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I have been married for 51 years to the most wonderful woman I have ever known. She takes as many precautions as she possibly can to make sure that we can get food and other necessities. She is willing to take a personal risk to protect us both.
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That is exactly what the closers want.
Reasonable safety can be done now. Total safety can never be done, because the virus will be around forever.
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The church was set up to spread the word of God. The transmission of this word is quite similar to the transmission of this virus. Therefore it makes perfect sense that shutting down these large congregations would reduce the spread of the virus.
As for the Lord's word and His will He said that at the end of the age, actually at "Midnight"
Matt 25:6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
It is time to "come out" of that congregation and meet him. You had 2,000 years to get ready.
7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
As for the Lord's word and His will He said that at the end of the age, actually at "Midnight"
Matt 25:6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
It is time to "come out" of that congregation and meet him. You had 2,000 years to get ready.
7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
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It is not the place of government to regulate the church it is counter to the basic principles and rights that we as Americans hold dear. How can we acknowledge the sacrifice that our veterans made and at the same time disregard the things they made possible. Our county is in serious trouble.
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Everybody should read this...
Given the circumstances, one might have assumed that at the very least this President would have shown enough respect for his supporters by demonstrating solidarity in attending Church this morning!
Never let it be said, however, that this President would allow religion and the convictions of his followers to interfere with a Sunday morning round of golf!
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I didn't read the article but I think the heading speaks for itself. Christians violate the
"love your neighbour" commandment in the name of tribalism and a "us and them" mentality all the time; it's our worst feature and is counter gospel.
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It reflects the political opinions of the D.O.C., Sojourners, ELCA, United Church of Christ, Episcopal Church, and similar "mainline" denominations.
If that's the way you lean, then that's the way you lean.
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We all put people in danger every single day. I see no reason to single out the church. Right now someone is working in close proximity to another just to keep your electric on. We can't keep everyone safe at all times.
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Don't mean to be pedantic, but having read what some of the experts have said, they make a point of distinguishing between virus, infection and disease. There is a virus call SARS-NCOV2 - the virus is not called COVID-19, COVID-19 is a disease with symptoms that people develop after being infected with the virus. Some studies suggest many people have had mild case of COVID-19.
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I guess it's like a fast then, if you need it that bad.
God is everywhere, everything else is extraneous.
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Actually it goes by both names.
COVID refers to the physical structure of the virus, and SARS relates to how it affects people.
Probably went with COVID since SARS-1 wasn't taken seriously.
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No, the virus is called SARS-CoV-2 (the name reflecting the relationship with SARS and other coronaviruses), and the disease is called Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), just as @dms1972 said.
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This is typical media. Me staying at home is not loving my regular pew neighbor at church. I am now being reckless with anyone's safety if i go to church now. I am not living in some life-stifling, day-to-day activity crippling way either. My Bible charges me to love my neighbor and it also charges me not to live in the grip of fear. Churches should reopen and people who are inherently at higher risk of the adverse affects of covid should exercise judgement and stay at home. We who are less likely to be profoundly affected should be careful not to be lackadaisical and be cautious about our gathering. These people featured in
Carol Kuruvilla's article are relying more on the news media than anything else for what they should do. I am suspicious that would be true too with respect of how they are forming their world view. I wonder what guides the people.
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I believe God is testing us in so many ways during this time. So rather than use derogatory innuendos for one another, we should take this time to examine ourselves. Afterall, it is our personal relationship that must be nurtured ; the "one on one" with our Lord ,in hiding ,so that the work of the Holy Spirit can be displayed by the fruits which are love,joy,peace,patience,kindness,goodness, faithfulness,gentleness and self control. Our lives should reflect these qualities if we are walking in His Spirit. So please examine yourselves. Be blessed and stay healthy.
Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!" 2 Corinthians 13:5
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