{"id":87749,"date":"2021-03-04T03:04:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T08:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=87749"},"modified":"2021-03-04T05:55:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T10:55:35","slug":"q-coup-take-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2021\/03\/q-coup-take-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Q Coup Take 2?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>It didn\u2019t seem appropriate to post about something else on a day when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/qanon-heres-what-believers-in-the-conspiracy-theory-think-will-happen-on-march-4\/?fbclid=IwAR17pqSY5WqHAtF6-AfhxuQrcBczIc37ZzX_nu5p90Lo9zAe0aNMSqclvkQ\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">QAnon conspiracy theorists are claiming there will be (and thus helping to bring about) another attempt to overthrow American democracy<\/a>. I am fairly certain that today will not make the downfall of the United States as we know it but will rather represent <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/qanon-survive-another-great-disappointment-132243275.html?soc_src=social-sh&amp;soc_trk=fb&amp;tsrc=fb\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">yet another failed prophecy<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joemygod.com\/2021\/03\/qanon-rep-opposes-equal-rights-for-transexites\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">QAnon<\/a> movement. But it may be a day when there is turmoil and violence. Other things can wait until tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>On this topic or at least somewhat related to it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joemygod.com\/2021\/03\/capitol-police-warn-of-possible-plot-to-breach-capitol\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">U.S. Capitol police warn of plot.<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/extremists-discussed-plans-remove-democratic-lawmakers-fbi-homeland-security-bulletin-n1259467\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Extremists discussed plans to remove Democratic lawmakers<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joemygod.com\/2021\/03\/mo-man-arrested-for-death-threats-against-dem-reps\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Missouri man has been arrested in connection with death threats<\/a>. Even <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/541514-mccaul-says-trump-has-responsibility-to-tell-potential-capitol-attackers-to\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a Texas Republican Representative says the threat is credible and Trump should tell his followers to \u201cstand down.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-capitol-siege-15ebfe5142ccffdbee33dad064a49598\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The House of Representatives was originally going to wrap up early amid the threat of violence<\/a>. In the end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joemygod.com\/2021\/03\/house-cancels-tomorrows-session-over-militia-threat\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">they simply cancelled the day\u2019s session<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/politics\/us-elections-government\/ny-trump-kayleigh-mcenany-capitol-riot-20210302-enwmlpkspbgyxjmbphinatf6py-story.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kayleigh McEnany said that Christ led her to defend Donald Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/friendlyatheist.patheos.com\/2021\/03\/03\/christian-nationalist-and-former-wv-official-arrested-for-role-in-capitol-riot\/<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/thewayofimprovement.com\/2021\/02\/27\/the-cpac-vocabulary-defining-terms\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ODRZBezTOV\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/freelancechristianity\/hitler-trump-and-the-golden-calf\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Hitler, Trump, and the Golden Calf<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cHitler, Trump, and the Golden Calf\u201d \u2014 Freelance Christianity\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/freelancechristianity\/hitler-trump-and-the-golden-calf\/embed\/#?secret=KLzxHoVYI3#?secret=ODRZBezTOV\" data-secret=\"ODRZBezTOV\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>See as well my earlier posts about QAnon and violent political rhetoric and extremism in the United States:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"J0DRmnghXH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2021\/01\/when-prophecy-failed-qanon-in-light-of-sociology-of-religion.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">When Prophecy Failed: QAnon in Light of Sociology of Religion<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWhen Prophecy Failed: QAnon in Light of Sociology of Religion\u201d \u2014 Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2021\/01\/when-prophecy-failed-qanon-in-light-of-sociology-of-religion.html\/embed#?secret=D32A9JWFTx#?secret=J0DRmnghXH\" data-secret=\"J0DRmnghXH\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"TIOWcVDPpu\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2021\/01\/evil-in-the-youth-group.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Evil In the Youth Group<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cEvil In the Youth Group\u201d \u2014 Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2021\/01\/evil-in-the-youth-group.html\/embed#?secret=0ZseMtScDH#?secret=TIOWcVDPpu\" data-secret=\"TIOWcVDPpu\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It didn\u2019t seem appropriate to post about something else on a day when QAnon conspiracy theorists are claiming there will be (and thus helping to bring about) another attempt to overthrow American democracy. 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