Two pastors are working to protect their church from QAnon conspiracies after several of the members turned toward the right-wing cult that follows former President Donald Trump.
Speaking to CNN for a special segment about the outbreak of QAnon in evangelicalism, Pastor James Kendall of Grace Community Church in Madera, California explained that the two simply don't work together.
"Is QAnon compatible with Christianity?" asked CNN reporter Donnie O'Sullivan.
"No, because it's a false belief system, almost a religion, but it's not true Christianity because true Christianity is that Jesus Christ is our ultimate hope, not 'Q' not Donald Trump, not any other person," Pastor Kendall explained.
The first of the 10 Commandments says, "I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me." It's a commandment that many feared was breached during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) where a golden statue of Donald Trump was wheeled around and people could lay their hands on it for worship.
Jerushah Duford, the granddaughter of the late evangelical pastor Billy Graham, said that she wasn't even sure if Jesus Christ came back if he would even be welcomed into Christianity as it is today.
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I included the last bit there for the lol. "importance of honest news" Not suggesting that anyone should do anything with the info there, they can all just die and be forgotten.
Jerushah Duford, the granddaughter of the late evangelical pastor Billy Graham, said that she wasn't even sure if Jesus Christ came back if he would even be welcomed into Christianity as it is today.
It's more the other way around.
Christ would not recognize many of these so-called Christians as following in his footsteps.
And that pastor did not sound like he had anything other than second-hand knowledge of Q. Just wanted to get his name in the media, I imagine.
The video link doesn't work on the archive page, video in the original article is at,
https://youtu.be/FE07BNMU9z8
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Original article is,
https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-antithetical-christianity-says-pastor/
Two pastors are working to protect their church from QAnon conspiracies after several of the members turned toward the right-wing cult that follows former President Donald Trump.
Speaking to CNN for a special segment about the outbreak of QAnon in evangelicalism, Pastor James Kendall of Grace Community Church in Madera, California explained that the two simply don't work together.
"Is QAnon compatible with Christianity?" asked CNN reporter Donnie O'Sullivan.
"No, because it's a false belief system, almost a religion, but it's not true Christianity because true Christianity is that Jesus Christ is our ultimate hope, not 'Q' not Donald Trump, not any other person," Pastor Kendall explained.
The first of the 10 Commandments says, "I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me." It's a commandment that many feared was breached during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) where a golden statue of Donald Trump was wheeled around and people could lay their hands on it for worship.
Jerushah Duford, the granddaughter of the late evangelical pastor Billy Graham, said that she wasn't even sure if Jesus Christ came back if he would even be welcomed into Christianity as it is today.
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Pastor says QAnon is antithetical to Christianity
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I included the last bit there for the lol. "importance of honest news" Not suggesting that anyone should do anything with the info there, they can all just die and be forgotten.
It's more the other way around.
Christ would not recognize many of these so-called Christians as following in his footsteps.
And that pastor did not sound like he had anything other than second-hand knowledge of Q. Just wanted to get his name in the media, I imagine.