Marcus Lamb, founder of the Daystar Christian TV network, dies of COVID-19

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Marcus Lamb, founder of the large Christian network Daystar, died Tuesday after contracting the coronavirus. Lamb’s network during the pandemic has made the virus a huge focus, calling it a satanic attack that should not be treated with vaccines. He was 64 years old.

Daystar is the second-largest Christian network in the world, according to [#1 Christian network] CBN News, a competitor, reaching 2 billion people worldwide. Its brand is a fluid, modern, charismatic faith, more about general good-vs-evil, miraculous healings and religious freedom than any specific denominational theology.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that this is a spiritual attack from the enemy," Lamb’s son, Jonathan, said on the network earlier this month about his father’s covid-19 bout, Relevantmagazine reported Tuesday.

“We were trying to treat the covid and pneumonia with the different protocols we use, including the ones we talk about on Daystar." [his wife said - she survived her own bout of COVID-19]

[with respect to those "different protocols"]

The network has hosted a series of videos and podcasts, including by [wife] Joni, speaking out against flu vaccines, HPV vaccines and others, and featured interviews with anti-vaccine advocates including Robert Kennedy Jr. and Simone Gold, who's a member of the controversial group America's Frontline Doctors.

The Lambs have also touted the use of unapproved treatments for COVID-19, including ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Institutes of Health have repeatedly warned against using these medications to treat COVID-19.
 

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how compassionate

I'd have a lot more compassion for him if his foolishness didn't impact anybody else, but he and his organization preached those fatal lies to millions of people. We're better off without his voice.
 
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The consequences of doing one's own "research"....... Unfortunately, his passing will not change the behavior of many of the followers of whatever he promoted as "gospel".
 
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I feel compassion for anyone who dies or gets seriously ill from this disease. I also am really disappointed at Christianity being so attached to the spread of misinformation.
 
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I feel compassion for anyone who dies or gets seriously ill from this disease. I also am really disappointed at Christianity being so attached to the spread of misinformation.

Agreed. Believing something obviously false is bad. Teaching something obviously false is worse. Teaching something obviously false in the name of God is dreadful. God Bless You :)
 
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Agreed. Believing something obviously false is bad. Teaching something obviously false is worse. Teaching something obviously false in the name of God is dreadful. God Bless You :)

Matthew 18:6
 
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"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." John 13

Dont see a clause - if they think and behave like you think they should, love them.
 
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Dont see a clause - if they think and behave like you think they should, love them.

And they didn't think or behave like they should, and died of COVID as a result.
 
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"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." John 13

Dont see a clause - if they think and behave like you think they should, love them.
Do you love Pol Pot?
 
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Would you be compassionate to a fella with no mental health issues who snuck into the lion enclosure when he was repeatedly told he might die if he did so because he was convinced he was being lied to?
 
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Would you be compassionate to a fella with no mental health issues who snuck into the lion enclosure when he was repeatedly told he might die if he did so because he was convinced he was being lied to?
More to the point, what if he also persuaded many others to join him there?

James 3:1: Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
 
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"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." John 13

Dont see a clause - if they think and behave like you think they should, love them.
Jesus may have loved all, but he did call out many people for some very biting criticism and dismissal - according to the Bible.
 
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"A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." John 13

Dont see a clause - if they think and behave like you think they should, love them.

I'm sure everyone here is very sad to see Mr Lamb dying from covid and is heartbroken for his family. It is a tragic event.

However the underlying issue is that Mr Lamb was publicly spreading lies about the Covid Vaccine, a lie which may have cost him his life and may have cost many of his viewers their lives. How many other heartbroken families will there be who's loved one died because they listened to the lies Mr Lamb was spreading? That is the greatest tragedy of all.

Speaking the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15). Love people by speaking truth. God Bless :)
 
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Would you be compassionate to a fella with no mental health issues who snuck into the lion enclosure when he was repeatedly told he might die if he did so because he was convinced he was being lied to?

Jesus said "Don't cast your pearls before swine, and don't give what is holy to dogs".

Compassion is going to be wasted on some people, and we'ld all be better off spending our limited resources more fruitfully, where it will do more good in the world (Luke 16).
 
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He had diabetes and was clearly vulnerable. Are we rejoicing over deaths now?
He was even more foolish in that case. I pity his poor decision-making and those that followed his example.
 
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