Ok, fine. You guys win. If QAnon is really a big deal evangelicals should oppose I have a framework to suggest as a way forward. I think the format will be recognizable & thus easy to grasp so please read the following thread:

WHEREAS, Concerns have been raised by some... (1/)

...evangelicals over the use of frameworks such as QAnon theories; and

WHEREAS, QAnon theories are a set of analytical tools that explain how the Deep State has and continues to function in society, and Q is the deeply placed operative deployed to inform adherents... (2/)

...how to interpret their experience of U.S. culture during Donald Trump’s Presidence; and

WHEREAS, QAnon’s theories have been appropriated by individuals with worldviews that are contrary to the Christian faith, resulting in ideologies and methods that contradict... (3/)

...Scripture; and

WHEREAS, Evangelical scholars who affirm the authority and sufficiency of Scripture have employed selective insights from QAnon’s theories and specific insights from Q to understand multifaceted social dynamics; and... (4/)

WHEREAS, The Baptist Faith and Message states, “[A]ll Scripture is totally true and trustworthy. It reveals the principles by which God judges us, and therefore is, and will remain to the end of the world, the true center of Christian union, and the supreme standard by... (5/)

...which all human conduct, creeds, and religious opinions should be tried” (Article I); and

WHEREAS, General revelation accounts for truthful insights found in human ideas that do not explicitly emerge from Scripture and reflects what some may term “common grace”; and... (6/)

WHEREAS, QAnon ideology and Q’s specific insights alone are insufficient to diagnose and redress the root causes of the social ills that they identify, which result from sin, yet these analytical tools can aid in evaluating a variety of human experiences; and... (7/)

...WHEREAS, Scripture contains categories and principles by which to deal with elitism, racism, poverty, sexism, injustice, and abuse that are not rooted in secular ideologies; and

WHEREAS, Humanity is primarily identified in Scripture as image bearers of God, even as... (8/)

...biblical authors address various audiences according to characteristics such as male and female, Jew and Gentile, slave and free; and

WHEREAS, The New Covenant further unites image bearers by creating a new humanity that will one day inhabit the new creation, and... (9/)

....that the people of this new humanity, though descended from every nation, tribe, tongue, and people, are all one through the gospel of Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:16; Revelation 21:1–4, 9–14); and

WHEREAS, Christian citizenship is not based on our differences... (10/)

...but instead on our common salvation in Christ—the source of our truest and ultimate identity; and

WHEREAS, The Southern Baptist Convention is committed to a just society built upon biblical presuppositions and is committed to seeking biblical justice through... (11/)

...biblical means; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the evangelicals of good faith in 2020 affirm Scripture as the first, last, and sufficient authority with regard to how the Church seeks to redress social ills, and we reject any conduct, creeds, interpretative...(12/)

...frameworks, and religious opinions which contradict Scripture; and be it further

RESOLVED, That QAnon theories and specific insights from Q should only be employed as analytical tools subordinate to Scripture—not as transcendent ideological frameworks; and be it... (13/)

...further

RESOLVED, That the gospel of Jesus Christ alone grants the power to change people and society because “he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:6); and be it further... (14/)

RESOLVED, That evangelicals of good faith in 2020 will carefully analyze how the information gleaned from these tools are employed to address social dynamics; and be it further

RESOLVED, That evangelicals of good faith churches and institutions repudiate the misuse... (15)

... of insights gained from QAnon, specific insights given by Q, and any unbiblical ideologies that can emerge from their use when absolutized as a worldview; and be it further

RESOLVED, That we deny any philosophy or theology that fundamentally defines individuals... (16/)

...using categories identified as sinful in Scripture rather than the transcendent reality shared by every image bearer and divinely affirmed distinctions; and be it further

RESOLVED, That while we denounce the misuse of the QAnon framework and specific insights... (17/)

...made available via Q , we do not deny that authority, vocation, and beneficial public servants exist and are a gift from God that will give Him absolute glory when all humanity gathers around His throne in worship because of the redemption accomplished by... (18/)

...our resurrected Lord; and be it finally

RESOLVED, That evangelical churches of good faith seek to exhibit this eschatological promise in our churches in the present by focusing on unity in Christ amid image bearers, rightly celebrate our differences... (19/)

...as determined by God in the new creation, and work together for a society where all image bearers can flourish.

*fin*

And before anyone goes accusing me of being sarcastic or snarky you should understand I am simply trying to be a team player now that we've... (20/)

...collectively decided to let The Atlantic tell us that 7 people on 19Chan can realistically be seen as a major issue within evangelical churches. We know how to make use of analytical tools, particularly those with some troubles. So let's use them. (21/21)