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Mar 4, 2021 · The date 4 March began spreading among QAnon followers only days after Mr Biden was sworn in on 20 January. That completely predictable event caused tumult in the world of QAnon - a...
Mar 3, 2021 · According to adherents of QAnon, the false internet conspiracy theory that has been linked to violent acts including murder and kidnapping, March 4 is going to be a big day: the "true...
Mar 5, 2021 · Updated on: March 4, 2021 / 7:03 PM EST / CBS News. Washington — The U.S. Capitol is the target of a potential plot by a militia group to attack Democratic lawmakers on March 4 and remains a ...
Mar 3, 2021 · Politics. QAnon believers think Trump will be inaugurated again on March 4. Law enforcement is preparing for potential threats, including from other violent extremist and militia groups, on...
- The Millerites
- Crisis Point
- Making Sense of Disappointment
This dynamic played out nearly 180 years ago with the Millerites, members of a 19th-century evangelical Christian movement who were part of an earlier “Great Awakening” in U.S. religious history. A Baptist preacher, William Miller drew on biblical texts and numerology to predict the imminent second coming of Christ. Although Miller did not initiall...
Looking at how the Millerites dealt with their Great Disappointment gives an insight into how believers navigate what the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre calls “epistemological crises.” These are moments when the way someone understands the world is thrown into question by events that don’t fit expectations. Epistemological crises are not unique to ...
Whether or not movements like Millerism can move past great disappointments depends in part on the interpretive tools available within the group and the ingenuity of adherents in explaining away their own unfulfilled expectations. It is anyone’s guess whether QAnon will survive its current epistemological crisis. And if it does, there is no guarant...
Mar 3, 2021 · Politics. Police and the FBI are on high alert over a 'possible plot to breach the Capitol' as a QAnon conspiracy theory about March 4 being the 'true inauguration day' looms. Kelly...
Mar 4, 2021 · The date 4 March began spreading among QAnon followers only days after Mr Biden was sworn in on 20 January. That completely predictable event caused tumult in the world of QAnon - a...
