How the evangelical Christian right seeded the false, yet surprisingly resilient, theory that vaccines contain microchips

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• The groundless conspiracy theory that vaccines contain microchips is believed by thousands.
• The narrative has deep roots in the right-wing evangelical movement.
• Prominent figures turbocharged the theory in the era of COVID-19, helping drive US vaccine hesitancy.

Back in August, the right-wing evangelical Mat Staver appeared on an hour-long livestream hosted by the World Prayer Network.
In it, he told listeners that vaccines for COVID-19 were not meant to save the world from the pandemic, but instead to radically depopulate it.

For many evangelicals who believe that we are living in the 'End Times'

The article in full:

How the evangelical Christian right seeded the false, yet surprisingly resilient, theory that vaccines contain microchips

Conservative Christian groups have linked the vaccine to the Biblical 'Mark of the Beast' for decades, a claim echoed in current anti-vaxx rhetoric.

www.businessinsider.com

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Fess up, how many here believe this theory?

 

[calamity]

The article in full:

How the evangelical Christian right seeded the false, yet surprisingly resilient, theory that vaccines contain microchips

Conservative Christian groups have linked the vaccine to the Biblical 'Mark of the Beast' for decades, a claim echoed in current anti-vaxx rhetoric.

www.businessinsider.com

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Fess up, how many here believe this theory?

Hey, once you convince people that there is an invisible man in the sky. The rest is easy.

 

[SheWolf]

The article in full:

How the evangelical Christian right seeded the false, yet surprisingly resilient, theory that vaccines contain microchips

Conservative Christian groups have linked the vaccine to the Biblical 'Mark of the Beast' for decades, a claim echoed in current anti-vaxx rhetoric.

www.businessinsider.com

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Fess up, how many here believe this theory?

My Christian friend won’t get it because she says an aborted baby was used to create the vaccine.

 

[MaryP]

 

[Jason Warfield]

I wonder how many of these folks who believe this use their cell phones to spread this nonsense....

I ponder that only because, in a very real sense, the government can track one via their cells already.

 

[bongsaway]

The article in full:

How the evangelical Christian right seeded the false, yet surprisingly resilient, theory that vaccines contain microchips

Conservative Christian groups have linked the vaccine to the Biblical 'Mark of the Beast' for decades, a claim echoed in current anti-vaxx rhetoric.

www.businessinsider.com

Fess up, how many here believe this theory?

If I saw this guy on the street, my immediate thought would be, he's crazy.

Aborted baby cells being used for the vaccine you say? Prove it I say. Like all the other crazy theories the anti vaxxers put forth, this one is insane. If someone says trump lied, the right immediately responds with prove it and yet they themselves are willing to believe the most insane of theories with zero proof. Go figure?

 

[Slartibartfast]

My Christian friend won’t get it because she says an aborted baby was used to create the vaccine.

She is partially right, but those cells were harvested before most of us were born.

You asked, we answered: Do the COVID-19 vaccines contain aborted fetal cells?

Do the COVID-19 vaccines contain aborted fetal cells?

www.nebraskamed.com

 

[Quag]

The evilgelical movement is Christian in name alone

 

[joluoto]

I still remember when Anti- Vaxxers were mostly found among the extreme left. Sigh. Then at least it was like 1 or 2 people here and there, nowadays the Anti- Vaxxers are everywhere and their reason for being against vaccines has just grown MORE absurd.