Q fooled some people.
Suppose that is the reason a third of the people didn’t show up—they we still have to account for everybody else.
(Honestly, though, I have not heard of any real people who believed the Q stuff—at least in these parts...and we have a couple of very conservative churches here.)
I have, and it breaks my heart. I have a friend whose uncle was sucked in to it. He was mostly apolitical and it was a bit surprising when he started talking about it. Last I heard he was convinced a coup would happen on January 20th and Donald Trump would be declared the 17th president of the Restored United States. It has definitely taken a toll on his psyche.