Secondly, there’s the fact that Bill Gates has actually floated the idea of using weather control to battle climate change. The idea is to spray calcium carbonate into the atmosphere so that it can reflect some of the sun’s rays back and hopefully cool down the Earth, as Forbes explains. ...

I heard about that. It delays global warming, but it also turns the atmosphere into a ticking timebomb, if we don't take action to actually reduce carbon emissions. Rather than see the effects gradually over many years, it would hit us all at once like an apocalypse.

That is interesting.  I like to think that I have not developed or believed in any conspiracy theory.  But I've always been skeptical of most things, until I've had a chance to figure something out for myself.  But I have a close friend who believes JFK was killed because LBJ wanted him dead.  We have talked about this at some length (I have tried not to attack him but tried to figure out what he thinks is proof) and he still persists that LBJ had it done. 

So, you believed in a conspiracy(s) theory.  What caused you to not believe it anymore?

I did analyzed what say the debunkers and I did concluded what say debunkers is more sensical that what say conspiracy theories.
When I deconvert from Christianity to became an Atheist I understood than my beliefs about my destiny were false

1.Between my 4 years old until my deconversion at age of 19 or 20 I always had the feeling that I will take part to the last battle (Armageddon not the film but the place).

2.Between my 4 years old until my deconversion at age of 19 or 20 I had often this weird sensation in my Thorax , a sensation to be like a empty memory card that was a physical sensation of my faith.

3.Between my 4 years old until my deconversion at age of 19 or 20 I always had the feeling that I will have the chance to see the second coming of Christ.

4.Conspiracy theories make me believe I was on the good side and reinforced my belief in religion.

5.When I began to deconvert from Christianity. I began to understand my beliefs in conspiracy theories weren't true.

Snowfake videos! AHAHAAH I'm sure sombody thought of that before. 

E: posted to the wrong thread before...

OK. But these people do not make researches or readings about what experts say on some subject and decide according to that. They are opinions and ideas are not really built. They only listen what few people in their circle says, whoever in the most powerful position and repeat that to each other and others to have a standing, to be accepted in that group. Religious, nationalist groups are closed groups with strong hierarchies by thier nature and definition. They are not tolerant, diverse groups.

If you join one of these groups and ask them to explain their beliefs, nobody would try to explain something but hand you some source telling what it is the truth and that it is the truth. Chances are high that you won't have conversations and probably won't last long if you insist and at some point, you'll be told to leave. You would even be in danger of some sort. 

If you join some tolerant, diverse, democratic group in general and try to argue about conspiracy theories, people would argue back with different ways, styles, sources, books and at most laugh at you some point, if you insist on it.

Also, I've missed this one somehow: "...airplane GPS is rigged to fool pilots into thinking otherwise. ..." LOL