Pastor Fired for Promoting COVID Vaccine on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe'

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/pastor-daniel-darling-fired-for-promoting-covid-vaccine-on-morning-joe?ref=home


Pastor Fired for Promoting COVID Vaccine on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’
UNGODLY
Rachel Olding
Breaking News Editor
Published Aug. 28, 2021 11:58AM ET
MSNBC

An evangelical pastor and senior VP for a non-profit called National Religious Broadcasters was fired on Friday for promoting COVID vaccines on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. When Daniel Darling appeared on the show on Aug. 2, he said his faith motivated him to get vaccinated. “I believe in this vaccine because I don’t want to see anyone else die of COVID,” he said. “Our family has lost too many close friends and relatives to COVID, including an uncle, a beloved church member and our piano teacher.” But National Religious Broadcasters, a 1,100-member organization of Christian communicators, told Darling his statements violated their policy of remaining neutral about COVID vaccines, Religion News Service reports. He was told he could sign a statement admitting he had been insubordinate, and admit that his pro-vaccine statements were wrong, or be fired. He chose the latter.

[duhneece]

1. God bless this Pastor

The fact he quit says he’s a good man.

[DanieRains]

2. As A Partial Critical Thinker He Does Not Belong There Anyway

When you think about it.

Trying to save lives is so Anti-Evangelical.

Everything is all up to God so just pray, and pray, and pray.

Then you should pray some more.

When you are done praying, pray some more for good measure.

Then you should probably pray some more just in case.

If you get sick and die, it's simply God's will, and you just didn't pray enough.

When this is how your mind works, life is simple.

Then they stick the hose down your throat.

[3Hotdogs]

12. You almost got it right.... pray and pray and pray. And every day you wake up alive,

you thank Jesus by sending your tithing right to this address....

3 Hotdogs
666 Holier Than Thou Lane
Jumpin Jesus Texas, 69696

[Lonestarblue]

16. Maybe someone could tell evangelicals that the vaccines are a miracle from Jesus.

He has already answered their prayers, but they refuse to listen. For them, the reason we got the vaccines so quickly was divine intervention. For the rest of us, it’s decades of scientific research on rMNA and genomes plus companies like Pfizer immediately jumping on to vaccine development the instant China released the genetic sequence of Covid-19.

[padah513]

3. Now that's a man of God

Most of them that claim to have read the Bible don't even know that Luke was a physician

[catrose]

4. Fired without severance, because they're Christian

[overleft]

5. There is a good reason people are leaving the churches in droves. IGNORANCE!!!!

This man cares about his flock but this organization cares more about their politics.

[Clash City Rocker]

13. The problem is that evil Evangelicals get all the media attention

Because they make for good stories. Most Christians are not Evangelicals and don’t subscribe to this thought process. But it’s easier to paint us all with the same brush, just as it’s easier to ascribe one evil action by a Muslim or an African Americans to all of them.

[Roy Rolling]

6. Why?

Why is this church tax exempt? Where in the Bible does it say to fire the preacher for disobeying Jesus on vaccinations?

Nowhere, that’s why it isn’t a Christian church and a political cult in a church building.

The old saying goes “just because I stand inside a garage, it doesn’t make me an automobile”.

[Deb]

7. The vaccine is a gift from God, a true miracle.

In many ways Mr Darling has been given a second chance. imho

[Roy Rolling]

8. Sure...

That’s what (insert the all-powerful deity or force you wish) God says. But they’ve abandoned God to worship the Antichrist 45ii. They won’t accept a gift from God, they have 45ii and the congregation of MAGAts. That’s the food that fuels their anger and prevents them from getting vaccinated.

The “power in numbers” is often stupidity or evil.

[Deb]

17. exactly

[KY_EnviroGuy]

9. Damn shame they don't have a policy of remaining neutral about politics.

If they did, it's possible thousands of COVID cases and deaths would have been prevented.

Time to revisit a classic....



KY

[keithbvadu2]

14. 1+ evangelicals reversing Jesus' policies

[BootinUp]

10. Preacher just cost them a lot of mammon

That’s why

[CountMyVote4Reality]

11. Crazy is crazy 😷🙏😟

And yet I am ready to sign them up for Covid vaccinations. How do I begin?

[lindysalsagal]

15. That's what you get for making a living off fake invisible gods.

Gonna have to do some honest work, now.