If you are religious, how do you feel about anti-vaxxers and QAnon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think they are violating both of Jesus's two commandments: Love God with all your heart and mind and soul and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. And your neighbors are not just the people who think they way you do and believe what you do -- they are the poor, the weak and vulnerable, the refugees and immigrants and outcasts, the prisoners, and all those despised and discriminated against. The Bible is pretty clear on these things.

If a person says they love God, but hates their neighbor, they are a liar; if you don't love your neighbor, who you have seen, how can you love God, who you have not seen? And love drives out fear -- people who are full of fear and hate for others do not love God.

Because you believe the story that God will send you to hell for eternity if you don't "love" him, whereas your neighbor can just be very annoying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they are violating both of Jesus's two commandments: Love God with all your heart and mind and soul and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. And your neighbors are not just the people who think they way you do and believe what you do -- they are the poor, the weak and vulnerable, the refugees and immigrants and outcasts, the prisoners, and all those despised and discriminated against. The Bible is pretty clear on these things.

If a person says they love God, but hates their neighbor, they are a liar; if you don't love your neighbor, who you have seen, how can you love God, who you have not seen? And love drives out fear -- people who are full of fear and hate for others do not love God.

Because you believe the story that God will send you to hell for eternity if you don't "love" him, whereas your neighbor can just be very annoying.

I don't, actually.

[Anonymous]

I'm Eastern Orthodox. I lost my parents to Qanon. I get furious when people try to send me stupid Qanon videos

[Anonymous]

I’m religious and don’t know what that has to do with Qanon or antivaxxers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they are violating both of Jesus's two commandments: Love God with all your heart and mind and soul and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. And your neighbors are not just the people who think they way you do and believe what you do -- they are the poor, the weak and vulnerable, the refugees and immigrants and outcasts, the prisoners, and all those despised and discriminated against. The Bible is pretty clear on these things.

If a person says they love God, but hates their neighbor, they are a liar; if you don't love your neighbor, who you have seen, how can you love God, who you have not seen? And love drives out fear -- people who are full of fear and hate for others do not love God.

Because you believe the story that God will send you to hell for eternity if you don't "love" him, whereas your neighbor can just be very annoying.

I don't, actually.

So what do you, as a Christian, believe? Believing in hell - and heaven - is pretty standard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m religious and don’t know what that has to do with Qanon or antivaxxers.

“Among all religious people, white evangelical Protestants were the most likely to wholly accept QAnon, with the poll finding that 22 percent of the group fully believe the conspiracy, while 58 percent are "doubters" and only 21 percent reject it.”
https://www.newsweek.com/one-quarter-white-evangelicals-believe-qanon-storm-coming-restore-rightful-leaders-1596086

[Anonymous]

As a Christian, I’m sad that my religion is being used by some (a minority of my faith) to support anti-vax propaganda (and Trump propaganda in general).

QAnon is just bizarre and scary. It has nothing to do with religion as far as I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP specifies Christianity in the body but not in the title. Why do people use religious as a synonym for Christianity? I know plenty of religious people of non-Christian faiths.

Anyway, I’m disturbed by a lot of things these days.

OP hates Christians. OP and her endless vendettas on a mom’s website are similarly disturbing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m religious and don’t know what that has to do with Qanon or antivaxxers.

“Among all religious people, white evangelical Protestants were the most likely to wholly accept QAnon, with the poll finding that 22 percent of the group fully believe the conspiracy, while 58 percent are "doubters" and only 21 percent reject it.”
https://www.newsweek.com/one-quarter-white-evangelicals-believe-qanon-storm-coming-restore-rightful-leaders-1596086

Good thing evangelical Protestants are only 29% of all whites, and are outnumbered by other Christians (https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/racial-and-ethnic-composition/white/). But that wouldn’t fit your narrative, would it, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:QAnon - I just feel pity for them to have been roped into the nonsense

Anti-vaxxers doesn’t equal QAnon and I would bet 99% of them have had almost every vaccine including yearly flu vaccine. So not getting the Covid vaccine isn’t being anti vaxx it’s just making a one time decision on a vaccine.

What no.

They are anti vax period. Covid vaccine is safe period.

[Anonymous]

I think they are stupid + racist hypocrites.

[Anonymous]

Your premise puts people who believe in Qanon in the same boat as people like Moses Maimonides, Saint Augustine, Martin Luther, Rene Descartes, and Thomas Moore.

One if these groups is a bunch of morons, and the other consists of brilliant thinkers who have contributed significantly to our understanding of the world.

I believe in “religion,” and not Qanon for the same reason I believe in string theory and not flat-earth theories. One of these things seems to me like it is getting close to the truth about the fundamental nature of the universe, even if it’s not completely understood, and the other is a bunch of YouTube videos and blog posts that don’t appear to be the truth about anything. Not even the small, self-focused thing they are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think they are violating both of Jesus's two commandments: Love God with all your heart and mind and soul and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. And your neighbors are not just the people who think they way you do and believe what you do -- they are the poor, the weak and vulnerable, the refugees and immigrants and outcasts, the prisoners, and all those despised and discriminated against. The Bible is pretty clear on these things.

If a person says they love God, but hates their neighbor, they are a liar; if you don't love your neighbor, who you have seen, how can you love God, who you have not seen? And love drives out fear -- people who are full of fear and hate for others do not love God.

Because you believe the story that God will send you to hell for eternity if you don't "love" him, whereas your neighbor can just be very annoying.

I don't, actually.

So what do you, as a Christian, believe? Believing in hell - and heaven - is pretty standard.

DP.
I can’t speak for the previous poster, but being upset about not going to Heaven because you don’t love God is nonsensical. It’s like being upset that you can’t be married without having a spouse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m religious and don’t know what that has to do with Qanon or antivaxxers.

My sister is anti vax (for all vaccines) and is beyond crunchy and liberal. She believes the immune system is enough. I am religious and know no Q anon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your premise puts people who believe in Qanon in the same boat as people like Moses Maimonides, Saint Augustine, Martin Luther, Rene Descartes, and Thomas Moore.

One if these groups is a bunch of morons, and the other consists of brilliant thinkers who have contributed significantly to our understanding of the world.

I believe in “religion,” and not Qanon for the same reason I believe in string theory and not flat-earth theories. One of these things seems to me like it is getting close to the truth about the fundamental nature of the universe, even if it’s not completely understood, and the other is a bunch of YouTube videos and blog posts that don’t appear to be the truth about anything. Not even the small, self-focused thing they are talking about.

Plus it's comforting to believe in eternal life, despite there being no scientific basis for it.