#covid19 — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #covid19, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/ch/134337/ Xhaka admits fake COVID certificate amid Swiss prosecutors’ probe #COVID19 #GranitXhaka #Swiss #Switzerland #vaccination
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A Look At Measles And The Latest US Covid Hotspots
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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A Look At Measles And The Latest US Covid Hotspots
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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Thanks to the many minimizers, antivaxxers, and government-assisted destruction of Public Health, the everyday person has no idea what the current potential consequences of repeat COVID-19 infections are, despite the hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
"Today, 6 years after the identification of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that brought much of the world to a near standstill — fear of infection seems to have all but disappeared. Although various aspects of the pandemic continue to be debated, COVID has largely faded from public consciousness as a potentially severe illness."
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/covid-6-years-pandemics-long-clinical-shadow-2026a1000yan
#Covid19 #PublicHealth #CovidMinimizers #WearAMask #GetVaccinated #CovidisNotOver
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Thanks to the many minimizers, antivaxxers, and government-assisted destruction of Public Health, the everyday person has no idea what the current potential consequences of repeat COVID-19 infections are, despite the hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
"Today, 6 years after the identification of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that brought much of the world to a near standstill — fear of infection seems to have all but disappeared. Although various aspects of the pandemic continue to be debated, COVID has largely faded from public consciousness as a potentially severe illness."
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/covid-6-years-pandemics-long-clinical-shadow-2026a1000yan
#Covid19 #PublicHealth #CovidMinimizers #WearAMask #GetVaccinated #CovidisNotOver
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Thanks to the many minimizers, antivaxxers, and government-assisted destruction of Public Health, the everyday person has no idea what the current potential consequences of repeat COVID-19 infections are, despite the hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
"Today, 6 years after the identification of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that brought much of the world to a near standstill — fear of infection seems to have all but disappeared. Although various aspects of the pandemic continue to be debated, COVID has largely faded from public consciousness as a potentially severe illness."
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/covid-6-years-pandemics-long-clinical-shadow-2026a1000yan
#Covid19 #PublicHealth #CovidMinimizers #WearAMask #GetVaccinated #CovidisNotOver
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Thanks to the many minimizers, antivaxxers, and government-assisted destruction of Public Health, the everyday person has no idea what the current potential consequences of repeat COVID-19 infections are, despite the hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
"Today, 6 years after the identification of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that brought much of the world to a near standstill — fear of infection seems to have all but disappeared. Although various aspects of the pandemic continue to be debated, COVID has largely faded from public consciousness as a potentially severe illness."
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/covid-6-years-pandemics-long-clinical-shadow-2026a1000yan
#Covid19 #PublicHealth #CovidMinimizers #WearAMask #GetVaccinated #CovidisNotOver
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Thanks to the many minimizers, antivaxxers, and government-assisted destruction of Public Health, the everyday person has no idea what the current potential consequences of repeat COVID-19 infections are, despite the hundreds of peer-reviewed studies.
"Today, 6 years after the identification of SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that brought much of the world to a near standstill — fear of infection seems to have all but disappeared. Although various aspects of the pandemic continue to be debated, COVID has largely faded from public consciousness as a potentially severe illness."
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/covid-6-years-pandemics-long-clinical-shadow-2026a1000yan
#Covid19 #PublicHealth #CovidMinimizers #WearAMask #GetVaccinated #CovidisNotOver
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https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/316402/ Aides Covid : les restaurateurs vaudois contestent le remboursement #Business #CantonDeLaSuisse #Covid19 #CriseSanitaire #Économie #ÉconomieEtFinances #Economy #Entreprise(Q4830453)(#28) #épidémie #Gastronomie #MaladiesContagieuses #MaladiesEtétatDeSanté #pandémie #Santé #Suisse
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As Covid Continues, Other Viruses Are Starting To Rise!
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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As Covid Continues, Other Viruses Are Starting To Rise!
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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https://www.europesays.com/at/407765/ Saison der Atemwegsviren: Was Ärztinnen und Ärzte für Herbst und Winter erwarten #AI #ARTIFICIALINTELLIGENCE #AT #Atemwegsviren #Austria #COVID19 #Erkältung #Gesundheit #Grippe #Health #Hygiene #Impfung #Influenza #Innenraumluft #KI #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Österreich #RSV #Tests
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https://www.europesays.com/it/690580/ COVID grave, così ORF8 può trasformare i macrofagi in amplificatori dell’infezione #ACE2 #Covid19 #Health #IL17RA #InfiammazionePolmonare #IT #Italia #Italy #macrofagi #ORF8 #piroptosi #Salute #SARSCoV2
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Chickadee, Mediterranean in Boston’s Seaport, is closing permanently https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/29629/ #AHalfFriedChickenWithAccompaniments #coronavirus #COVID19 #HalfOrderOfTheSemolinaGnocchi #MediterraneanRestaurant #MediterraneanRestaurants #OwnersTedKilpatrickJohnDasilva
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Chickadee, Mediterranean in Boston’s Seaport, is closing permanently https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/29629/ #AHalfFriedChickenWithAccompaniments #coronavirus #COVID19 #HalfOrderOfTheSemolinaGnocchi #MediterraneanRestaurant #MediterraneanRestaurants #OwnersTedKilpatrickJohnDasilva
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Chickadee, Mediterranean in Boston’s Seaport, is closing permanently https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/29629/ #AHalfFriedChickenWithAccompaniments #coronavirus #COVID19 #HalfOrderOfTheSemolinaGnocchi #MediterraneanRestaurant #MediterraneanRestaurants #OwnersTedKilpatrickJohnDasilva
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Boston restaurants keep closing. Here’s what we need to do to fix it. https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/21262/ #AHalfFriedChickenWithAccompaniments #coronavirus #Covid19 #HalfOrderOfTheSemolinaGnocchi #Massachusetts #MassachusettsDining #MassachusettsFood #MassachusettsGroceryStores #MassachusettsRestaurant #OwnersTedKilpatrickJohnDasilva
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Boston restaurants keep closing. Here’s what we need to do to fix it. https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/21262/ #AHalfFriedChickenWithAccompaniments #coronavirus #Covid19 #HalfOrderOfTheSemolinaGnocchi #Massachusetts #MassachusettsDining #MassachusettsFood #MassachusettsGroceryStores #MassachusettsRestaurant #OwnersTedKilpatrickJohnDasilva
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Boston restaurants keep closing. Here’s what we need to do to fix it. https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/21262/ #AHalfFriedChickenWithAccompaniments #coronavirus #Covid19 #HalfOrderOfTheSemolinaGnocchi #Massachusetts #MassachusettsDining #MassachusettsFood #MassachusettsGroceryStores #MassachusettsRestaurant #OwnersTedKilpatrickJohnDasilva
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Boston restaurants keep closing. Here’s what we need to do to fix it. https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/21262/ #AHalfFriedChickenWithAccompaniments #coronavirus #Covid19 #HalfOrderOfTheSemolinaGnocchi #Massachusetts #MassachusettsDining #MassachusettsFood #MassachusettsGroceryStores #MassachusettsRestaurant #OwnersTedKilpatrickJohnDasilva
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https://www.europesays.com/fr/1197345/ La compo contre le SF Paris – Actualités – Union Bordeaux Bègles (UBB Rugby) #actu #ActuParis #Actualité #Actualités #ActualitésParis #Bègles #Bordeaux #Chaban #ChallengeCup #coronavirus #covid #Covid19 #essai #EU #europe #FR #France #Girondins #infos #LNR #match #News #NewsParis #Paris #ParisNews #presse #RépubliqueFrançaise #Rugby #Sport #Stade #Top14 #UBB #Union #Victoire
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Come Take A Look At The Latest Trends With The Viruses.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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Come Take A Look At The Latest Trends With The Viruses.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #H5N1 #Measles #WhoopingCough #RSV #Norovirus #Tuberculosis #Polio #Mpox #MaskUp #N95 #KeepMasksInHealthcare
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Celebrated #Caturday by getting the #COVID19 #vaccine. Julian is proud. #VaccinesSaveLives
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Celebrated #Caturday by getting the #COVID19 #vaccine. Julian is proud. #VaccinesSaveLives
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Celebrated #Caturday by getting the #COVID19 #vaccine. Julian is proud. #VaccinesSaveLives
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Celebrated #Caturday by getting the #COVID19 #vaccine. Julian is proud. #VaccinesSaveLives
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Celebrated #Caturday by getting the #COVID19 #vaccine. Julian is proud. #VaccinesSaveLives
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#Fussballer haben ja häufig neurologische Schäden aufgrund der vielen Kopfbälle … 🤫
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/granit-xhaka-sein-covid-zertifikat-zeigt-zwei-impfungen-785481673367
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#Fussballer haben ja häufig neurologische Schäden aufgrund der vielen Kopfbälle … 🤫
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/granit-xhaka-sein-covid-zertifikat-zeigt-zwei-impfungen-785481673367
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#Fussballer haben ja häufig neurologische Schäden aufgrund der vielen Kopfbälle … 🤫
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/granit-xhaka-sein-covid-zertifikat-zeigt-zwei-impfungen-785481673367
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#Fussballer haben ja häufig neurologische Schäden aufgrund der vielen Kopfbälle … 🤫
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/granit-xhaka-sein-covid-zertifikat-zeigt-zwei-impfungen-785481673367
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#Fussballer haben ja häufig neurologische Schäden aufgrund der vielen Kopfbälle … 🤫
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/granit-xhaka-sein-covid-zertifikat-zeigt-zwei-impfungen-785481673367
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#Vadivelu spoils a hay deal of #Sathyaraj —
“Full tummy, brought you along, what you can do you have done it impeccably?”Similarly, for all the hospitality shown by #Bharat to #XiJingPing at #Brics,
the latter ensured to present #Dengue as a gift — just like #Covid19 six years ago. -
https://www.europesays.com/es/771118/ ¿Cuándo sale EA FC 27 y cuánto costará el nuevo juego de fútbol? #americas #BestPhoto #BestPhotos #bogota #Ciencia #CienciaYTecnología #CienciaYtecnología #Colombia #colombian #CommunicableDiseases #Coronavirus #CoronaVirus2020 #COVID19 #COVID19 #disease #epidemic #ES #España #Health #illness #InfectiousDiseases #latam #latin #pandemic #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #SouthAmerican #Spain #Technology #Tecnología #Viral #Virus
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Francesca Hong’s Narrow Loss Is Both a Warning and a Victory for Progressives
Francesca Hong lost Wisconsin’s Democratic primary by just 0.5%, but her working-class campaign proved that statewide progressive politics has real power.
#CDC #CentersForDiseaseControlAndPrevention #childhoodVaccines #corporateProfits #COVIDDeaths #COVIDMisinformation #COVID19 #DepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices #deregulation #DonaldTrump #FDA #FoodAndDrugAdministration #foodInspections #foodSafety #globalHealth #healthDisparities #healthcarePolicy #HHS #maskMandates #measles #measlesOutbreak #medicalMisinformation #MMRVaccine #pandemicResponse #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #PublicHealth #publicHealthInfrastructure #RedStates #RFKJr #RobertFKennedyJr #vaccineMisinformation #vaccineSafety #WHOWithdrawal #WorldHealthOrganization https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p4s -
Francesca Hong’s Narrow Loss Is Both a Warning and a Victory for Progressives
Francesca Hong lost Wisconsin’s Democratic primary by just 0.5%, but her working-class campaign proved that statewide progressive politics has real power.
#CDC #CentersForDiseaseControlAndPrevention #childhoodVaccines #corporateProfits #COVIDDeaths #COVIDMisinformation #COVID19 #DepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices #deregulation #DonaldTrump #FDA #FoodAndDrugAdministration #foodInspections #foodSafety #globalHealth #healthDisparities #healthcarePolicy #HHS #maskMandates #measles #measlesOutbreak #medicalMisinformation #MMRVaccine #pandemicResponse #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #PublicHealth #publicHealthInfrastructure #RedStates #RFKJr #RobertFKennedyJr #vaccineMisinformation #vaccineSafety #WHOWithdrawal #WorldHealthOrganization https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p4s -
Trump’s COVID Failure Killed Americans RFK Jr Is Repeating the Deadly Experiment
The COVID disaster was a warning. Trump and RFK Jr. are repeating it by undermining vaccines, weakening health safeguards, and rewarding the politics of fear.
#CDC #CentersForDiseaseControlAndPrevention #childhoodVaccines #corporateProfits #COVIDDeaths #COVIDMisinformation #COVID19 #DepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices #deregulation #DonaldTrump #FDA #FoodAndDrugAdministration #foodInspections #foodSafety #globalHealth #healthDisparities #healthcarePolicy #HHS #maskMandates #measles #measlesOutbreak #medicalMisinformation #MMRVaccine #pandemicResponse #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #PublicHealth #publicHealthInfrastructure #RedStates #RFKJr #RobertFKennedyJr #vaccineMisinformation #vaccineSafety #WHOWithdrawal #WorldHealthOrganization https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p4j -
Trump’s COVID Failure Killed Americans RFK Jr Is Repeating the Deadly Experiment
The COVID disaster was a warning. Trump and RFK Jr. are repeating it by undermining vaccines, weakening health safeguards, and rewarding the politics of fear.
#CDC #CentersForDiseaseControlAndPrevention #childhoodVaccines #corporateProfits #COVIDDeaths #COVIDMisinformation #COVID19 #DepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices #deregulation #DonaldTrump #FDA #FoodAndDrugAdministration #foodInspections #foodSafety #globalHealth #healthDisparities #healthcarePolicy #HHS #maskMandates #measles #measlesOutbreak #medicalMisinformation #MMRVaccine #pandemicResponse #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #PublicHealth #publicHealthInfrastructure #RedStates #RFKJr #RobertFKennedyJr #vaccineMisinformation #vaccineSafety #WHOWithdrawal #WorldHealthOrganization https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p4j -
Trump’s COVID Failure Killed Americans RFK Jr Is Repeating the Deadly Experiment
The COVID disaster was a warning. Trump and RFK Jr. are repeating it by undermining vaccines, weakening health safeguards, and rewarding the politics of fear.
#CDC #CentersForDiseaseControlAndPrevention #childhoodVaccines #corporateProfits #COVIDDeaths #COVIDMisinformation #COVID19 #DepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices #deregulation #DonaldTrump #FDA #FoodAndDrugAdministration #foodInspections #foodSafety #globalHealth #healthDisparities #healthcarePolicy #HHS #maskMandates #measles #measlesOutbreak #medicalMisinformation #MMRVaccine #pandemicResponse #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #PublicHealth #publicHealthInfrastructure #RedStates #RFKJr #RobertFKennedyJr #vaccineMisinformation #vaccineSafety #WHOWithdrawal #WorldHealthOrganization https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p4j -
Trump’s COVID Failure Killed Americans RFK Jr Is Repeating the Deadly Experiment
The COVID disaster was a warning. Trump and RFK Jr. are repeating it by undermining vaccines, weakening health safeguards, and rewarding the politics of fear.
#CDC #CentersForDiseaseControlAndPrevention #childhoodVaccines #corporateProfits #COVIDDeaths #COVIDMisinformation #COVID19 #DepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices #deregulation #DonaldTrump #FDA #FoodAndDrugAdministration #foodInspections #foodSafety #globalHealth #healthDisparities #healthcarePolicy #HHS #maskMandates #measles #measlesOutbreak #medicalMisinformation #MMRVaccine #pandemicResponse #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #PublicHealth #publicHealthInfrastructure #RedStates #RFKJr #RobertFKennedyJr #vaccineMisinformation #vaccineSafety #WHOWithdrawal #WorldHealthOrganization https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p4j -
Trump’s COVID Failure Killed Americans RFK Jr Is Repeating the Deadly Experiment
The COVID disaster was a warning. Trump and RFK Jr. are repeating it by undermining vaccines, weakening health safeguards, and rewarding the politics of fear.
#CDC #CentersForDiseaseControlAndPrevention #childhoodVaccines #corporateProfits #COVIDDeaths #COVIDMisinformation #COVID19 #DepartmentOfHealthAndHumanServices #deregulation #DonaldTrump #FDA #FoodAndDrugAdministration #foodInspections #foodSafety #globalHealth #healthDisparities #healthcarePolicy #HHS #maskMandates #measles #measlesOutbreak #medicalMisinformation #MMRVaccine #pandemicResponse #PoliticsDoneRight #ProgressivePolitics #PublicHealth #publicHealthInfrastructure #RedStates #RFKJr #RobertFKennedyJr #vaccineMisinformation #vaccineSafety #WHOWithdrawal #WorldHealthOrganization https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-p4j -
The Church’s Political Captivity
The COVID-19 pandemic was ruthless on pastors. Every single decision felt like a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation. You got in trouble if you kept your church open, and you got in trouble if you closed it. You got in trouble if you required people to wear masks, and you got in trouble if you didn’t. Every word of our communications had to be carefully crafted to avoid offending others. We worked our butts off creating online services that nobody really cared about or watched.
But even more difficult than this was the social and political tensions we had to address during that chaotic season. Christians became anti-science and conspiratorial. Instead of advocating for justice and caring for minorities, many in the church fought against such efforts. Instead of calling out political nonsense, the church seemed to defend it or support it.
At the start of the pandemic, many pastors were taking a stand on these issues, but in the end, there seemed to be only a few. Too many of them had been crucified by their congregants early on for speaking out. They were walking on eggshells.
I started hearing a very similar testimony among pastors during that time. They each shared that they once made an online post, and their social networks blew up. At first, they were stunned by the comments, but after enough arguments, they decided that talking was pointless. “People never change their minds online,” they’d say. Or “ I don’t want to sow disunity in the church.” Or “Frank and Mary came after me, and they’re the greatest Christians I know! So maybe I shouldn’t speak.” Pastors used these kinds of logic to shut themselves up.
Many Christians have sacred idols they have not yet deconstructed, and it’s because pastors aren’t addressing the golden calf in the room. We all know the unspoken rule: American political issues are so deeply spiritual and important that pastors are not allowed to address them—unless the pastor shares the opinion of the majority of congregants. That is to say, pastors can generally say whatever they want politically, so long as it leans Republican or Conservative.
The room is rigged, and it’s because pastors have spent the last several decades only making certain kinds of political statements, using certain kinds of political buzzwords, and addressing certain kinds of political issues. No one has to ask how the church leans, because these “certain kinds” of things have already made it clear. Pastors and congregants who stray from these views often stay quiet for their own protection, lest they be told that they’re not a Christian.
The church needs help. It is not meant to be defined by what a political party thinks, but by what Jesus thinks. And there is no way that any political party anywhere in the world has captured that.
#AmericanChristianity #ChristianNationalism #churchAndPolitics #churchCulture #churchLeadership #churchUnity #congregationalConflict #ConservativeChristianity #covid19 #evangelicalChurch #faithAndPolitics #followingJesus #pandemicMinistry #partisanChristianity #pastoralCourage #pastors #PoliticalIdolatry #PoliticalPolarization #propheticPreaching #spiritualDeconstruction -
The Church’s Political Captivity
The COVID-19 pandemic was ruthless on pastors. Every single decision felt like a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation. You got in trouble if you kept your church open, and you got in trouble if you closed it. You got in trouble if you required people to wear masks, and you got in trouble if you didn’t. Every word of our communications had to be carefully crafted to avoid offending others. We worked our butts off creating online services that nobody really cared about or watched.
But even more difficult than this was the social and political tensions we had to address during that chaotic season. Christians became anti-science and conspiratorial. Instead of advocating for justice and caring for minorities, many in the church fought against such efforts. Instead of calling out political nonsense, the church seemed to defend it or support it.
At the start of the pandemic, many pastors were taking a stand on these issues, but in the end, there seemed to be only a few. Too many of them had been crucified by their congregants early on for speaking out. They were walking on eggshells.
I started hearing a very similar testimony among pastors during that time. They each shared that they once made an online post, and their social networks blew up. At first, they were stunned by the comments, but after enough arguments, they decided that talking was pointless. “People never change their minds online,” they’d say. Or “ I don’t want to sow disunity in the church.” Or “Frank and Mary came after me, and they’re the greatest Christians I know! So maybe I shouldn’t speak.” Pastors used these kinds of logic to shut themselves up.
Many Christians have sacred idols they have not yet deconstructed, and it’s because pastors aren’t addressing the golden calf in the room. We all know the unspoken rule: American political issues are so deeply spiritual and important that pastors are not allowed to address them—unless the pastor shares the opinion of the majority of congregants. That is to say, pastors can generally say whatever they want politically, so long as it leans Republican or Conservative.
The room is rigged, and it’s because pastors have spent the last several decades only making certain kinds of political statements, using certain kinds of political buzzwords, and addressing certain kinds of political issues. No one has to ask how the church leans, because these “certain kinds” of things have already made it clear. Pastors and congregants who stray from these views often stay quiet for their own protection, lest they be told that they’re not a Christian.
The church needs help. It is not meant to be defined by what a political party thinks, but by what Jesus thinks. And there is no way that any political party anywhere in the world has captured that.
#AmericanChristianity #ChristianNationalism #churchAndPolitics #churchCulture #churchLeadership #churchUnity #congregationalConflict #ConservativeChristianity #covid19 #evangelicalChurch #faithAndPolitics #followingJesus #pandemicMinistry #partisanChristianity #pastoralCourage #pastors #PoliticalIdolatry #PoliticalPolarization #propheticPreaching #spiritualDeconstruction -
The Church’s Political Captivity
The COVID-19 pandemic was ruthless on pastors. Every single decision felt like a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation. You got in trouble if you kept your church open, and you got in trouble if you closed it. You got in trouble if you required people to wear masks, and you got in trouble if you didn’t. Every word of our communications had to be carefully crafted to avoid offending others. We worked our butts off creating online services that nobody really cared about or watched.
But even more difficult than this was the social and political tensions we had to address during that chaotic season. Christians became anti-science and conspiratorial. Instead of advocating for justice and caring for minorities, many in the church fought against such efforts. Instead of calling out political nonsense, the church seemed to defend it or support it.
At the start of the pandemic, many pastors were taking a stand on these issues, but in the end, there seemed to be only a few. Too many of them had been crucified by their congregants early on for speaking out. They were walking on eggshells.
I started hearing a very similar testimony among pastors during that time. They each shared that they once made an online post, and their social networks blew up. At first, they were stunned by the comments, but after enough arguments, they decided that talking was pointless. “People never change their minds online,” they’d say. Or “ I don’t want to sow disunity in the church.” Or “Frank and Mary came after me, and they’re the greatest Christians I know! So maybe I shouldn’t speak.” Pastors used these kinds of logic to shut themselves up.
Many Christians have sacred idols they have not yet deconstructed, and it’s because pastors aren’t addressing the golden calf in the room. We all know the unspoken rule: American political issues are so deeply spiritual and important that pastors are not allowed to address them—unless the pastor shares the opinion of the majority of congregants. That is to say, pastors can generally say whatever they want politically, so long as it leans Republican or Conservative.
The room is rigged, and it’s because pastors have spent the last several decades only making certain kinds of political statements, using certain kinds of political buzzwords, and addressing certain kinds of political issues. No one has to ask how the church leans, because these “certain kinds” of things have already made it clear. Pastors and congregants who stray from these views often stay quiet for their own protection, lest they be told that they’re not a Christian.
The church needs help. It is not meant to be defined by what a political party thinks, but by what Jesus thinks. And there is no way that any political party anywhere in the world has captured that.
#AmericanChristianity #ChristianNationalism #churchAndPolitics #churchCulture #churchLeadership #churchUnity #congregationalConflict #ConservativeChristianity #covid19 #evangelicalChurch #faithAndPolitics #followingJesus #pandemicMinistry #partisanChristianity #pastoralCourage #pastors #PoliticalIdolatry #PoliticalPolarization #propheticPreaching #spiritualDeconstruction -
The Church’s Political Captivity
The COVID-19 pandemic was ruthless on pastors. Every single decision felt like a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation. You got in trouble if you kept your church open, and you got in trouble if you closed it. You got in trouble if you required people to wear masks, and you got in trouble if you didn’t. Every word of our communications had to be carefully crafted to avoid offending others. We worked our butts off creating online services that nobody really cared about or watched.
But even more difficult than this was the social and political tensions we had to address during that chaotic season. Christians became anti-science and conspiratorial. Instead of advocating for justice and caring for minorities, many in the church fought against such efforts. Instead of calling out political nonsense, the church seemed to defend it or support it.
At the start of the pandemic, many pastors were taking a stand on these issues, but in the end, there seemed to be only a few. Too many of them had been crucified by their congregants early on for speaking out. They were walking on eggshells.
I started hearing a very similar testimony among pastors during that time. They each shared that they once made an online post, and their social networks blew up. At first, they were stunned by the comments, but after enough arguments, they decided that talking was pointless. “People never change their minds online,” they’d say. Or “ I don’t want to sow disunity in the church.” Or “Frank and Mary came after me, and they’re the greatest Christians I know! So maybe I shouldn’t speak.” Pastors used these kinds of logic to shut themselves up.
Many Christians have sacred idols they have not yet deconstructed, and it’s because pastors aren’t addressing the golden calf in the room. We all know the unspoken rule: American political issues are so deeply spiritual and important that pastors are not allowed to address them—unless the pastor shares the opinion of the majority of congregants. That is to say, pastors can generally say whatever they want politically, so long as it leans Republican or Conservative.
The room is rigged, and it’s because pastors have spent the last several decades only making certain kinds of political statements, using certain kinds of political buzzwords, and addressing certain kinds of political issues. No one has to ask how the church leans, because these “certain kinds” of things have already made it clear. Pastors and congregants who stray from these views often stay quiet for their own protection, lest they be told that they’re not a Christian.
The church needs help. It is not meant to be defined by what a political party thinks, but by what Jesus thinks. And there is no way that any political party anywhere in the world has captured that.
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Study out last month - risk of blood clots from a COVID infection are far higher than blood clots from the (first dose of the) AstraZeneca COVID vaccine. After infection w/ COVID-19, risk of a blood clot climbs to 30 times in the first week!
The only COVID vaccine with (comparatively very low) blood clot risk was the *first dose* - only from AstaZeneca.
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Study out last month - risk of blood clots from a COVID infection are far higher than blood clots from the (first dose of the) AstraZeneca COVID vaccine. After infection w/ COVID-19, risk of a blood clot climbs to 30 times in the first week!
The only COVID vaccine with (comparatively very low) blood clot risk was the *first dose* - only from AstaZeneca.
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