Posted by:
slskipper
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Date: January 01, 2021 08:26PM
I've posed this question before, but it's worth revisiting from time to time. Several times a week now we are hearing of people gathering for "worship" (aka self-promotion) with the firm conviction that expressing belief in a deity will protect them from harm such as that from COVID, only to learn later on that their hope was somewhat overrated. How many need to die before these people figure out that maybe, just maybe, they were a bit mistaken in their conclusion that faith could affect the progress of a disease state?
Christianity in the US has turned into wide-spread Christian Science. The "Science" in that movement refers solely to the notion that one's faith and hope can affect one's physiology. Will COVID be the final straw that convinces people to grow up and shut up and stop thinking they are just so very special that the universe would bend to their collective wills?