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The Atlantic Daily: QAnon Is a New American Religion
- chanbam 6y agoI believe "cult" is the word they were looking for
- free_rms 6y agoCults have leaders.
- squarefoot 6y agoReligions have both leaders and tax exemption. I wouldn't be surprised if in some time they'd become one by similar means to the ones employed by Scientology some time ago. Being pro-Trump might add some attached benefits too.
- badrabbit 6y agoNon-profits have a tax exemption, religios orgs don't specifically have an exemption. Qanon related orgs can be exempt if they are not for profit.
- RunningDroid 6y agoQanon is the leader of the Qcult which is based out of Qkun.
- freen 6y agoBoomers sure were exposed to a whole hell of a lot of lead from leaded gasoline. More interestingly, it seems as if it is actually follows the plot of a novel, called “Q” written in 1999 by an Italian surrealist collecting under the pseudonym “Luther Bisset”.
- jml7c5 6y agoThe QAnon stuff probably skews young rather than old, given it spread via reddit, twitter, and 4chan.
- zimpenfish 6y ago* Luther Blissett, from the footballer of the same name.
- badrabbit 6y agoObsession does not mean religion. I can't believe such drivel makes it past the Atlantic's editorial. Does Qanon have any unique belief that describes how the world came to be? why people exist? what the purpose of people is? What happens when you die? What the correct way of living is? Even a cult thinks their leader knows all these things. I mean come on, you can't be sillier that Qanon when trying to do discredit them. I hate partisan propaganda so much,it thrives on intellectual dishonesty. Qanon is a social movement,ideology,cultural phenomna and other things. Much like the teaparty movement a few years ago (one can say it evolved from it). Of course I personally think it is something people who hated Obama rallied around. A social movement to promote modern xenophobia and racism and implement fascist rule in america and the west. Perhaps a Russian thing. (Reminds od this bad guy speech from "The sum of all fears" : https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wzp2rpe06j8 https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wzp2rpe06j8)
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoIt's a stupid headline, but I followed the link to the article and it was fascinating. I was aware of QAnon as a thing after the pizzagate incident, but wow.
- badrabbit 6y ago> Among the people of QAnon, faith remains absolute. True believers describe a feeling of rebirth, an irreversible arousal to existential knowledge. They are certain that a Great Awakening is coming. They’ll wait as long as they must for deliverance. This is the sort of silliness I meant,not just the title but the whole content. According to the author religion is anything that rejects "enlightenment values". Every conspiracy theory,flat earthers, anti-vaxxers are all in the same boat as 90%+ of the planet (or at least a majority depending on how you mea,sure regular participation in religious services) that subscribe to organized systems of belief that describe origins of the world and how to live life correctly. To me (and I am biased), this sounds like a propaganda piece meant to spread hate against anyone that disagrees with the author about "enlightenment ideals". Qanon is as much a religion as fascism and communism were at their very early stages. It's a social (dis)order , it has nothing to do with religion.
- pstuart 6y agoBrings to mind a scene from Fight Club -- "His name is Robert Paulson"
- commoner 6y agoThis submission is a newsletter briefing. The feature article ("The Prophecies of Q") is here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-nothing-can-stop-what-is-coming/610567/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-n... The comparison to religion is better explained in sections VI and VII.
- zozbot234 6y agoThey got it wrong. The Cult of Kek is the religion, and Qanon is its prophet.