Poll finds a disturbingly large amount of white evangelicals believe QAnon is real

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YOU CANNOT FIX THIS LEVEL OF STUPIDITY:
A poll conducted by the conservative American Enterprise Institute that was published this Thursday found that 29 precent of Republicans and 27 percent of white evangelicals believe that the QAnon conspiracy theory is completely or mostly true, the Religion News Service reports.

The percentage of white evangelicals who believe the theory’s fraudulent claims represent the largest out of any religious group.

Daniel Cox, who is the director of AEI’s Survey Center on American Life, said the report suggests conspiracy theories have a wide range of support, but especially when it comes to white evangelicals.

According to Cox, the conspiracy theory is growing in popularity thanks to social echo chambers.

“That kind of environment is really important when it comes to embracing this kind of thinking,” he said. “You’re seeing people embrace this sort of conspiratorial thinking, and everyone in their social circle is like, ‘Yeah, that sounds right to me,’ versus someone saying, ‘You know, we should look at this credulously.’”

White evangelicals are advocates of other conspiracy theories as well, the poll revealed.

“Close to two-thirds (62%) believe there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election — despite numerous experts and courts at all levels refuting such claims — and roughly the same percentage (63%) believe President Joe Biden’s victory was ‘not legitimate,'” RNS reports. “A majority (55%) also said they believed it was mostly or completely accurate to say ‘a group of unelected government officials in Washington, D.C., referred to as the Deep State (has) been working to undermine the Trump administration.'”


https://deadstate.org/poll-finds-a-disturbingly-large-amount-of-white-evangelical-christians-believe-qanon-is-real/

[TEB]

1. Yes

[handmade34]

2. well...

they take the Bible literally... if someone believes everything in the Bible, it is not much of a leap to Q

[procon]

3. They are predisposed to accepting the wildest

Conspiracy theories on nothing more than faith. It all fits together in their alternate reality world, each piece neatly supporting all the other lies, misinformation and propaganda.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

4. My ex-wife

Is an evangelical. She believes in many wild conspiracy theories. Oh, her and many of her friends avidly disavow the belief that premarital sex is wrong.

They have the greatest scam going. As one of her "pastors" told me, when you accept Jesus Christ as your savior and only way into heaven, all your past, present, and future sins are forgiven. I literally laughed in his face. Off the record, he knew his con wasn't working with me per a follow-up conversation he and I had after my divorce.

[RealityCheque]

11. Gotta love

That “only” path to heaven doctrine. Once again, the manipulation of Christ’s teaching so they can do as they choose and be “saved”. There should be a prerequisite that they actually sit down and learn scripture.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

13. I agree with you

It's exhausting trying to even have conversations with those types.

[Turin_C3PO]

17. Even though I'm not Christian,

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I believe that Jesus’s message is misinterpreted. When he says only through him can one get to heaven, I think it meant that through his teachings I.e. love for neighbor, sermon on mount, etc. is the key to heaven, not personal loyalty to him.

[Buns_of_Fire]

23. I tend to agree. The "personal loyalty" schtick is pure trumpism.

Remember "Only I can fix it"?

[NanceGreggs]

5. What else can you expect ...

... from so-called 'Christians' who willingly believed that Trump - a lying, thieving, pussy-grabber - was 'chosen by God' to be pResident?

As I've always said, the Republicans cater to Evangelicals because they're easily-manipulated voters, who will swallow absolutely anything - including wacky CTs.

The irony here is that the less confidence these people have in the voting system, the less likely they are to vote at all.

[JHB]

6. There's a rich tradition there of collecting all bugaboos into Grand Unified...

...Conspiracy Theories.

And everything ends up being The Satan Conspiracy. Once you posit an immortal, infinitely patient, infinitely devious mastermind, there's an excuse for any level of nonsense.

[RealityCheque]

7. If much of what the Q believe is based on conspiracy theories...

Then the survey makes sense. Inclusive would then be the “Evangelical Christian Doctrine”, which boils down to:

1. Let’s twist the scriptures to fit our personal need so we can perpetuate a world where white privilege rules and the rest of humanity is, well, not even human

2. Always remember that Christ was not a man of color or a Jew. Doing so assured us that we have no apostolic succession to reality

3. Make sure we fund heretical preachers like Franklin Graham so that we can believe that a lying rapist like Donald Trump is the “chosen one”

4. And when we attack democracy, don’t forget our Jesus and confederate flags.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

8. Right. We can't fix stupid,

so we have to figure out ways to quarantine it from causing harm to innocent people, to the best of our ability. Stupid is relentless, and it will be difficult to effectively quarantine it just by voting it into submission.

If stupid reaches critical mass in the US, we'll end up with a form of brutal, Nazi like fascism.

I hope Senators Manchin and Sinema reconsider their opposition to ending the filibuster, before it is too late.

[HAB911]

9. magical thinking

magical thinkers

[lisa58]

10. They need an enemy so they can be good and fight against bad...

Not Christian at all, but their ego is more important

[3Hotdogs]

12. My favorites are the snake people. They proved that God has a sense of humor. After that,

I can't wait to meet him in the afterlife. God is probably funnier than George Carlin.

[NurseJackie]

14. I find this to be unsurprising...

... and very interesting nonetheless.

[Happy Hoosier]

15. Their entire worldview

Is oriented around believing in things contradicted by evidence.

This is the next logical step.

[COLGATE4]

16. People who use magical thinking in one aspect

of their lives are apt to use magical thinking in other aspects.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

18. I was just about to post the same thing

These people believe in all kinds of crazy stuff. QAnon is not exactly a big leap for them.

[Hugin]

19. It goes beyond 'believing' Qeew is real...

They WANT it to be real.

[Johnny2X2X]

20. Trump is their god because he hates women too

Evangelicals advocate for fascism, that's what they think their religion dictates. In modern America, their primary enemy to them, above minorities and even atheists, is women. Evangelicals blame women for all of the society's problems and are hellbent on subjugating women by any means necessary, usually through violence. So yeah, Trump works for them because he too hates women and shows violence towards them.

If you notice the Q theory with a giant pedophile ring, the first 2 names they mention are Hillary and Nancy. Two powerful and accomplished women. It's no coincidence. Religion has been being used to brutalizing women for thousands of years, no shock that Evangelicals are enthusiastic about continuing that tradition.

[MineralMan]

21. When you believe one story that has no real evidence,

it's easy to believe other such stories. Simple.

If you demand actual evidence for things, you will not be taken in by conspiracy theories.

[keithbvadu2]

22. Political Christians rather than Christians of faith.

[MissMillie]

24. +1

Obviously an important distinction.

[Mariana]

25. It takes a lot of faith to believe the QAnon bullshit. nt.