1/5: i wanted to explore the strong links between evangelical christianity & the anti-vax movement, so started by looking at new zealand's city impact church which recently held a 90 minute "special meeting", spreading conspiracy theories & misinformation: webworm.co/p/worshipping-…
2/5: i was alerted to this by concerned family members who have loved ones that attend this church. while destiny church gets a lot of flack, i'd argue city impact is much bigger & more dangerous - yet tends to fly under the radar (because, well: white. it's very fucking white) 
3/5: from there, i spoke to a former evangelical christian who explains why this breed of christianity (pentecostal, charismatic, apostolic, evangelical - call it what you want) tends to embrace conspiracy messages. in fact, it's practical unavoidable:
4/5: anyway - many thanks to @joshua_drummond for his help with this - and i think it's timely given new zealand (and the world) is trying to get vaccination rates up - all while some churches preach the opposite. please read & share: webworm.co/p/worshipping-…
5/5: oh - and the pastor of city impact church, peter mortlock? after preaching his anti-vax message, the grifter wouldn't even tell his congregation if he was vaxxed or not. yep.
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