QAnon

Talking about QAnon is not about politics. It is not about whether you plan to vote for Trump or Biden. It is about the way a set of ideas and sentiments are infiltrating the minds of those who claim to follow Christ, even when those ideas do not reflect the mind of Christ.

The director of the box office hit movie Sound of Freedom is distancing the film from QAnon, saying in a new interview that he was troubled when subscribers to the conspiracy theory began using the film to advance their beliefs.

When Sound of Freedom first came out, I was hesitant to see it. As the father of two, there are few things more difficult to watch and contemplate than the horrific abuse and unconscionable evil portrayed in the film. And while none of the heinous acts were shown on camera, the movie leaves no doubt as to the nature of what was done to those precious children.

It’s really hard to watch, and that’s the point. The film doesn’t allow its audience to avoid the pain or ignore the tragedy. And while not every instance of human trafficking will resemble what’s portrayed on the screen—Emily Belz’s article in Christianity Today offers an excellent profile of what it often looks like closer to home—Sound of Freedom still grants us an important glimpse into the horrors faced by far too many around the world.

Critics of the box-office movie Sound of Freedom are attempting to connect the new film to the QAnon conspiracy theory.

A team of scholars, faith leaders and advocates unveiled an exhaustive new report Wednesday (Feb. 9) that documents in painstaking detail the role Christian nationalism played in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and calling it an unsettling preview of things to come.

One-fourth of white evangelicals and Republicans say they believe the tenets of the debunked QAnon conspiracy theory, according to a new survey that also found that Republicans who watch Fox News and right-wing news outlets are the most likely to embrace it.

On Sunday, controversial Tennessee pastor Greg Locke called President Joe Biden “demonic” and promoted a debunked QAnon conspiracy theory during a now-viral church sermon.

An Iowa man arrested for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol said in a court motion this week that he “fell victim” to the QAnon conspiracy theory. The man has rebuked QAnon as "a pack of lies."

According to a new survey by the Public Religion Research Institute, White Evangelicals, Hispanic Protestants and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are the most likely to believe in the QAnon conspiracy theory.

Pastors are fighting back as QAnon conspiracy theories continue to grow in popularity among evangelicals.