Proč konspirační teorie nejsou nevinné.

In her text, the Czech ecumenical theologian and pastor of the Czechoslovak Hussite Church addresses the issue of how to understand conspiracy theories in contemporary discourse and why those types of conspiracy theories that are under the umbrella of Christianity or another religion pose a special problem. It describes the relationship between conspiracy theories and violence, the process of forming the "enemy" and the danger of misusing Christian symbolism for these purposes. It shows how conspiracy theories can lead to and serve as justification for violent action, and how they encourage the creation of vicarious victims and their persecution. It looks in detail at two examples of conspiracy theories and their violent consequences in our own time: the protests against covid restrictions and vaccination, which grew into the intimidation of "enemies"; and the formation of the "enemy" in the Russian ideology of "traditional values", which became a significant part of the anti-Western conspiracy theory justifying the war in Ukraine. It shows that conspiracy theories are not innocent, reflects on the possibilities of preventing and overcoming the consequences of conspiracy theories, and emphasizes the need to seek and find traces of the common good that actively counteract the increasing polarization of the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]