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Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead

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Re: Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead

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It's pretty sad how underdeveloped the BS detectors of a lot of people are. I find it hard to understand how people can fall for QAnon but then I also find it hard to understand how anybody can be swayed by campaign speeches or political advertising but obviously these things work.

Re: Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead

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It's pretty sad how underdeveloped the BS detectors of a lot of people are. I find it hard to understand how people can fall for QAnon but then I also find it hard to understand how anybody can be swayed by campaign speeches or political advertising but obviously these things work.

If they had a working BS detector, they would be into religion in the first place.

[EDIT]: meant to say "they wouldn't be into religion"

Re: Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead

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It's pretty sad how underdeveloped the BS detectors of a lot of people are. I find it hard to understand how people can fall for QAnon but then I also find it hard to understand how anybody can be swayed by campaign speeches or political advertising but obviously these things work.

The foundational principle of Christianity (in America at least, in my experience) is believe something with no evidence it is true. They call it "faith". I was raised in small town Oregon and Texas going to Christian private schools and church for years, and that "faith" thing is absolutely their central belief. I remember clearly once when I was 9 finding the whole thing deeply illogical. Later in life I got a PhD in math, partly motivated by wanting to better heal my brain from how I was raised.

I'm not at all surprised Christians fall for Trump's lies and Qanon.

Re: Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead

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post #7

It's pretty sad how underdeveloped the BS detectors of a lot of people are. I find it hard to understand how people can fall for QAnon but then I also find it hard to understand how anybody can be swayed by campaign speeches or political advertising but obviously these things work.

If they had a working BS detector, they would be into religion in the first place. [EDIT]: meant to say "they wouldn't be into religion"

Perhaps you meant "wouldn't"?

Re: Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead

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post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If they had a working BS detector, they would be into religion in the first place. [EDIT]: meant to say "they wouldn't be into religion"

Perhaps you meant "wouldn't"?

Indeed
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