<p>"I think it's so easy to create misinformation that looks like it could be legit," he told RNS. "I see people telling people they need to fact-check stuff, and I'm glad, but a lot of times people don't want to fact-check it. They see something that confirms this bias they have, and they're like, 'That sounds right to me, and so it's fact to me.'"</p><p>While the events of Jan. 6 were horrifying, Krulos said he wasn't surprised. "...you can't just paint [the mob] as fringe nuts, because there were elected officials who were part of that crowd."</p><p>Krulos also commented on the relationship between conspiracy theories and religion.</p><p>"Really QAnon, which is the biggest conspiracy problem today, is just the Satanic Panic all over again," he explained. "It's very, very much based on this idea that Trump is a man of God, and he's engaged in a holy war with the sinister Satan-worshipping cabal of Democrats and other liberals, the media, Hollywood, stuff like that. They are the satanic ring that are pedophiles and cannibals and secretly causing everything awful happening in our country."</p><p>Read the full interview over at <a href="https://religionnews.com/2021/01/12/author-tea-krulos-on-conspiracy-theories-and-the-american-madness-that-gripped-the-capitol/" target="_blank">Religion News Service</a>.</p>
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