Matt’s faith gave him answers where there were none to be found and hope when all was lost. When Matt discovered QAnon, the allure was obvious. It was, in so many ways, familiar to what he’d known all his life: a tale of a biblical battle between good and evil that was prophesied to culminate in an apocalyptic day of reckoning. A mission to save the children, drive out satanism, and restore traditional values to society.

