I think in the full article, the religious overtones are pretty obvious. The coming apocalypse, the 'true-believers have nothing to fear', Q as a prophet, the b

I think in the full article, the religious overtones are pretty obvious. The coming apocalypse, the 'true-believers have nothing to fear', Q as a prophet, the biblical quotes, Q encouraging prayer. Also quotes from adherents such as "I feel God led me to Q. I really feel like God pushed me in this direction." or "My dreams have suggested that God wants me to keep my attention focused on politics and current events". New religions don't emerge fully-formed, they splinter from existing religions. QAnon appears to have a Christian basis. You can argue whether or not that's overstating the religious connotations of QAnon, but IMO the article makes a pretty compelling case and certainly isn't drivel that shouldn't have made it past the Atlantics editors.