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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 08:01 AM Feb 2018

Hey, you don't need flu shots if you inoculate yourself with the word of God!

Who knew?


Trump Evangelical Adviser Says You Don’t Need Flu Shots When You Have Jesus
“Inoculate yourself with the word of God,” says Gloria Copeland.


A controversial minister linked to President Donald Trump said flu shots aren’t necessary when you have Jesus.

“Inoculate yourself with the word of God,” urged Gloria Copeland, who with her husband co-founded the Kenneth Copeland Ministries in Texas. Both serve on Trump’s evangelical advisory board.While health officials continue to urge people to get flu shots during a season that has been marked by widespread illness, Copeland told followers that faith in Christ is all that’s really needed.

“Well, listen, partners, we don’t have a flu season,” Copeland said in a video clip posted online by Right Wing Watch. “And don’t receive it when somebody threatens you with, ‘Everybody’s getting the flu.’ We’ve already had our shot: He bore our sicknesses and carried our diseases. That’s what we stand on.”

She said the faithful who don’t have the flu can ward off the infection by repeatedly saying, “I’ll never have the flu. I’ll never have the flu.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gloria-copeland-flu-jesus_us_5a792055e4b00f94fe944ac8?eu


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Hey, you don't need flu shots if you inoculate yourself with the word of God! (Original Post) octoberlib Feb 2018 OP
"Word of God" - is that in the Cold&Flu aisle, or the liquor aisle? JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2018 #1
And you don't need protective glasses when you look at an eclipse! cyclonefence Feb 2018 #2
Does the Word of God get updated for the new flu strain every year? milestogo Feb 2018 #3

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,367 posts)
1. "Word of God" - is that in the Cold&Flu aisle, or the liquor aisle?
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 08:08 AM
Feb 2018

A hot toddy is probably as effective as "word of god", and more enjoyable.

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
2. And you don't need protective glasses when you look at an eclipse!
Tue Feb 6, 2018, 08:27 AM
Feb 2018

Those "walk/don't walk" signs are for heathens!

Christ, you could spend your damn day intoning against all the avoidable dangers of modern life.
"I'll never be scalded by this hot coffee. I'll never be scalded by this hot coffee."

In fact, why follow the law at all? Any law--including the law of gravity?

"I'll never fall off this tightrope"--we'll *all* be circus stars!

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