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NeoGreen

(4,031 posts)
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 09:01 AM Feb 2018

Televangelist: Dont Bother Getting a Flu Shot Since Jesus Got One For All Of Us

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/02/01/televangelist-dont-bother-getting-a-flu-shot-since-jesus-got-one-for-all-of-us/




Televangelist: Don’t Bother Getting a Flu Shot Since Jesus Got One For All Of Us
February 1, 2018 by Hemant Mehta

Televangelist Gloria Copeland would like you all to know that you don’t have to get a flu shot even though flu deaths are happening at record highs right now.

And why don’t you need the vaccine? Because Jesus gave us a metaphorical flu shot when He died for us… therefore magic.

“Listen partners, we don’t have a flu season,” Gloria Copeland said. “And don’t receive it when somebody threatens you with, ‘Everybody is getting the flu.’ We’ve already had our shot, He bore our sicknesses and carried our diseases. That’s what we stand on.”

Praying for those who may already have the flu, Copeland proclaimed, “Flu, I bind you off the people in the name of Jesus. Jesus himself gave us the flu shot, He redeemed us from the curse of flu.” Those who don’t have the flu, she promised, can protect themselves by simply declaring, “I’ll never have the flu.”

“Inoculate yourself with the word of God,” Copeland advised.


In case you’re wondering, no credible medical association has ever said you can prevent diseases by scaring them off with the name of Jesus.

I’m not surprised she doesn’t give a damn about how serious this epidemic is. After all, if the flu hits her community, she can just hop onto her husband Kenneth Copeland‘s $65 million private jet and fly to safety.

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Televangelist: Dont Bother Getting a Flu Shot Since Jesus Got One For All Of Us (Original Post) NeoGreen Feb 2018 OP
Wish she would get a bad case of flu. Funtatlaguy Feb 2018 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2018 #11
No, that's not wrong! Gamecock Lefty Feb 2018 #2
You want an express ticket to Jesus, you go right ahead, Gloria. tanyev Feb 2018 #3
Christian Scientist much? ExciteBike66 Feb 2018 #4
And the Trump Administration lets THESE people guide our public health policy Vogon_Glory Feb 2018 #5
Cosmetic surgery, however, is Gods Will made manifest. Girard442 Feb 2018 #6
Good enuff for me- packman Feb 2018 #7
During one of the worst flu seasons in a while Voltaire2 Feb 2018 #8
More Bad Advice for Christians from MineralMan Feb 2018 #9
Also very selfish.. Permanut Feb 2018 #10
She probably thought the same thing about measles Rob H. Feb 2018 #12

Response to Funtatlaguy (Reply #1)

Vogon_Glory

(9,118 posts)
5. And the Trump Administration lets THESE people guide our public health policy
Fri Feb 2, 2018, 10:09 AM
Feb 2018

There are times I think that sane governments would post billboards with “Bio-hazard” in large green letters outside their houses of worship where nobody could miss them.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
9. More Bad Advice for Christians from
Sat Feb 3, 2018, 11:08 AM
Feb 2018

a moron. When she gets the flu, this year or some other, I'm sure she won't seek medical attention. She will live, because Jesus.

That anyone listens to this kind of utter nonsense is truly amazing.

Permanut

(5,609 posts)
10. Also very selfish..
Sat Feb 3, 2018, 01:30 PM
Feb 2018

Great comments in this thread. Adding that when I get a flu shot, it helps to protect me, and also the people around me. Gloria apparently isn't concerned about that.

Rob H.

(5,351 posts)
12. She probably thought the same thing about measles
Sat Feb 3, 2018, 02:30 PM
Feb 2018

...right before the outbreak that hit her church in 2013.

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