Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Why So Many QAnon Believers Are Evangelical Christians" video.

  1. Easy: because in order to believe in ridiculous conspiracy theories, you need to have the exact mindset of a radical religious person. Open to indoctrination, relegating responsibilities to some invisible bigger power, obeying an opaque system of authoritarian power indirectly via people "in the know", going against society, peers and social circle for what they see as a bigger cause, joining forces with likeminded people to promote, enforce and live by a central belief and faith, allowing their lives to be led by something out of their control, expecting something bigger and supernatural to be out there controlling everything instead of undeestanding that their mundane lives is all that they have, confusing statistics and probability with the invisible hand of some higher entity.... I could go on and on. Modern conspiracy theorists and groups like Qanon are nothing more than a modern version of a cult. And much like regular ol' cults, it targets the weak and vulnerable, and religion is always a core component because if you are religious, you are half way there. This is not to offend religious people, but it's just how these things work. It should be obvious that if you are already willing to believe in some invible, omnipotent, all seeing superior force, it should be easier for you to also believe in other invisible, unseen, hidden or opaque forces at play too, and that you are also more willing to attribute major happenings to things unseen, and that you will find justifications for things you don't understand in things that you think you do, as told by an authority figure you elected to be your information source.
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