Evangelical theologian Russell Moore says QAnon has 'all of the characteristics of a cult'

The prominent Christian theologian said he talks 'every day' with pastors of 'virtually every denomination' about their concern for members who believe in QAnon.

by the Public Religion Research Institute found that 15 percent of Americans believe that"the government, media, and financial worlds in the U.S. are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex trafficking operation." Belief was even higher among white evangelicals and Hispanic Protestants. Within both demographics, about a quarter said they agreed with QAnon beliefs.—have long been closely aligned with the Republican Party.

In 2016 and again in 2020, exit polling showed that about eight in 10 white evangelicals cast their ballots for Trump. Polls have suggested that the religious community is also more likely than others to believe Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was"stolen" by Biden and the"This isn't just a problem for faith communities, of course," Kristin Du Mez, a Calvin University professor of history, gender, faith and politics, told Axios.

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