Now I know why Joe Carter writes about QAnon!
“A new poll finds that 3 in 4 Americans have either heard absolutely or almost nothing about QAnon, but if you have heard a lot or somewhat about it, you’re most likely a wealthy, city-dwelling, Clinton-voting liberal,” according to Tiana Lowe of the Washington Examiner.
It all makes sense now.
He and his wealthy, city-dwelling friends are the ones falling for the conspiracy theory. Despite his protestations to the contrary that it is conservative, churchgoers believing it, this new survey data proves that liberals are the ones falling for it.
According to TGC writer, former ERLC staffer and McLean Bible Church pastor Carter, “Christians should care about QAnon because it’s a satanic movement infiltrating our churches.”
Joe Carter has even been quoted by CBN on QAnon.
But, the evidence that this conspiracy theory is infiltrating the church is nonexistent.
Also, Carter doesn’t stop there. He links Christian Trump supporters to QAnon. He writes, “For instance, when the COVID-19 pandemic struck, some QAnon-supporting Christians originally thought it was a cover for the Trump administration’s secret plan to arrest deep state agents.”
Again, that isn’t what the data shows.
As Lowe writes, “Although QAnon has been identified with support for President Trump, far fewer Trump supporters have heard of the conspiracy theory than those who dislike Trump and voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016.”
She continues, “The divide is even more pronounced among 2016 vote preferences. Nearly two in five Clinton voters have heard either ‘a lot’ or ‘some’ about QAnon, whereas a little more than a quarter of all Trump voters report the same. Respondents from the South report the lowest familiarity with QAnon of any geographical region. Non-Christians and urban residents also post significantly higher familiarity with the conspiracy theory than Christians and suburban and rural folks.”
And Carter says that while the movement is “fringe” that it is super seriously infecting the church. He writes, “Although the movement is still fringe, it is likely that someone in your church or social media circles has either already bought into the conspiracy or thinks it’s plausible and worth exploring.”
Yet, Trump voters are the least likely to even know about this nonsense. And everyone knows, most evangelicals wisely voted for Donald Trump.
Clinton supporters on the other hand.
So, Carter and his Evangelical Elite friends need to heresy hunt in their own superrich enclaves around Washington, DC and stop spreading lies about what is happening in conservative churches.
I have not ever heard Q discussed among any of my evangelical friends.
However, I have to admit I am interested in it (whatever it is). The only article I’ve ever read about it was this one from the American Thinker: https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/an_introduction_to_q.html#.Xh4Zpb3_-oU.twitter
It did not strike me as all that nutty given everything going on in the world. It sort of made some sense if you also believe that there is a deep state, etc. Nothing from the article made me think it was a cult, heretical or that it was invading the church.
Regardless, I wouldn’t think it would be an issue at all for this campaign.
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I listen to J.D. Farag occasionally at YouTube, and the last time I did he covered QAnon. It was his Bible Prophecy Update for July 19, 2020. If that update was accurate, it does look like the conspiracy has had a big and dangerous impact on Evangelicals. I heard about it when it first began, and I decided it was most likely a Larp within a couple of months. I was surprised to find out it was still around and had grown so big. I see “WWG1WGA” on some comments (where we go one, we go all — and code for a “QAnon insider”), but I assumed they were in a very small minority. Maybe not. Amazing what some people fall for. By the way, I’m an Evangelical, voted for Trump, and live in the suburbs.
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