I happened to come across an interesting review of a book (“The QAnon Deception: Everything You Need to Know about the World's Most Dangerous Conspiracy Theory”) about Q'anon and conspiracy theories, written by an evangelical minister, I thought I’d link here, (https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-revi ... B08R6PFMH1), as it nicely summarizes some of the wild things and conspiracies that many Christians have recently bought into. In fact, we had one rather persistent fellow right here on Godandscience that was really into this stuff – and especially where he thought Trump was going to be some kind of prophesied “savior” of America.
Of course, Christians are failable humans just like everyone else, and so they aren’t necessarily immune to buying into seductive narratives and reasoning. I get it – we live in a very scary, broken world, filled with disinformation, whether originating from government and or whatever secretive groups and plotters, and so we, understandably, trust almost no one anymore. What we don’t know and do know both worry us immensely. And so it’s understandable that Christians, like everyone else, struggle to make sense of chaotic events in a 24/7 news cycle, in which things can change radically overnight and it can be exceptionally difficult to know what is truly happening.
What is greatly disturbing is when Christians have bought into information / disinformation that originates from ANONYMOUS sources that cannot be verified. Often, many of the false things we read are attached to true things we do know - but we can’t know the truth or falsity of what’s it’s also been tacked onto – which, of course, is how disinformation tactics are most successful. Often, people buy into whatever it is that their “itching ears wish to hear,” especially if it lines up well with their already entrenched political / theological beliefs. And once a source of information has been accepted as reliable, then a person will be very vulnerable to any lies or agenda that source intends to get across. Also, prophesies from Scripture, particularly relating to the Endtimes, currently leave us with much uncertainty – and so false political or conspiracy narratives incorrectly utilizing Scripture can be especially effective at deceiving Christians (and others).
Anyway, read the linked book review (above) and tell me what you think.
