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“O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave,
O’er the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave?”

The “Free” are unvaccinated and the “Brave” are vaccinated.

We all belong and are to rely on our differences to unite us because that’s the only way this Nation has ever functioned.
How do you know its not the vaccinated ones who are Free- because they are free of ridicule, disease, shame, coercion, bribes threats, name-calling, free from the invasiveness, and the demanding nature and pressure etc. Most of all free from God as they have put themselves in MAN'S hands. And the unvaccinated are the brave for not being vaccinated, brave against the virus, brave against the ridicule and against the government. You must be brave not to get it because they won't leave you alone. You must be brave to resist the bribes and the threats and be brave to face the virus head on and possibly die. THAT IS BRAVE. There is nothing brave about caving in to the fear of a manmade virus made with God knows what to do God knows what. Be brave and resist the devil and he will flee from you. I think you have them mixed up.
 
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How do you know its not the vaccinated ones who are Free- because they are free of ridicule, disease, shame, coercion, bribes threats, name-calling, free from the invasiveness, and the demanding nature and pressure etc. Most of all free from God as they have put themselves in MAN'S hands. And the unvaccinated are the brave for not being vaccinated, brave against the virus, brave against the ridicule and against the government. You must be brave not to get it because they won't leave you alone. You must be brave to resist the bribes and the threats and be brave to face the virus head on and possibly die. THAT IS BRAVE. There is nothing brave about caving in to the fear of a manmade virus made with God knows what to do God knows what. Be brave and resist the devil and he will flee from you. I think you have them mixed up.
That’s a good valid case you made for claiming to be the “brave”.
I don’t think it makes any difference, though.
Be the courageous one. Whoop-dee-do!

It’s not that people are fearful of the new science technology, no! It’s that they’re courageous enough to take whatever Mother Nature dishes out!

I’m a coward, I’ll take my shots and wear my masks.

And being a functional atheist, (the “Deist” is a workaround), this life is all the life that I expect to have, I don’t have the “comfort” of knowing that none of this matters because I’ve got a heavenly abode awaiting.

Fare thee well.
 
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That’s a good valid case you made for claiming to be the “brave”.
I don’t think it makes any difference, though.
Be the courageous one. Whoop-dee-do!

It’s not that people are fearful of the new science technology, no! It’s that they’re courageous enough to take whatever Mother Nature dishes out!

I’m a coward, I’ll take my shots and wear my masks.

And being a functional atheist, (the “Deist” is a workaround), this life is all the life that I expect to have, I don’t have the “comfort” of knowing that none of this matters because I’ve got a heavenly abode awaiting.

Fare thee well.
I don't think many of us feel we have a heavenly abode awaiting because it doesn't work like that. Just because someone is a Christian is not a sure ticket into heaven. Being an Atheist has no impact on the fact that hell is real. Just as we showed up here against our will, we will show up there. As a spirit you probably didnt believe in earth but here you are!
The Bible makes mention of in the latter days " your young men will have visions and old men will dream dreams regarding things above and below" and that seems to be happening now. One person was sent with the message that mankind is falling into hell at the alarming ratio of 30: 30,000 with Jesus crying saying He tried to prevent this but no one is repenting. Now in hell they are all repenting saying they didn't know but its too late. Once you die no one can help you. What if its true? What happened to better safe than sorry? Why would you turn away a blessing? People get it so twisted about who Jesus was and is. He didn't come here to make us rich or put us down or judge us ( yet). He did not come here for what happens in your life- He came here for what happens to you in death. Thats it. Being a man of science, needing proof, CERN has proven there is a spirit world. There are other dimensions and they wouldn't be expanding the Large Hadron Collider from 16 miles long to 40 miles long unless they had a reason. They have secrets and have seen things that shocked them. Still they press on. Would they be doing this if they had no results? And why did you get the shot without proof of what is in it? Did you take your shot and take it down and get it tested independently? Or did you take man's word for it because its what they told you and you believed them? That isn't very scientific because we have no historical data of long term effects and have no way of knowing what the MRNA is actually replicating. We don't even know whats in it! I contacted a Biochemist and a Pharmaceutical doctor with these questions and they both responded " No one knows". Yet you don't believe hell is real. We have more proof of hell than the vaccine!! Please humor me and watch this. Let me know your thoughts please.
 
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Also this in the news... Plants being built to cover demand for future viruses. mRNA tech which Moderna has been developing for roughly 11 years sees the future of that vaccine in treating other respiratory viruses to come and targeting specific cancers. So fellow monkeys, this has been a good test run.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/10/cov...da-agree-on-building-manufacturing-plant.html

Take note of the 360% stock increase over the last year

So before you break ties with the unvaccinated, consider who this divisive behaviour serves
But first we can ask the 620,000 Americans that have …… oh, wait …. They’re dead.
 
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How do you know its not the vaccinated ones who are Free- because they are free of ridicule, disease, shame, coercion, bribes threats, name-calling, free from the invasiveness, and the demanding nature and pressure etc. Most of all free from God as they have put themselves in MAN'S hands. And the unvaccinated are the brave for not being vaccinated, brave against the virus, brave against the ridicule and against the government. You must be brave not to get it because they won't leave you alone. You must be brave to resist the bribes and the threats and be brave to face the virus head on and possibly die. THAT IS BRAVE. There is nothing brave about caving in to the fear of a manmade virus made with God knows what to do God knows what. Be brave and resist the devil and he will flee from you. I think you have them mixed up.

All this bluster to convince... who, exactly?... that you're "brave" -- but I'll bet anything that you still wear your seatbelt and look both ways before you cross the street.
 
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I don't think many of us feel we have a heavenly abode awaiting because it doesn't work like that. Just because someone is a Christian is not a sure ticket into heaven. Being an Atheist has no impact on the fact that hell is real. Just as we showed up here against our will, we will show up there. As a spirit you probably didnt believe in earth but here you are!
The Bible makes mention of in the latter days " your young men will have visions and old men will dream dreams regarding things above and below" and that seems to be happening now. One person was sent with the message that mankind is falling into hell at the alarming ratio of 30: 30,000 with Jesus crying saying He tried to prevent this but no one is repenting. Now in hell they are all repenting saying they didn't know but its too late. Once you die no one can help you. What if its true? What happened to better safe than sorry? Why would you turn away a blessing? People get it so twisted about who Jesus was and is. He didn't come here to make us rich or put us down or judge us ( yet). He did not come here for what happens in your life- He came here for what happens to you in death. Thats it. Being a man of science, needing proof, CERN has proven there is a spirit world. There are other dimensions and they wouldn't be expanding the Large Hadron Collider from 16 miles long to 40 miles long unless they had a reason. They have secrets and have seen things that shocked them. Still they press on. Would they be doing this if they had no results? And why did you get the shot without proof of what is in it? Did you take your shot and take it down and get it tested independently? Or did you take man's word for it because its what they told you and you believed them? That isn't very scientific because we have no historical data of long term effects and have no way of knowing what the MRNA is actually replicating. We don't even know whats in it! I contacted a Biochemist and a Pharmaceutical doctor with these questions and they both responded " No one knows". Yet you don't believe hell is real. We have more proof of hell than the vaccine!! Please humor me and watch this. Let me know your thoughts please.
Hilarious.
Thank you for the laugh.
 
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I know a woman from the gym who wants to join our bunco group. She told me that she is healthy and would never ever get the vaccine (followed by all sorts of conspiracy theories and other outright fallacies).

I did not know her well (nor did I know her vaccine aversion) but although I had told her I'd let her know when our bunco group was meeting, I decided that I could not expose my friends to that risk. We are almost all senior citizens, some even in their 80's. I know that some have been very reluctant to go out and are much more careful than I am. (In ten minutes I am leaving to play in the monthly beer and hymns band in the brewery, and although I am vaccinated and will be masked, I think that gives me some "courage" credentials.)

Fortunately I have not run into her again yet, but I have decided I just have to tell her that many of the group are seniors who are medically vulnerable due to their age and we would love to have her if she gets vaccinated. (She won't.)

TBT I will also be a little bit more cautious around her (we are both swimmers and water aerobics devotees...)
 
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I know a woman from the gym who wants to join our bunco group. She told me that she is healthy and would never ever get the vaccine (followed by all sorts of conspiracy theories and other outright fallacies).

I did not know her well (nor did I know her vaccine aversion) but although I had told her I'd let her know when our bunco group was meeting, I decided that I could not expose my friends to that risk. We are almost all senior citizens, some even in their 80's. I know that some have been very reluctant to go out and are much more careful than I am. (In ten minutes I am leaving to play in the monthly beer and hymns band in the brewery, and although I am vaccinated and will be masked, I think that gives me some "courage" credentials.)

Fortunately I have not run into her again yet, but I have decided I just have to tell her that many of the group are seniors who are medically vulnerable due to their age and we would love to have her if she gets vaccinated. (She won't.)

TBT I will also be a little bit more cautious around her (we are both swimmers and water aerobics devotees...)

THis is more so what I mean when it comes to my topic. I think my headline was a bit hyperbolic. My mom does game night with 3 other ladies, turns out, ONE of those ladies isn't getting vaccinated..so she told the host she won't attend because of the unvaxxed.

It's out of safety, really, but I would imagine some take it personally. As a breach of friendship.
 
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I know a woman from the gym who wants to join our bunco group. She told me that she is healthy and would never ever get the vaccine (followed by all sorts of conspiracy theories and other outright fallacies).

I did not know her well (nor did I know her vaccine aversion) but although I had told her I'd let her know when our bunco group was meeting, I decided that I could not expose my friends to that risk. We are almost all senior citizens, some even in their 80's. I know that some have been very reluctant to go out and are much more careful than I am. (In ten minutes I am leaving to play in the monthly beer and hymns band in the brewery, and although I am vaccinated and will be masked, I think that gives me some "courage" credentials.)

Fortunately I have not run into her again yet, but I have decided I just have to tell her that many of the group are seniors who are medically vulnerable due to their age and we would love to have her if she gets vaccinated. (She won't.)

TBT I will also be a little bit more cautious around her (we are both swimmers and water aerobics devotees...)

In exile, the poor thing will end up writing THE LONELINESS OF THE UNVAXXED BUNCO PLAYER, an unexpected Covid smash hit. She will follow it with THE LONELINESS OF THE UNVAXXED SWIMMER. As royalties pour in, her LONELINESS OF THE UNVAXXED series will go on to break literary sales records.

Unexpected blessings and all that.
 
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I prefer someone to show their hand than hide their intentions. Demonstrations of nastiness, fanaticism, and illogical deductions informs me who I'm dealing with. I make the necessary adjustments to keep it bay.

This isn't about vaccines, politics, etc. You don't act like that unless something's amiss. This is the 'trigger' that brought it forth. But it was already there. They're prone to factions. I don't build bonds with people like that. They're loose canons.

This is preseason Survivor. Don't let them get to you. Keep your head and play your game. :)

~bella
You are so right and I have a hard time discerning because I am an Empath so I struggle with reading their comments and feeling their negative emotions so...ugh! I'm working on it! Oh you mean the Precursor to the mark? Yes I know. Are you feeling the Great falling away right now? It breaks my heart because I was on fire for Jesus one day like He was right here and the next day He felt a million miles away and has stayed that way. About 2 months.
 
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All this bluster to convince... who, exactly?... that you're "brave" -- but I'll bet anything that you still wear your seatbelt and look both ways before you cross the street.[/QUOTE ]Since when does being brave equal having common sense? Wearing a seatbelt and crossing the road do not entail injecting myself with MRNA which is directly linked to DNA when it's unnecessary. Anyone who thinks it doesn't alter their DNA is in for a rude awakening.
 
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"Anyone who thinks it doesn't alter their DNA is in for a rude awakening."

That's not how it works. Without reverse transcriptase (which is found in viruses like HIV, but not in vaccines) RNA doesn't alter DNA.
 
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"Anyone who thinks it doesn't alter their DNA is in for a rude awakening."

That's not how it works. Without reverse transcriptase (which is found in viruses like HIV, but not in vaccines) RNA doesn't alter DNA.
June 21st 2021 they found this. But polymerases were thought to only work in one direction DNA into DNA or RNA. This prevents RNA messages from being rewritten back into the master recipe book of genomic DNA. Now, Thomas Jefferson University researchers provide the first evidence that RNA segments can be written back into DNA, which potentially challenges the central dogma in biology and could have wide implications affecting many fields of biology.

With that in mind, who has taken their vaccine and had it independently tested to learn what exactly is in the vaccine and do we know what we know because it is what they told us? I do not believe them anymore and half of the vaccine might be for Covid but what about the other half,? Democrats are known for presenting something at face value and then hiding a bunch of other stuff inside it and hoping no one notices. Like the Patriot Act, Obamacare, The Biden budget, Hunter Biden.
 
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Now, Thomas Jefferson University researchers provide the first evidence that RNA segments can be written back into DNA, which potentially challenges the central dogma in biology and could have wide implications affecting many fields of biology.

Citation please? And nothing less than a primary peer-reviewed journal article will be considered credible.

As to the rest, I'm not in America and not interested in American political speculation in the face of a global pandemic. This is just not about Republicans, Democrats, or American political concerns.
 
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You are so right and I have a hard time discerning because I am an Empath so I struggle with reading their comments and feeling their negative emotions so...ugh! I'm working on it!

Some topics aren't edifying. They elicit arguments and barbs. You have to determine if its worth wading into those waters. Is that how you want to spend your time? Some people love debate or controversial subjects. That's their shtick.

There's a difference between sharing an opinion and being invested. I won't spend 20 pages arguing anything. I share a thought. If you like it fine if not okay. I choose my subjects carefully. The topics I'm invested in are happy or things people associate with joy and pleasure. The discussions are generally positive.

Oh you mean the Precursor to the mark? Yes I know. Are you feeling the Great falling away right now? It breaks my heart because I was on fire for Jesus one day like He was right here and the next day He felt a million miles away and has stayed that way. About 2 months.

I wasn't referring to that. This is a difficult period. But I don't speculate. Only God knows. Everyone else is guessing. I focus on the task He's given me. Paul sums it up perfectly:

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. —2 Timothy 4:7

That's what I have to answer for. I don't worry about the rest. :)

~bella
 
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Oh I won't have to. It will be obvious. More than obvious. Oh well. It is what it is. People have such a nasty attitude anymore towards anyone else who isn't like them..The first response is sarcastic insult and I am a genuinely caring person. It hurts my feelings and it is undeserved. What gives people the need to be so rude and condescending to another person who is just trying to make heads or tails out of something that DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. When things don't make sense you have to question it all. Does it look like a worldwide conspiracy? Yes. Does that seem totally crazy and bizarre? Yes. Can we trust the media and government? No. Is the vaccine safe, effective and offering an immune response? No. Have they created a vaccine offering technology that eradicates disease like the ones for Smallpox and MMR? No. They did but then yanked it. Are they blowing it all out of proportion? Yes greatly!
Ok, less than a year to go, is the dropping like flyers going to be a gradual thing or will it start at two years on the dot?
 
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Ok, less than a year to go, is the dropping like flyers going to be a gradual thing or will it start at two years on the dot?
I can't wait.
 
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I met a woman on my block who leads the American Legion Auxiluary. She asked me to visit a meeting at her house. She told me her husband died from the COVID vaccine and she would never take the vaccine. I stayed for the meeting and she still sends me emails.
I just thought I don't need this. I am active in a number of volunteer organizations, and while I would like to help veterans and am grateful for the benefits my husband has received, I knew it wasn't for me.
On the other hand I am friendly with a priest who was in a serious accident and gets blood clots. He was advised not to get vaccinated and is very careful. I feel comfortable with him.
 
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Ok, less than a year to go, is the dropping like flyers going to be a gradual thing or will it start at two years on the dot?
it will be after 2 years, and it has already started. We have had 3 times the deaths in the 16-30 demographic than last year which at only halfway through the year will put that demographic at 6 times the deaths from last year. They are most likely not all vaccine related but at 6 times the deaths with the only difference between this year and last is that they werent vaccinated then, it plays a big role in it.
 
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