It has been so long since I have posted and so many things have happened since quarantines last year, that I figured I better start this year out with a good ol’ talk about recent happenings at least politically and what we as Christians should do about it. A lot of it has to do with this Q-Anon stuff and Trump not winning the presidency. I hope you find my perspective on this to be insightful.

Late in 2020, I came across the Q-anon group, what most people would probably call a conspiracy theory. If you don’t know much about this group, it may be difficult to find any information as Big Tech seems to be censoring them now because of their “apparent” involvement in the Capitol protests when Congress was certifying the presidential election results. Many on the Left think they are a domestic terrorist group, hence the censorship, I guess. So while I would encourage you to do your own research into this, you may not find much on it now.

From what I understand, and that is probably not a lot, the Q-Anons believed (and some still do) that the Trump presidency was part of a plan to round up a bunch of criminals in the “Swamp” of the Capitol and bureaucracy and that there were secret signals sent to the group via the President. The person who was informing the group, known as Q was always saying that something BIG was going to happen on a particular date or event. When it did not happen, the excuse was that misinformation was spread to ensure that the perpetrators were not sure when the BIG event was really supposed to go down.

There are other parts of the theory, which I won’t get into here and of which I am not sure most Q-Anon people ascribe themselves to. Some of which has been reported by the media as that the Q-Anons believe that many political leaders are part of a human trafficking ring and are responsible for gruesome child abuse on the sexual level and beyond. It was about that time that I began to question who Q really was and if this was really all a hoax. Here’s what a BBC reporter dug up about it:

The odd thing is though that some of the similar worries of violence shared about Q-Anon can also be said about other groups like Black Lives Matter and Antifa.

So what can we expect? More violence as these two groups begin to clash? I’m not sure. In some of his messages Q seems to encourage people to follow the law and not rise up violently, but to continue to wait until the right time. Which is odd, considering what seems to be at stake within the Q-Anon beliefs, one of the core which is that somehow Donald Trump is going to save us all.

It began to make me wonder (and here comes my theory) if Q may really be someone on the Left.

“Wait!” you may be saying. “How can that be?”

Think about what has been happening in the culture and America today. Ideologies such as communism and socialism are being adopted and promoted by those on the Left. Civil unrest is in the streets. Politicians are threatening violence on their opponents, wanting to “punch Trump in the face” like in this video:

The Left’s strategy seems to try to play on people’s emotions. It’s all about FEELING. Again, think of Black Lives Matter and the riots and protests following police shooting of George Floyd. They keep on saying that they have to fight.

But, what are they fighting for?

In a similar fashion, it seems that Q is attempting to stir up the conservative base to action by the sometimes seemingly strange and bizarre conspiracy theories. And then he tells them to stand down? Why? Could it be that the real goal has been accomplished? Is it possible that this has all been some kind of mettling by our enemies in order to get America divided?

But let’s just pause here for a moment. Here’s a question I have for both the conservative and the liberal:

Why do you feel the way you feel?

Are you feeling anger, fear, resentment, frustration. Why are you feeling these things and what can you do about it? Sometimes you actually may hope that something would happen so that your feelings could be justified or that you could somehow act and take justice into your own hands.

I know that I myself have felt those things as well. It wasn’t until I started talking to someone on the Left to hear a different perspective that helped me come to my senses. Oddly enough, when I met someone who was completely against Trump it helped me to gain clarity. It was more of what I said that what he said that helped me out.

Listen carefully to what I’m about to say.

You see the Left has spent the last four years demonizing Trump. They claimed he was in cahoots with the Russians. Then there was all the Twittering (which was what I personally disliked about the guy too). It seemed like at every turn there was someone trying to take him down. High level bureaucrats lied about him, etc., etc.

However, the Right has spent the last four years defending him and sticking up for Trump policies that aligned so well to their beliefs: like all the pro-life measures the Trump administration put into practice, tax cuts, and more. Here is a list that the Family Research Council has put together on Trump’s Accomplishments.

So the extreme Left think him equal to Satan and the extreme Right (the Q-Anons anyway) think him a Savior. When having this conversation with this other person who had what seemed to be opposite views as me, I came to the realization that NEITHER side was treating Trump as he really is: a man who is doing his best to do what he thinks is right.

Despite which side you are on, put yourself in his shoes for a minute and think about how you would act or react to what has gone on over the past few years. Would you get it right all the time? No, I know I wouldn’t and I don’t think Trump did either. However, I think it is so easy to speak negatively about someone, or idolize someone who is in power. One from the side of those who might be jealous of that power and one from someone who can’t imagine having that kind of power.

To be honest, I don’t know for sure that Q is a Leftist or on the Right. I’m not sure that I really care anymore either. Whether or not there is some kind of hidden plan in action remains to be seen. I hate to break it to some, and while I liked him as President, but I have to say that Trump isn’t the savior of the world. No imperfect, fallible man should ever be put on that pedestal, for his sake and for everyone else’s.

However, there is an evil force in this world, that much is true. It hides in the darkness and pretends to be enactors of light. While I think that some of the conspiracy theories are downright silly, some may be true after all. Regardless, there is still One who can save us from this darkness, One I can truly call Savior and Lord, and that is the only man who is also God: Jesus Christ.

Heaven knows the world needs Him now more than ever.