Beyond the Kool Aid?

From The Zellman Partisans.

“A Baptist pastor with whom I am acquainted sent an email to church members detailing protocols for reopening. He admonished members to trust and obey his and the leadership team’s decisions. He based protocols on the ‘wisdom’ of local political officials, upon whom he ‘leaned’ along with the word, prayer, and ‘discernment and discretion to lead G-d’s church each step of the way’. He removed 100 chairs from the church auditorium to enforce ‘social distancing’. Considering this church is typically packed out, members arrive early to save seats and even rows for habitually tardy family members and friends, where will they sit? Coffee is no longer available in the Coffee House. Why? Does Red China’s Virus contaminate the boiling hot water? More likely, Church leaders cannot trust adults to obey County edicts limiting human gatherings to ten or less. Apparently, ‘science’ has determined if 10 people or less congregate, they are safe but add one more, and they all die. A ‘Welcome Team’ will be at the entry door, armed with clipboards, taking down names of attendees. Why is that, so the church will know whom to contact if someone later tests positive? Who does the contact tracing, the Church or government officials? The pastor did not say. Forget nursery and Sunday school classes. Canceled.”

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