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Conversions from Covid-19
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RE: Conversions from Covid-19
March 21, 2020 at 10:21 am
(March 21, 2020 at 9:36 am)brewer Wrote:
(March 21, 2020 at 12:24 am)Posting4Jesus24 Wrote: 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?

You want fear to be their basis for belief?

That's very fucked up, but then, fear has always been a part of any theist belief.
Fear is what kept the goat herders in line back when the Babble was being lied about written.
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RE: Conversions from Covid-19
March 21, 2020 at 10:22 am
Or maybe Christians invent a new god because of the crisis, just like Jews invented Jesus after the temple in Jerusalem fell.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Conversions from Covid-19
March 21, 2020 at 10:23 am
(March 21, 2020 at 12:24 am)Posting4Jesus24 Wrote: 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?

What do I think? I think it may result in fence-sitters either deepening their convictions or letting go of the idea of an omniscient God. It's a comfort to some in a time of crisis to trust in God to take care of you. 

I can't say I hope people do or don't, as it's not my business. I do hope that everyone finds comfort in whatever way they can.
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RE: Conversions from Covid-19
March 21, 2020 at 10:44 am
(March 21, 2020 at 10:22 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Or maybe Christians invent a new god because of the crisis, just like Jews invented Jesus after the temple in Jerusalem fell.
They can do any damn thing they want to with an imaginary friend, so why not?
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RE: Conversions from Covid-19
March 21, 2020 at 10:48 am
Only the weak.
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RE: Conversions from Covid-19
March 21, 2020 at 10:55 am (This post was last modified: March 21, 2020 at 11:08 am by Mr Greene.)
If you look at the Iranian outbreak it began in Qom and spread amongst pilgrims.
Italy is also well known for religious sites, it may be that the religious may the worst hit.
Far from pulling numbers up the virus might literally be religion's death knell.

6 priests die and 20 hospitalised in Bergamo

60 Nuns positive for Covid 19 in two convents

Churches unlikely to survive Covid 19
Quote:I don't understand why you'd come to a discussion forum, and then proceed to reap from visibility any voice that disagrees with you. If you're going to do that, why not just sit in front of a mirror and pat yourself on the back continuously?
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RE: Conversions from Covid-19
March 21, 2020 at 12:52 pm (This post was last modified: March 21, 2020 at 1:00 pm by Nay_Sayer.)
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RE: Conversions from Covid-19
March 21, 2020 at 2:05 pm
I had a preacher tell me that he could prove God was watching out for me. He got permission to go on a ride. Came back in a body bag. Proof of a kind.
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RE: Conversions from Covid-19
March 21, 2020 at 4:55 pm
(March 21, 2020 at 10:22 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Or maybe Christians invent a new god because of the crisis, just like Jews invented Jesus after the temple in Jerusalem fell.

Big Pharma-cists? Hilarious
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Conversions from Covid-19
March 21, 2020 at 5:53 pm
Why would you hope that? Hope for something more useful.
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