This just in from Clown Town:
CNN just wrote a report on how conservative conspiracy-theory group, QAnon, has infiltrated Christianity:
And, you know, let me just preface this by saying I don't know jack about QAnon. Actually, that's not true. I first heard about it a couple months ago from a young friend named Jack. So, technically, I only know Jack about QAnon. Or at least I did until recently, when it started making the news for being banned by Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
So what is QAnon? Well, based on zero research whatsoever, I can tell you with absolutely undeserved certainty that it is an online community that believes that Donald Trump is on a secret mission to oust all the high-level celebs and politicians involved with pedophile rings and sex trafficking. The organization alternates between crowd-sourced investigation (a la "Don't ____ With Cats" mode, I presume), and receiving leaked information from an anonymous source with very high levels of government access.
Some side conspiracy theories generated by the group include claims that Osama Bin Laden is still alive (probably chilling with Kamala Harris' favorite living rapper, Tupac), and that Hillary Clinton eats children.
I know, I know; that's preposterous: Tupac is obviously dead.
Regardless of how you feel about this overzealous group of anti-pedophile activists, the CNN article claims that the QAnon conspiracy theories have infiltrated some of the highest ranks of Christianity!
Their evidence?
Welllll... some conspiracy theories of their own, of course!
Basically, the article insinuates that anyone (particularly any Christian) who is openly skeptical of the government or mainstream media MUST BE IN LEAGUE WITH QANON!!!!
...Because, you know, nobody could possibly ever just be... thinking for themselves...?
Examples include:
• A church in Michigan that shared a video calling the media and government's response to COVID "a hoax."
Because... you know... there's certainly...
It MUST be QAnon's fault!
• A leader at Bethel Church who shared "QAnon-related ideas" on his Instagram account.
Granted, it's Bethel, so nothing would surprise me. But what were those oh-so-dangerous "QAnon-related ideas"?
Here you go:
OHMYGOSH! He believes that modern day slavery and human trafficking are serious issues that should be addressed?
What a conspiracy theory nut job!
But, wait--! He also thinks there's an international network of pedophiles and child traffickers? No way! That would be crazy! Who could believe such a--
Oh.
Riiiiight...
But one of my favorite conspiracies in the CNN article involves their pathetic attempt to connect John MacArthur to QAnon:
"Pastor John MacArthur of California, an influential evangelical who is battling county officials over the right to continue indoor services at his Grace Community Church, espoused a theme popular in QAnon circles when he misinterpreted CDC data and informed his congregation that 'there is no pandemic.'"
Well, I mean. Golly. There it is. You got him so good. Because he believes the government doesn't have the right to infringe on his free expression of worship, and because he "misinterpreted" publicly-available data from the CDC... he must be affiliated with QAnon!
It reminds me of this smoking gun:
I rest my case.
Here's the thing: Is there a growing number of Christians involved with QAnon? Of course. QAnon has grown. It's a conservative-leaning group. There's absolutely going to be some overlap.
But that's what makes this CNN article so silly: Of course there are Christian conspiracy theorists and total nut jobs, and plenty who are very open about it.
You don't have to go around looking for sinister connections where there are none.
In fact, I'm fairly certain there's a common term for that. I'm sure it'll come to me...
Shout out to premium subscriber @JunkerJorge for the hot tip.
