Pastors fight back on QAnon, conspiracy theories in churches
By Jaweed Kaleem - Los Angeles Times
Supporters of President Donald Trump gather on the lawn around the base of the Washington Monument on the National Mall on Jan. 6 in Washington, D.C. Church pastors said they try to counter conspiracy theories, such as the ones offered by QAnon, but find it difficult to change minds or hearts.
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Jacob Chansley (in horns), dubbed the “QAnon Shaman, ” interact with Capitol Police inside the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6. Chansley said a prayer after arriving. He’s now one of the first people charged in the event.
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The congregation was in the middle of an online service when a longtime churchgoer in her 60s texted her pastor to complain that his prayer lamenting the assault on the U.S. Capitol in January was “too political.”
The woman later unloaded a barrage of conspiracy theories. The election of Joe Biden was a fraud. The insurrection was instigated by Black Lives Matter and antifa activists disguised as Donald Trump supporters. The FBI was in on it all. The day would soon come, she said, “when all the evil, the corruption would come to light and the truth would be revealed.”