Covid mask and vaccination mandates aren't Christian persecution
Are mask mandates a form of Christian persecution? Thats the argument a California man is making after his two teens were sent home for violating their high schools mask policy.
The Bible says were made in the image of God and Satan tries to cover that up. A mask is a sign of oppression, Gary Nelson told NBC News. And then it gets worse. He claimed that Muslims and Jews would have been accommodated but that the school administrators feel safe persecuting Christians.
These claims are laughable. Nothing in the Bible says you cant wear masks. And you dont see anti-masker Christians arguing against wearing clothing or hats or sunglasses. When these conservative Christians start mandating nudity, then they might have a claim about not covering up what God has created.
The Nelson family isnt alone in making this absurd claim. A Catholic school in Lansing, Michigan, has sued the state over its mask mandate and claimed that because God created us in His image, we are masking that image. Last year, a Republican legislator in Ohio refused to wear a mask, arguing in a Facebook post that the U.S. was founded on Judeo-Christian Principles that include we are all created in the image and likeness of God.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/covid-mask-vaccination-mandates-aren-t-christian-persecution-ncna1278067
MiHale
(9,593 posts)Should be sub-titled Black lives really do matter
Freaking hypocrites
Irish_Dem
(45,642 posts)fwvinson
(488 posts)and, it could be pretty soon.
lees1975
(3,726 posts)Both Paul and Peter write about obedience to the civil government being equated with obedience to God. Paul talks about putting the interests of others ahead of your own, and mask wearing would certainly fit with that principle. Wearing a mask is a good work, and Jesus himself says to let your light so shine before men that they may see your "good works" and glorify your Father in heaven.
And then there's this in Proverbs 15,
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)We can put a mask on the crucifixes to set an example.