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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Wed Jun 2, 2021, 07:04 AM Jun 2021

Anti-Vax COVID-19 Conspiracy Theorist Rick Wiles Hospitalized With COVID-19

When a board member of the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York died of the virus in March 2020, Wiles proclaimed that it was God’s judgment.

“There is a plague underway,” Wiles said. “There is a death angel across the world, and your only safety is in Christ.”

When an outbreak occurred at a synagogue in Israel in the same month, Wiles was quick to assert that it was a punishment from God.

“God is spreading it in your synagogues!” Wiles bellowed. “You are under judgment because you oppose his son, Jesus Christ. That is why you have a plague in your synagogues.”

As the virus spread throughout 2020, Wiles used his nightly “TruNews” broadcast to likewise spread countless conspiracy theories about it. And when vaccines became available in 2021, Wiles declared them to be part of an Antichrist plot to carry out a global genocide.

“I am not going to be vaccinated,” Wiles said in May 2021. “I’m going to be one of the survivors. I’m going to survive the genocide. … The only good thing that will come out of this is a lot of stupid people will be killed off,” Wiles added. “If the vaccine wipes out a lot of stupid people, well, we’ll have a better world. I’m going to survive. I’m going to survive by God’s grace; by his will, I’m going to survive the genocide.”

[link:https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/anti-vax-covid-19-conspiracy-theorist-rick-wiles-hospitalized-with-covid-19/|]
Emphasis mine

Urban areas infested with the virus: "God is smiting sodomites!"
People from other religions in a virus hotspot: "God is judging fake religions!"
His far right cray cray TeeVee flooded with the virus: "God is challenging us because we are the worthy chosen ones!"

Seeing as all of this is a hoax? A genocide against the stupid? God just smiting everyone everywhere apart for the bible belt of cray cray? If all of these things are true why did he go to hospital… surely if God is just testing them then shouldn’t he have just prayed the virus away? Heh.

Anyway apparently he is going to OK. How much do you want to bet he is going to get the vaccine now? Valley of death and all that!


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Anti-Vax COVID-19 Conspiracy Theorist Rick Wiles Hospitalized With COVID-19 (Original Post) Soph0571 Jun 2021 OP
Post removed Post removed Jun 2021 #1
Whether he lives or dies, they'll have amazing theories tavernier Jun 2021 #2
He won't believe the doctors when they tell him he has COVID-19. Ilsa Jun 2021 #3
"I'm a super-spreader!" struggle4progress Jun 2021 #4

Response to Soph0571 (Original post)

tavernier

(12,322 posts)
2. Whether he lives or dies, they'll have amazing theories
Wed Jun 2, 2021, 07:27 AM
Jun 2021

and excuses. They all live in fantasyland. What they don’t understand is that they are the ones who turn generations of people away from Christ and all that he stood for.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
3. He won't believe the doctors when they tell him he has COVID-19.
Wed Jun 2, 2021, 07:33 AM
Jun 2021

He'd rather accuse them of being gay or Jewish.

struggle4progress

(118,041 posts)
4. "I'm a super-spreader!"
Wed Jun 2, 2021, 09:55 AM
Jun 2021
Wiles has Coronavirus and so do many members of his church

... this week, TruNews, in a post to its official Gab account, noted that there was a COVID-19 outbreak at Wiles’ church and asked for prayers.

“Flowing Streams is experiencing a sudden cluster of flu and Covid among some employees and their relatives. Rick Wiles made the decision tonight to close the offices and studios until a TBA date next week,” the Gab post explained. “Our team needs to tend to sick family members. Please pray for your TruNews team” ...


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