Re anti-semitism: Jon Ronson's documentary investigation is definitely worth watching.

LittleHawk, there are enough sane people around who espouse views similar to Icke's more reasoned observations. If you need a leader, why not pick one of them?

The issue is definitely one of credibility. Personally, I don't see how you can espouse the position of someone whose grasp on reality is clearly tenuous at best. Similarly, even if i thought Scientology had some good points, its underlying theism which focuses on aliens from the planet Zog (or wherever) would seriously damage my ability to take it seriously as a belief system. I don't think this makes me narrow-minded. A bit cynical perhaps, but in this world you've gotta be.

I think I'd prefer to worship at the church of Marcus Brigstocke than of the giant lizards or the spacemen.