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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    I'm not sure what this is an answer to. They aren't always the same. Not acting to protect those persecuted is to engage in a remote moral evil. No one thinks it's morally neutral to not save someone when you have the opportunity. Likewise, it isn't morally neutral to refuse a safe and...
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    The action of what?
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    No one is asking you to proclaim anyone as Lord. Again, no one is asking for your blind obedience. All of the information about the vaccines are publicly available. Do you have a valid reason for not wanting to get vaccinated? If so, what is that valid reason? Blindly rejecting the vaccine...
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    You're incorrect in both cases. The vaccines do prevent people from contracting the virus. That's one of the main features of the COVID vaccines (or any vaccine). Now, it doesn't make you 100% immune to COVID. No vaccine offers that sort of protection. The fact is that the vast majority of new...
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    Unless you're an anarchist, this doesn’t really make any sense. What facts are you referring to? Here are some facts: "Studies show that vaccines reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 by more than 80%, but the Delta variant is creating fresh uncertainty." "Experts say the number of unvaccinated...
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    If it becomes law and you submit to getting the vaccine, then you wouldn't be getting a religious exemption. That's what this whole thread was about. You can oppose a mandate for political reasons, but that has little to do with the legitimacy of religious exemptions.
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    However, you don't seek exemption from a law. If there were to be a vaccine mandate, would you get vaccinated? Both are deliberate acts. Access to the vaccine is readily available and free. Both the act of accepting and rejecting are deliberate when one is offered something freely. It would be...
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    Absolutely. Hence why mandates are having to be discussed.
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    I mean that certain regions of the country have more cases of vaccine hesitancy. Access really isn't an issue anymore.
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    You could be correct. I think the major issue is regional disparities.
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    Right. The issue is that your standard of “morally tainted” appears to be entirely arbitrary and, frankly, too broad. Some of your tax money goes to research and development that uses fetal cells. Do the same Catholics who want religious exemptions for vaccination also want religious exemptions...
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    There are various reasons for why selling organs is illegal. One of those reasons is for the protection of one's own body. Can you imagine the number of impoverished and homeless people who would sell their own organs if they were given the opportunity? Vaccine mandates aren't just for...
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    How about a law mandating vaccines? The government restricts you from doing all sorts of things with your own body. You can't sell your organs, for example. You also can't walk around in public while naked. Do you have religious objections to these laws? And there are limits to this. You can't...
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    To quote the original article: I sincerely doubt that a Catholic seeking a religious exemption for vaccination would be able to demonstrate consistency on this matter. To remove oneself from "remote moral evils" in some instances but not in others would be inconsistent and, likely, result in a...
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    "Studies show that vaccines reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 by more than 80%, but the Delta variant is creating fresh uncertainty." You're simply incorrect. The vaccine emphatically does help to stop the spread of the virus. Yes, you can still get infected even with the vaccine. That's not...
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    You need not be concerned. The Pfizer vaccine does not use fetal cells for production and distribution.
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    This would need to be the case in order for it to be a religious exemption. Then you would have political objections, not religious ones.
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    A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates

    I thought this was an interesting guest essay published by The New York Times. I have provided some relevant excerpts (emphasis mine) for those who don’t have a subscription. A Christian’s Case Against Exemptions to Vaccine Mandates By Curtis Chang Sept. 6, 2021
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    There was a battle between Trump and "globalist deep state swamp monsters" ?

    It's the belief that Donald Trump was at odds with/undermined by the established politicians and other government agents. You see, Donald Trump portrayed himself as an "America First" president. This was in contrast to the "globalist elites" who had held power for so many decades. They weren't...
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    Forget about climate change, loss of soil and insects will doom us first.

    I wasn't aware that atheists also had doomsday prophecies.
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