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# QAnon and The Church
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/qanon-and-the-church/
- Published: 2020-06-16T07:00:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T19:30:59.000Z
- Description: QAnon and The Church
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Caleb Wait, Mere Fidelity

Matt, Derek, and Alastair sit down to discuss why people are attracted to conspiracy theories. Listen in to hear the difference between credulity and conspiracy, why fringe groups matter, and how to handle those in the church who embrace [QAnon](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-nothing-can-stop-what-is-coming/610567/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) and conspiracy theories.

**Timestamps:**

Why do people gravitate toward conspiracy theories and...did Epstein kill himself? \[0:00 - 12:25\]

How do we maintain appropriate levels of credulity without falling into conspiracy theories? \[12:25 - 21:03\]

What it means when conspiracy theorists have skin in the game \[21:03 - 24:00\]

Evil, incompetence, and structural problems \[24:00 - 28:48\]

Why fringe groups matter \[28:48 - 32:05\]

How do we handle those in the church who embrace QAnon and other conspiracy theories? \[32:05 - 41:05\]

How to argue effectively with conspiracy theorists \[41:05 - 45:50\]

**Resources mentioned:**

Article: "[The Prophecies of Q,](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-nothing-can-stop-what-is-coming/610567/?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)" by Adrienne LaFrance

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Finally, as always, follow [Derek](https://twitter.com/dzrishmawy?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), [Andrew](https://twitter.com/ajwtheology?ref=mereorthodoxy.com), and [Alastair](https://twitter.com/zugzwanged?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to [Timothy Motte](https://twitter.com/biotrom?ref=mereorthodoxy.com) for his sound editing work. [And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.](http://www.noisetrade.com/thejoyeternal/a-sweet-and-bitter-providence-single?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)