The problem with David Icke’s worldview and other Gnostics like him

“He who was the Son of God became the Son of man, that man … might become the son of God.” ― Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies

David Icke is a conspiracy theorist who is known for laying out the plans of the global elite and exposing their nefarious agenda. In many respects I would agree with him when it comes to the interpretation of certain events and their detrimental impact, such as recent wars, the pandemic, the climate change agenda and the forthcoming twin goals of a digital ID for all and a cashless society.

However, even though Icke is one of many analysts who is able to connect the dots, when it comes to solutions and his worldview at the most basic level, it is riddled with a myriad of inconsistencies and is thoroughly incoherent. Firstly, he rejects Christ and his divinity and subscribes to the Gnostic worldview that the Creator and his Creation are fundamentally bad and evil. Therefore, by extension he views this material world as evil.

When we break down this first view of Icke’s then, and contrast it with the idea that we need to fight back, we are led to the question of why we should fight back, if we suppose, as Icke does, that this material world is evil and not worth fighting for? We can therefore see that action and idea cannot come together in a logical…