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NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 05:45 PM Jul 2020

This is Very Disturbing: Christian Megachurch Plays QAnon Conspiracy Video to Open Sunday Service

This is Grandville, MI Several segments of the QAnon video are included in this article.

Snip:
"A megachurch in Grandville, MI showed a political propaganda video at a July 5 service blaming Democrats for the death of #GeorgeFloyd, #BlackLivesMatter, riots, and #Covid_19 (both as a hoax and for killing elderly people, somehow). It is 12 minutes of wild.

The videos insist Democrats staged the murder of George Floyd, that Covid is a hoax and that Dems planned an insurrection to last until the election.

Then the pastor comes on stage and reaffirms everying in the video. He also says he is 68 years old (he says almost 69! 🤣 , and he has been studying the Bible for 69 years.

His church also doesn't pay taxes. Which is good for him, because he's bad at math."

I think there are 7 video clips included here.

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/07/17/christian-megachurch-plays-qanon-conspiracy-video-to-open-sunday-service/?fbclid=IwAR1gB4O60lyiZX9CDjKZQMcDC2nsNs7MGo3KraOnMfEXcJC1dLEa6DhMxys

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This is Very Disturbing: Christian Megachurch Plays QAnon Conspiracy Video to Open Sunday Service (Original Post) NoRoadUntravelled Jul 2020 OP
The racist foundation of modern evangelicalism grows more apparent by the day. LonePirate Jul 2020 #1
The most dangerous alliance Thunderbeast Jul 2020 #2
Just remember...we still WAY out number those fools Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #3
They've been using political propaganda for ages. Runningdawg Jul 2020 #4
Would this level of political propaganda void their tax exempt status? PTWB Jul 2020 #5
Trump and his evangelicals bumper sticker keithbvadu2 Jul 2020 #6
July 5th? A.M. Kittenplan Jul 2020 #7
REVOKE THEIR TAX EXEMPT STATUS!!! Coventina Jul 2020 #8
That's what I thought, too. NoRoadUntravelled Jul 2020 #9

Runningdawg

(4,514 posts)
4. They've been using political propaganda for ages.
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 08:58 PM
Jul 2020

The last time I attended church was on an easter Sunday in 2002. While I sat waiting for my Father after Sunday school they were playing a film in the auditorium on the evils of Islam and how to convert a Muslim. That was the final straw for me. I was able to make it through the service without an outburst, but I wouldn't be able to do that now.
I think it's very apparent to most, Christianity IS a political party.

 

PTWB

(4,131 posts)
5. Would this level of political propaganda void their tax exempt status?
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 08:59 PM
Jul 2020

Or do they have to specifically endorse a candidate?

A.M. Kittenplan

(22 posts)
7. July 5th?
Sun Jul 26, 2020, 10:44 PM
Jul 2020

I don’t recommend attending services at certain churches during Fourth of July weekend. A theme that could be presented is what went “wrong with America.” I remember one pastor laying it all out of what he saw as wrong with society. It’s amusing that he stated that both political parties were problematic,
but he really didn’t care to elaborate on what was wrong with the Republican Party.

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