Sharing that OpEd to some Evangelical friends to see what they think.
This is a very reductive and americanized understanding of âevangelicalâ. A lot of evangelicals are totally disillusioned by this nonsense.
I shared it privately so I wouldnât start any fights.
Christianity Today also has a potentially helpful article (mostly, though not entirely, geared toward an American audience):
There will almost certainly be at least one QAnon-adhering member in Congress starting next year, so this is not stuff that Americans can look away from.
I donât think anybody is claiming that either all Evangelicals are American, or that all Evangelicals are QAnon supporters.
But with approximately 30% of the worldâs Evangelicals, the US is arguably the largest and most visible Evangelical population in the world.
I would argue that any outbreak of this conspiracy theory beyond its original Alt-Right context is worrying. I cannot help but think that old âSatanic Panicâ ideas, combined with the pre-existing absurd claims that Trump was the new Cyrus the Great, may have eased its entry into conservative Christian circles in the US.
And it isnât just churchgoers, some of the more extremist pastors are also jumping on this band-wagon:
