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Why So Many QAnon Believers Are Evangelical Christians (Original Post) Yavin4 Apr 2021 OP
People will condition themselves to believe things that they know aren't true. Uncle_Remus Apr 2021 #1
yup Skittles Apr 2021 #2
I don't think you are either in a cult or not in a cult. And I think that evangelicals Maraya1969 Apr 2021 #3
They shroud their bigotry with piety. That's all it is. LuvLoogie Apr 2021 #4

Uncle_Remus

(23 posts)
1. People will condition themselves to believe things that they know aren't true.
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 10:35 PM
Apr 2021

If you can make yourself believe in an invisible man that lives in the sky then believing that t**** is some sort of super genius that going to save them from a deep state global cabal of satanic pedophiles... well that's still got to be a stretch but you get the idea.

Skittles

(153,111 posts)
2. yup
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 10:40 PM
Apr 2021

someone who believes in virgin birth can pretty much be made to believe anything is what it sounds like

Maraya1969

(22,461 posts)
3. I don't think you are either in a cult or not in a cult. And I think that evangelicals
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 11:33 PM
Apr 2021

have a lot of cult like behaviors and the cult leaders, in this case the politicians, take advantage of that. They may not be controlled like the people who followed Jim Jones but they are controlled.

I've lost family members to this. It is a real shame.

LuvLoogie

(6,913 posts)
4. They shroud their bigotry with piety. That's all it is.
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 12:07 AM
Apr 2021

"I'm a racist, fascist wanker, but at least I'm against the Democrat Pedophile Cabal."

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