I realized when I spent time around Born Agains that the first thing they did after becoming born again was make up a list of all the people they knew who weren't as good as them.
I don't dispute what you say, but I went many several summers (it's only a week -- they can cycle more kids through that way) as I was raised in that. It was the most fun I had all summer, but my family was too poor to take vacations, so camp was my vacation.
They get told so much at church about how heaven is so much better than this life, that they don't mind if they get the virus and die. Because of the indoctrination, I don't think they realize how selfish that sounds. If they do think about those left behind or other responsibilities they'd be leaving they just shrug and assume God will take care of their loved ones so it'll be all right.
If you think you personally don't have a risk (God will protect me) and if you do get it they think God will heal them and if not, well they're going to a better place, so that's better, really, then of course they're going to be careless about precautions, especially when you add in a heaping dose of political propaganda designed to ensure they do just that (be careless).
It's sad, and the super ironic thing is if they get the disease (or even die) after talking about how God will protect them, they rationalize it as God's will because he wanted to teach them something or use them as an example to "reach" (convert) others or at least teach something to others. Only thing is the message "God" is "sending" isn't what they expect but what they're rejecting. And if you use their religion against them and "prove" from the Bible that they're rejecting God or that it's God's will they be vaccinated (which is fairly easy to do if you do cherry picking and use the other low standards of argument than they commonly use) then they get angry.
I'm torn, to be honest. I'll probably risk it as my son is in special education and needs the support and extra educational services of special ed. Plus, as of last I heard, the district isn't even giving the option of remote learning unless a positive test or quarantining, though that may change.
Wasn't that the gist of the response of a lot of Republicans to the fact that they didn't find evidence of the Chinese having into Hillary's server?
In retrospect, the bit in the brochure where it said, 'Come to camp this summer and meet Jesus!' should have been taken as a warning.
That rings a vague bell!
…but they’re gonna pray and it’s all going to be fine, right?
Can't recommend it strongly enough! No shingles is good shingles.
I realized when I spent time around Born Agains that the first thing they did after becoming born again was make up a list of all the people they knew who weren't as good as them.
In some cases, we're putting a lot of work on "assume".
And "human".
I hated it. One year at Father Kane Camp (Catholic) and two at Boy Scouts, and I could have lived without a lot of it.
Just ignore the devout pastors who preached that faith and prayer will protect you from COVID-19, and then contracted it, and in some cases died.
"How else are they going to learn about how to have bad sex without birth control and end up pregnant and hateful for the rest of their lives?" FTFY
(Now we all have to go listen to some Rilo Kiley, I think.)Sorry, this is the only one of theirs I know.https://www.youtube.com/wat...
Please, God, call them home.
Anyone who would send a child for indoctrination at a Xtian summer camp does not love that child. Or Jesus.
I don't dispute what you say, but I went many several summers (it's only a week -- they can cycle more kids through that way) as I was raised in that. It was the most fun I had all summer, but my family was too poor to take vacations, so camp was my vacation.
They get told so much at church about how heaven is so much better than this life, that they don't mind if they get the virus and die. Because of the indoctrination, I don't think they realize how selfish that sounds. If they do think about those left behind or other responsibilities they'd be leaving they just shrug and assume God will take care of their loved ones so it'll be all right.
If you think you personally don't have a risk (God will protect me) and if you do get it they think God will heal them and if not, well they're going to a better place, so that's better, really, then of course they're going to be careless about precautions, especially when you add in a heaping dose of political propaganda designed to ensure they do just that (be careless).
It's sad, and the super ironic thing is if they get the disease (or even die) after talking about how God will protect them, they rationalize it as God's will because he wanted to teach them something or use them as an example to "reach" (convert) others or at least teach something to others. Only thing is the message "God" is "sending" isn't what they expect but what they're rejecting. And if you use their religion against them and "prove" from the Bible that they're rejecting God or that it's God's will they be vaccinated (which is fairly easy to do if you do cherry picking and use the other low standards of argument than they commonly use) then they get angry.
I'm torn, to be honest. I'll probably risk it as my son is in special education and needs the support and extra educational services of special ed. Plus, as of last I heard, the district isn't even giving the option of remote learning unless a positive test or quarantining, though that may change.