Conversions from Covid-19

[Pat Mustard]

This whole Coronavirus is really making people sad and scared.

I wonder if during this time of fear, worry and anxiety, people might turn to Christianity in droves.

As in, they might dust off their bible and search for answers in it. Maybe they will cry out to God their father and beg Jesus to save them from the plague...

I hope that is the case..

What do you think? will people flock to Christ in this time of doubt?

Like with the trenches of the Western Front, I wouldn't be surprised if this latest scare causes more de-conversions than conversions (and likely the conversions will be intra-faith ones anyway, along the lines of going from one brand of Southern baptist to another).

Nothing shows the futility of religious belief like an ongoing disaster. Because if god were so powerful, why didn't he stop the death and suffering?