Waking Up After QAnon: How Can the Church Respond?

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“As QAnon and other conspiracy theories begin to lose traction, pastors and church leaders face a decision. We can pretend that conspiracy theories were never really a threat to our congregation and simply move on unchanged….

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Why Conspiracy Theories Can’t Be Ignored

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“…we have crossed a line from lone paranoid nuts to larger groups, who are starting to communicate with each other, all with an interconnected belief system.” - Geraghty

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Megachurch pastor prayed a curse on “those that have stolen this election”

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“ ‘Father, those that have lied, those that have stolen this election, those that have cheated, I place the curse of God upon them,’ Rev. Bob Rodgers of Evangel World Prayer Center in Louisville, which claims 9,000 members, said in a video clip from the service shared online.” - CPost

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Ben Sasse: What happens on January 6?

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“Since Election Day, the president and his allied organizations have raised well over half a billion (billion!) dollars from supporters who have been led to believe that they’re contributing to a ferocious legal defense.

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Anti-Vaxxers and COVID-19 Denial

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“… an important and informative paper authored by epidemiologist Dr. Tara C. Smith and law professor and vaccine advocate Dr. Dorit Reiss. I’ve linked to the journal article below. I urge you to read it.

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#PROTECT2020 Rumor vs. Reality: CISA Addresses Election Fraud Claims

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“This webpage is for people with questions about the security of their vote and preemptively debunks potential areas for disinformation. You can learn more about mis- and disinformation from CISA’s Countering Foreign Influence Task Force. Click an icon below to go directly to that section.” - CISA

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Challies: Books for understanding the dynamic of conspiracy theories

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“What follows is essentially a brief assessment of each of these books—a kind of “lay of the land” when it comes to contemporary writing on conspiracy theory. The majority of them are written from the perspective of secular classic liberalism….the Christian market could use a really good book on the subject” - Challies

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