(ChurchLeaders) The riots at the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6 were not the result of antifa or any other type of conspiracy, says Dr. Russell Moore. While it is understandable that people might be confused about what happened, Moore emphasized that believers must love the truth, be reasonable, and not have an “unhealthy craving for controversy.”
“There are sometimes things that happen where we have a fog of not knowing exactly what took place,” said Moore in a webinar Friday entitled, “Chaos at the Capitol: A Conversation about Conspiracies and Violence.” Moore, who is the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, noted that during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, “There were at least a couple hours there where people were saying, ‘Where is this coming from? Who is it that has attacked us?’” But, he said, “That’s not the case here.”