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The rightwing Christian preachers in deep denial over Covid-19's danger
A number of American religious leaders have endangered their flock by holding services – and by claiming the virus can be defeated by faith in God
www.theguardian.com
A number of American religious leaders have endangered their flock by holding services – and by claiming the virus can be defeated by faith in God
Last Sunday in Tampa, Florida, the Pentecostal pastor and conspiracy theorist Rodney Howard-Browne conducted two services for full houses at his River church
The closely packed audience spent hours together taking in hymns and Howard-Browne’s extended sermon, even as the state implemented quarantine for New Yorkers, and projections estimated that Florida’s coronavirus death toll would rise into the thousands.
But Howard-Browne is just one of the most prominent religious leaders on the Christian right who are endangering their flocks and the rest of America by claiming the virus is a hoax, or that it can only be defeated by supernatural means, rather than solid healthcare policy.
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Faith in God & $1.25 could get you a NYC subway ticket. When I lived there a token was only 15 cents. It may have gone up since the last time I took it. I'm pretty sure it didn't go down.