https://twitter.com/joecarter/status/1263107710792302597?s=20
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-faqs-what-christians-should-know-about-qanon/?amp&__twitter_impression=true
I’m reminded of the Last Supper when Jesus chose to teach about His death.
Jesus Predicts His Betrayal
18 “I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill this passage of Scripture: ‘He who shared my bread has turned[a] against me.’[b]
19 “I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am who I am. 20 Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me.”
21 After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”
22 His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. 23 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. 24 Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.”
25 Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?”
26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 27 As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.
So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.” 28 But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. 29 Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor. 30 As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night.
Why is the gospel coalition truly against Q ?
Are they well meaning in defending the faith?
The article is clearly against us in the Q movement. Any thoughts?
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[–] Thomath ago
The article is logically flawed.
Initial charges are QAnon is a "threat to the global church"
Global church? Churches are local, a community of people called together for a purpose. There is one Lord of all. All other structures (global church?) are structures designed and created by man. I looked through the article for examples on how QAnon is threatening the church - to build the case with examples of infiltration, attacks, corruptions, threats, etc.
Nothing.
The author then states that the QAnon movement is connected to the "1980's-era Satanic ritual abuse panic". But the only similarity given is the core belief that there are some very evil and powerful entities that work together for evil purposes. (Don't Christians teach this belief also?) Where are the "connection" examples of QAnon and SRA?
Nothing.
The conclusion then is that QAnon is "a satanic movement infiltrating our churches."
(Whose church?)
As a concluding point of emphasis, the author drives the point home by stating that members of QAnon frequently engage in slander and lies. There are readily available examples of slander and lies expressed by members of pretty much any large organization of people - churches, political parties, movements, etc. I prefer to observe how such organizations self-police their own. Therein I see large differences in their integrity.
His conclusion: the church has to attack QAnon now. Attack? Attack people?
I believe the logic to reach this conclusion does not exist anywhere in the article.
The choice weapon of offense (attack): The Sword of Truth.