1/ Today, just south of me, in Austin Texas, right-wing funded protesters, with some obvious Evangelicals were protesting the stay at home order. (Actually just a trump rally since Gov. @GregAbbott_TX is a Trump bootlicker and already making idiotic moves to reopen Texas) 
2/ In the above picture of the gathered plague enthusiasts, you might notice the banner that reads "Texas will not take the mark of the beast." My #Exvangelical eyes rolled very hard. Apocalyptic theology is stupid and dangerous.
3/ As @C_Stroop has stated when talking about Evangelicals and end times belief, ". . . there is a dangerous likelihood that, in the conditions we face, their end times speculations could become human-caused self-fulfilling prophecies."
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4/ After seeing that banner displayed at the plague enthusiast rally, I did a little digging, and found out that, yep, there is a common belief among some Evangelicals that COVID-19 is ushering in the end times.
5/ Basically, the belief is that when (if) there is a vaccine, people will be forced to get it and get a tattoo or certificate that says they are safe members of society in order to work OR the vaccine will contain a microchip. Hence the mark of the beast.
6/ Helping to fuel this nonsense is another Austin resident and douchnozzle, the infamous Alex Jones of Infowars, who helped prep today's rally and attended
7/ I've read a bunch of nonsense today that tries to link Bill Gates, Fauci, Soros, and the W.H.O., as preparing for the end times and the mark of the beast.
8/ #Exvangelicals won't be surprised by any of this. We grew up preparing for the Tribulation and end times, dealt with rapture anxiety, and being taught to fear any large scale movement in secular society, such as global action against a deadly pandemic.
9/ What's worrying to me, like @C_Stroop said is that this dangerous thinking will in some ways become a self fulfilling prophecy. Not the mark of the beast, but worsening a plague of biblical proportions akin to the pale horse and his rider in the book of Revelation.
10/ Why? Because White Evangelicals are the GOP base, so they wield a lot of power, and they most likely continue to behave in irresponsible ways during the pandemic, and force lawmakers to lift life saving restrictions earlier than is wise.
11/ When that happens, especially in Right Wing controlled states like min, and the death toll climbs, remember that death is White Evangelical, riding a pale horse and wearing a MAGA hat.
