Introduction
QAnon is not religious but a cult that uses spiritual messages to lure any unsuspecting Christian. The content being shared by an anonymous persona, who claims they have access to intelligence operations and the military, is perhaps, to a greater degree, the most significant relative movement in the U.S. QAnon is the product of the social media era, which has been able to achieve a global concern by driving vulnerable audiences to its content.
Discussion
QAnon is a cult that emerged in October 2017 and aimed to trigger every person’s resentment. The cult uses confusing claims through the online platform, resembling previous conspiracy legends through social media. The cult uses religion to allege the world is under the control of Satan-worshipping pedophiles responsible for abusing, abducting, and ritualistically killing children in their thousands. The narrative of the cult includes centuries-old antisemitic tropes, such as the conspiracy’s belief that its followers harvest the blood of abused children.
The paper states that QAnon followers are willing to do what it takes to have their way as long as it supports Donald Trump’s agenda. For example, your post supports this claim by showing that QAnon believers stormed the U.S. capitol building and appeared to be trying to commit violent acts against Congress members. Through such deeds, QAnon has nothing to do with religion. Instead, it is a quasi-religion and a political movement that incorporates the religion-political notion, a constant state of mutation containing blurred boundaries between everyday life and popular culture (Cunningham & Kelsay 78).
Conclusion
With the ability to incorporate a religious aspect to its movement, QAnon blatantly proves that popular culture, entertainment, and the media work to prey on the traditional relationship between spiritual purveyors and consumers. With social media being the leading platform for the cult to share its content and operate, the followers act more like a virtual cult where to a great extent, they believe every shared information and adore how the disinformation spins up the community through its conspiracy.
Reference
Cunningham L. & Kelsay J. The sacred quest: an invitation to the study of religion (7th ed.). Pearson. 2018