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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Fri May 22, 2020, 11:29 PM May 2020

To the "good Christians" demanding their "right" to meet in crowded churches, sing hymns

at each other and trust the words of the Psalms instead of the consensus opinion of doctors and scientists: I, for one, am 100% supportive of your exercise of what you term your "faith", PROVIDED that you not be back-sliding hypocrites.

Please publicly forswear any medical treatment in the event your faith does not protect you and you "somehow" become infected with the Corona virus. Having loudly declared your total reliance on Biblically promised protections, you surely would not want to sully the purity of your faith by accepting heathen remedies like oxygen masks and ventilators. So, "Onward Christian Soldiers"! Sign the "I Don't Need No Stinkin' Medical Care" pledge today!

And, when you attend services this weekend, remember: "Church ain't over till all the snakes are back in the box."

Bless your hearts!

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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
9. No theft involved. I don't recall where I heard it, but it did not originate with me. It may
Fri May 22, 2020, 11:59 PM
May 2020

have been from a movie. Anyway, you're welcome to it.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
10. At the Drive In - Holtzclaw
Sat May 23, 2020, 12:43 AM
May 2020



:56

Church ain’t over till they put the snakes back in the bag.

But there is an earlier movie reference....

KT2000

(20,568 posts)
2. the selfishness of this is amazing
Fri May 22, 2020, 11:36 PM
May 2020

The belligerent antis want it all. They want to pretend there is no virus therefore they can be free to infect others and expect medical care from people risking their health and lives to treat people that are sick. I would like to see all who feel they must congregate, held in quarantine as others have been who have been exposed to the virus. They cannot know if they have or have not, so we need to err on the side of caution. All of them into quarantine.

dalton99a

(81,392 posts)
3. Shout for joy and sing praises to Him.
Fri May 22, 2020, 11:45 PM
May 2020

Expel as many viral particles as you can at great velocity

Caring is sharing


orleans

(34,040 posts)
14. exactly. when i heard him say that shit i thought:
Sat May 23, 2020, 02:06 AM
May 2020

when was the last fucking time you went to church?

Rhiannon12866

(204,759 posts)
16. I still remember his fumbling around at George H.W. Bush's funeral
Sat May 23, 2020, 02:30 AM
May 2020

It's like he'd never been in a church before, no doubt he was uncomfortable since the attention wasn't all on him...

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
8. Weaponizing Faith...
Fri May 22, 2020, 11:56 PM
May 2020

Weaponizing faith using a straw man argument.

Trumps numbers for people of various faiths are plummeting, so that's why he's playing this way and test marketing.

It won't work, of course, and that's good. It may even backfire. Churches, et al, have been shown to be super spreaders and there have been reports on that. The places of worship will close soon after if they open now. Some know that, some ignore it. Either way, the outcome is bad, not holy.

aggiesal

(8,907 posts)
11. They can no longer call themselves "Pro Life" ...
Sat May 23, 2020, 01:28 AM
May 2020

If another Christian tells me they're Pro Life, no doubt I bring up all the deaths they'll cause from opening up too early.

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
12. Maybe they should make it a package deal...
Sat May 23, 2020, 01:33 AM
May 2020

Go to church, get one of these...


which will be paid for by whose left in your family..unless they all get one, than a relative will be stuck with the bill.

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
15. What happend to the services on TV?
Sat May 23, 2020, 02:10 AM
May 2020

Every cable network is require to have a local access channel/channels available, They could also stick a camera in and stream it. My town is using streaming for all action that the public should know like bid openings, and meeting to reports on other official business. Takes a few minutes but people can keep up.

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