David Ray Griffin

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[[File:Drgriffin.jpg|thumb|left|165px|David Ray Griffin.]]'''David Ray Griffin''' is a former [[philosophy]] and [[theology]] [[professor]] (specifically, emeritus at Claremont School of Theology in California)  and current [[moonbat]] [[conspiracy theorist]]. He wrote a load of theology texts in his pre-truther days, mostly dealing with theology and [[postmodernism]]. He claims to have [[evidence]] of a [[government]] [[9/11 conspiracy theories|conspiracy regarding the 9/11 tragedy]] and [[Osama bin Laden]]'s [[death]], and he has written several books on the subject.

His first and most famous work of trutherism is ''The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the [[George Bush|Bush Administration]] and [[9/11]]''. Naturally, it's a book-length [[just asking questions]] session (indeed, he never explains how the conspiracy would work ''in toto'', but merely attempts to poke holes in the "official account" like most other conspiracy theorists), replete with the standard [[post hoc]] [[cui bono]] reasoning and citations of other [[crank]]s as "experts." All the old truther chestnuts are there as well, including WTC7, [[the Pentagon]] being hit by a cruise missile, the [[PNAC]], and a number of the other [[PRATT|greatest hits]].

He has also written some material [[shoehorning]] Christian theology into trutherism (namely, ''Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11: A Call to Reflection and Action'').

==See also==
*[[Cognitive infiltration]]
* [[Journal of 9/11 Studies]], an occasional stomping ground of his
*[[Yukihisa Fujita]], co-author of ''Seeking 9/11 Truth at the Japanese Parliament''

==External links==
*[https://archive.md/yTBEc Griffin's homepage] Long gone; was apparently run by some other guy
*[http://sandiego.indymedia.org/media/2006/10/119637.pdf An online edition of ''The New Pearl Harbor'']
*[http://articles.latimes.com/2005/aug/28/magazine/tm-crgriffin35 Getting Agnostic About 9/11], an interview with Griffin in the LA Times
*[http://www.publiceye.org/conspire/Post911/dubious_claims.html Chip Berlet's review of ''The New Pearl Harbor''], [http://www.publiceye.org/conspire/Post911/Griffin1.html Griffin responds], [http://www.democracynow.org/2004/5/26/the_new_pearl_harbor_a_debate Berlet debates Griffin]
*[http://www.alternet.org/story/100688/the_ultimate_9_11_%27truth%27_showdown:_david_ray_griffin_vs._matt_taibbi/?page=entire David Ray Griffin vs. Matt Taibbi]
*[http://jod911.com/drg_nist_review_2_1.pdf On Debunking 9/11 Debunking], Journal of Debunking 9/11 Conpsiracy Theories
*[http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/601dxsap.asp The Truth Behind 9/11], Weekly Standard
*[http://www.alternet.org/belief/156351/david_ray_griffin_how_a_retired_theologian_became_a_highpriest_of_the_911_truth_movement David Ray Griffin: How a Retired Theologian Became a High Priest of the 9/11 Truth Movement], AlterNet

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