioshow, of course, so he does what he wants. I still think that most of his shows are all fine. I think he is all in all doing a fine job.
But believe me, I am not alone in looking critically at Jones’ spiritual criticisms and interpretations. It is fine with me and many others that Jones is a Christian. No problem with that. The problem is his “this is the only right spiritual view”-approach. If Jones would seem to be more open about this, the problem would be far smaller or maybe even non-existent.
There are lots of questions related to this subject… I might write more of these soon…