Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Faith Based Fubar

News reports indicate a Louisiana pastor called his flock together to show disdain for the political opinions of the covid-19 virus.

"The virus, we believe, is politically motivated," Tony Spell said. "We hold our religious rights dear and we are going to assemble no matter what someone says."

Undeniably these dunderheads deserve what they get. The problem is many of them have children who may also become ill and even die. Those kids are innocent. They didn’t choose to have stupid, self-destructive parents. And what about their elderly relatives? And what about all the other people with whom they will have contact, including strangers.?  Those innocents don’t deserve to face the consequences of the actions of the asinine.

I cannot help but be reminded of The Battle of Ḥaṭṭīn, (July 4, 1187) In which Saladin won such a great victory against Crusaders that he ultimately went on to recapture most of the Holy Land.  The Crusaders acted with incredible military incompetence, largely because they were confident that the shard of the True Cross which they carried with them would guarantee victory no matter how bad their military decisions. They were wrong.

But I must admit I admire that pastor for discerning the true motives of the virus. Clearly it is a democratic virus. Clearly it is a liberal virus. No doubt it drinks lattes, eats avocado toast, and wants to take away everyone’s guns.  Under the microscope it’s probably millions of tiny clones of Hillary Clinton.

As the Scriptures ought to say, none are so dumb as those who will not think.

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