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The Q-anon types have a new favourite theory ‘Devolution.’ A substack author ‘Patriot Patel’ wrote up his theory that sometime in December Trump transferred the powers of the U.S. government to some other power structure, which he became head of when he left the White House.
I’m not interested in the particulars of the ‘devolution theory’ though of course I’ve lined the above paragraph so you can explore the latest right wing nonsense to your heart’s content. I am however interested in the progression of the Q-anon cult and how it parallels the development of early Christianity.
I’m an amateur scholar of Early Christianity and the Historical Jesus at best but I have had the good fortune to see Bart Ehrman lecture in person at a Barnes and Nobles while I briefly lived in Durham North Carolina. And I recently watched a video of his debate about whether Jesus ever called himself God or a divine being.
This led to my thoughts about how Qanon gives us insight to how the story of Christianity developed. Professor Ehrman says in this debate and in his books that Jesus never called…
