By Joseph O. Baker, Samuel L. Perry and Andrew L. Whitehead On August 30 2020, Los Angeles megachurch pastor John MacArthur told his congregation “There is no pandemic.” Grace Community Church was meeting in defiance of local and state ordinances against large in-person gatherings. After citing a common misinterpretation of data about COVID-19 from the Centers for Disease Control, MacArthur stated that he is suspicious of the virus because he does not personally know anyone who is sick with it. Rather, he believes the pandemic and subsequent calls to limit large gatherings have more to do with the spiritual realm: “We know there are reasons for this that have nothing to do with the virus. There’s another virus loose in the world, and it’s the virus of deception, and the one who is behind the virus of deception is the arch-deceiver, Satan himself. And it’s not a surprise to me