Comments on Profile Post by Deep Funk

Yeaaaaaaah about that: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/03/27/2087354/iatf-allows-limited-church-rites-lent


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We have a raft of Churches asking to be allowed unconstrained gatherings over Easter. I suppose since Evolution doesn't exist there's no risk of natural selection either...

India. We have this huge thing called Kumbh Mela. It is like a pop-up *city!*

No, nobody noticed that it might not be such a good idea to do this during the covid era.

In Judaism, preventing anything that endangers human life by even the slightest degree takes precedence over almost everything else. Only a very small number of prohibitions take precedence over preventing any danger to human life. The most minimal list is: the prohibitions against idolatry, murder, and incest.

Here in first amendment and libertarian America, the government has not had much success trying to legally limit religious services/assemblies. That said most religious and their leadership have done the right thing on their own, though the few exceptions get all the press.

@Claritas Tell that to the Orthodox groups in New York who held massive gatherings and rallies.

@Merrick I was able to influence only a few amongst those Orthodox sects in America and in Israel, who would otherwise have joined in their communities' desecration of God's name.

The unfortunate reality of things is that many use religion and God as a means to affirm their own ideals and invigorate their biases. "Pastors" that demand tithes while claiming COVID was punishment for humanity's gross excess are at the front of my mind and frankly, it's disgusting.

@Claritas I’m Jewish too, and I wasn’t trying to imply I’m holding you responsible for that behavior. I could have worded my response better.