RE: Church is not essential
May 22, 2020 at 4:53 pm
(This post was last modified: May 22, 2020 at 4:57 pm by HappySkeptic.)
I go to a church regularly. It now has virtual services and a virtual coffee hour. It works quite well.
It doesn't make sense for them to re-open. Many church members are at high-risk of death from COVID. Singing in church or talking in coffee-hour are extremely high-risk activities.
You could ban all singing, have people wear masks, and cancel the coffee-hour. If the church is Christian (mine isn't) and does communion, they could have individual cups. That would probably make is reasonably safe. But it would be a worse experience than the virtual service and coffee-hour we have now.
Trump demanding churches be open is political demagoguery. The Republicans have been trying to brand themselves as the Christian Party, and the Democrats as the "Muslim and Atheist Party". Obviously any Democratic governor that doesn't want churches to open must "hate Christians".
My opinion is that any church that opens, without major restrictions on what goes on in the services, should be held criminally libel if they kill their members.
It doesn't make sense for them to re-open. Many church members are at high-risk of death from COVID. Singing in church or talking in coffee-hour are extremely high-risk activities.
You could ban all singing, have people wear masks, and cancel the coffee-hour. If the church is Christian (mine isn't) and does communion, they could have individual cups. That would probably make is reasonably safe. But it would be a worse experience than the virtual service and coffee-hour we have now.
Trump demanding churches be open is political demagoguery. The Republicans have been trying to brand themselves as the Christian Party, and the Democrats as the "Muslim and Atheist Party". Obviously any Democratic governor that doesn't want churches to open must "hate Christians".
My opinion is that any church that opens, without major restrictions on what goes on in the services, should be held criminally libel if they kill their members.
