34 year old Hillsong anti-vaxxer dies of covid

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Not celebrating his death, showing how awful it is that be bragged about be willing to die to ??, I don't know, prove conservative politicians right? It's an awful waste of life.

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Opiate of the masses stuff again. Fools.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of people celebrating his death on this board. We’ve got such a great group of people here!

Pointing out hubris is not really celebrating.

He was a fool, and his anti-vax social media posts were helping to fuel the anti-vax sentiment. If he knew the Bible at all, he would've understood that what he was doing was not at all Christ like.

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Anonymous wrote:If there is a heaven, what makes you think this guy was let in, after he behaved so selfishly?

Well thankfully entrance to heaven isn't based on our works, but on salvation by Jesus.

This explains a lot about many Christians.

Seriously, people think this? Adolf hitler could be in heaven as long as he believed in Jesus before he died? How ridiculous.

It's about accepting Jesus as your lord and savior. Not just believing he exists and can work miracles. It's not about death bed confessions hoping you can gain last-minute entrance to heaven. God looks at the heart. He knows if you are sincere or not.

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Believing in heaven but not thinking you will be judged based on your life’s work is so so bizarre to me.

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Anonymous wrote:I think dying is an extreme punishment for stupidity and nonacceptance of science, but yet i'm unable to find sympathy for people who refuse vaccines and then have Bad Things Happen.

And doubly so when they use their celebrity (even if you've personally never heard of them, they are known in evangelical Christian circles) and social media presence to boost the message of their ignorance to dumb and easily led people all over the world.

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Anonymous wrote:Believing in heaven but not thinking you will be judged based on your life’s work is so so bizarre to me.

Heaven in Christianity and heaven in popular culture are quite different things.

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t god save him?

A storm descends on a small town, and the downpour soon turns into a flood. As the waters rise, the local preacher kneels in prayer on the church porch, surrounded by water. By and by, one of the townsfolk comes up the street in a canoe.

"Better get in, Preacher. The waters are rising fast."

"No," says the preacher. "I have faith in the Lord. He will save me."

Still the waters rise. Now the preacher is up on the balcony, wringing his hands in supplication, when another guy zips up in a motorboat.

"Come on, Preacher. We need to get you out of here. The levee's gonna break any minute."

Once again, the preacher is unmoved. "I shall remain. The Lord will see me through."

After a while the levee breaks, and the flood rushes over the church until only the steeple remains above water. The preacher is up there, clinging to the cross, when a helicopter descends out of the clouds, and a state trooper calls down to him through a megaphone.

"Grab the ladder, Preacher. This is your last chance."

Once again, the preacher insists the Lord will deliver him.

And, predictably, he drowns.

A pious man, the preacher goes to heaven. After a while he gets an interview with God, and he asks the Almighty, "Lord, I had unwavering faith in you. Why didn't you deliver me from that flood?"

God shakes his head. "What did you want from me? I sent you two boats and a helicopter."

I’m Catholic. Our pastor uses this tale in his homily at least once a year.

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Anonymous wrote:Evangelical Christian, Trumper member of Hillsong blasts vaccines, has tweeted about the power of prayer over medical care... dies of covid and pneumonia complications. Just 34 years old.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-harmon-hillsong-member-who-tweeted-about-having-99-problems-but-a-vax-aint-one-dies-of-covid

Sorry, but stupid is as stupid does. I'm not knocking religion, but absolutely knocking the anti-sciece idiots who cower behind the facade of religion to propagate stupidity. Go get vaccainted, people of faith.

His Twitter is a treasure trove of stupid... https://twitter.com/stephenharmon

Immediately under that article is this:

“ Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) thought he and his wife were “naturally immunized” after contracting COVID-19 in January 2020. But the Republican congressman, who has been advocating for people to get vaccinated, now says he and his wife are battling second infections and that “this episode is far more challenging” than the first.”

Which concerns me as someone who coparents with an XH who had Covid in summer 2020 and declines the vaccine “so others who really need it can get it”. He really thinks he’s being altruistic and every dose he turns down is going into the arm of some poor person who is at high risk. We’re both liberal, FWIW.

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Anonymous wrote:Evangelical Christian, Trumper member of Hillsong blasts vaccines, has tweeted about the power of prayer over medical care... dies of covid and pneumonia complications. Just 34 years old.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-harmon-hillsong-member-who-tweeted-about-having-99-problems-but-a-vax-aint-one-dies-of-covid

Sorry, but stupid is as stupid does. I'm not knocking religion, but absolutely knocking the anti-sciece idiots who cower behind the facade of religion to propagate stupidity. Go get vaccainted, people of faith.

His Twitter is a treasure trove of stupid... https://twitter.com/stephenharmon

Looks like a pretty strong statement that shows your true feelings about religion.

No, no it doesn’t, and it’s real weird that you read “anti-science idiots who cower behind the facade of religion to propagate stupidity” and said to yourself, “yes, that is my religion.”

I don’t think vaccination breaks down lines of religion so much as it does down the lines of politics.

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I'm a Christian and am 100% for the COVID vaccine. It's not in the Bible but I like to live by the idea that God helps those who help themselves.