I have a theory. Follow along with me here:

The Scofield Bible (1909) popularized Dispensationalism.
Dispensationalism taught generations of American Christians to "read the newspapers" for "signs of the end times."
This focus on "signs" led to The Late Great Planet Earth...
... and the Left Behind books, which had Christians looking for the antichrist and the new "world gov't" in every major news story. Primed by eschatological fervor, we started connecting dots that weren't there. A lot. Israel... Russia... Soros... Hilary Clinton...
... international ring of globalist pedophiles... QAnon.

So here's my theory: No Scofield Bible, no QAnon.

Well? Anybody with me on that? Did I eat too many donuts last night?
And since I'm only using the BEST of logic, and QAnon played such a huge role in the insurrection last week, I think we can safely conclude that the Scofield Bible tried to overthrow the gov't.

It's my theory, and I'm sticking with it.
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