The congregation was in the middle of an online service when a longtime churchgoer in her 60s texted her pastor to complain that his prayer lamenting the riot at the U.S. Capitol in January was \u201ctoo political.\u201d<\/p>\n
The woman later unloaded a barrage of conspiracy theories. The election of Joe Biden was a fraud. The insurrection was instigated by Black Lives Matter and antifa activists disguised as Donald Trump supporters. The FBI was in on it all. The day would soon come, she said, \u201cwhen all the evil, the corruption would come to light and the truth would be revealed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Startled and moved to tears, Pastor David Rice told the woman she had been \u201ctricked by lies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to know how crazy this is,\u201d he said to his congregant at Markey Church in Roscommon County, Mich., a rural region of 25,000 residents that voted 2 to 1 for Trump. \u201cYou have been with my family and in my home and I care for you but you are dabbling in darkness. You are telling me it\u2019s giving you hope. I\u2019m telling you as your pastor that it\u2019s evil.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have been with my family and in my home and I care for you but you are dabbling in darkness.\u201d QAnon and conspiracy theories are taking hold in churches and pastors are fighting back — seth liss (@sliss33) March 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n
By @jaweedkaleem<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/QvWqnQHl3S<\/a><\/p>\n