Text from my evangelical sister just now.

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Buckeye_Democrat (4,937 posts)
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Text from my evangelical sister just now.

She wants me to watch a video by someone named Sid Roth titled “How to stop Coronavirus in its tracks.”

Yep, a quick Google search showed he’s a religious nut with a TV show about supernatural encounters with God.

Not watching it. Giving her my typical “thanks” reply when she does this crap.

I am NOT going to attack her for this nonsense. I’ve done it in the past, and she has never become more reasonable. She IS nice, trying to help people in need, so at least she has redeeming qualities.

My oldest brother claims she was ALWAYS gullible, easily believing in Santa Claus and all kinds of supernatural ideas long after I was calling it BS as a preschooler.

the google search I did only showed one hit and it's to the DUmmies page. However- after a bit of looking I found this, from March 10th...

"Call on the Lord in the day of trouble,
And He will deliver you"
 - Psalm 50 15

eh... watched a bit of it. Not really my thing, but mostly he says put your faith in God and pray.

no wonder the DUmpmonkiez hate it.

Jirel (398 posts)

1. Be not quite as nice.

I get it. She is family. She is nice.

But being gullible about COVID-19 is dangerous, and trying to get others to drink that kool-aid is deadly. We can’t afford to stay quiet. If she believes nonsense because she is gullible, she can believe truth because she is gullible. You owe her - and a lot more people she may cause to get infected, the discomfort of truth.

Buckeye_Democrat (4,937 posts)

6.

I have already shared numerous facts about the virus.

I was giving her that information earlier than every local news station, and long before this supposed “shutdown” in Ohio, because I’ve been tracking the international news about it for awhile.

And I’ve followed up with other information as it became available.

Her children have done the same, including one of her daughters who is the operating manager of a nearby hospital. (Only one my sister’s kids seemed to get her “mystical thinking” gene, assuming there’s actually some kind of genetic aspect to it, and it’s not that daughter.)

The daughter who works at the hospital made me chuckle when she was a little girl. My sister took her to one of her faith-healing churches, and encouraged her to have her toothache healed by the minister. (I was a young teen who was somehow trapped into attending with them, but I can’t recall how it happened. Maybe my parents left me with her for whatever reason.) Anyway, my young niece replied to the minister that her toothache “still hurt the same” after the supposed healing took place. She was the only person in the church who wasn’t supposedly “healed” after they walked up and went through the rituals. He eventually said something about how it should feel better later, and my niece silently returned to the pew next to us.

what a ****twat.

Buckeye_Democrat (4,937 posts)

9. My sister always seemed especially fearful about death.

She asserts that she’s NOT afraid now, since she’ll have an eternal after-life, but she’s still been the most upset at family funerals and such.

All of us weeped when our parents passed away, but she cried the most during the actual services. And it seemed to linger with her longer, with her still trying to assure herself years later that our parents had “truly accepted Jesus” before they passed away. (It’s something she has asked the other siblings periodically.)

Thank you for the link!

what an asswipe.

Buckeye_Democrat (4,937 posts)

11. Lol, no problem.

I’m happier when I accept evidence and try to not make the universe bend to MY will.

I still think right-wingers have a greater tendency to believe what they WANT to believe, if it makes them feel better about themselves.

They often WANT to believe their country (USA) always has benevolent intentions, or whatever.

And if something isn’t true, then just claim there was “good intentions” that didn’t work out. Nobody’s perfect, after all, and it’s the SUPPOSED intention that matters.

I’m sure my sister would view the Ohio woman who was interviewed by CNN, after attending a public church service while “covered in Jesus blood”, as someone with good intentions too.

By the way, I was relieved that woman wasn’t my sister! (I heard about the interview before I saw it.) It was extremely improbable it would be my sister, of course, but I was still somewhat relieved. Lol. I also learned that my sister is NOT attending her church during this shutdown. At least her particular pastor chose to switch to all-online services. If not, I’m not confident that my sister would’ve resisted going to church services.

 

elocs (21,413 posts)

5. This reminds me of the story about the guy on top of his house roof in a flood,

ignoring warnings and help because he claimed that God would help him.
He winds up in heaven and God says, "What are you doing here???"
The guy said, "I trusted that you would save me".
God said, "I sent you a warning, a boat, and a helicopter. What else do you want already???"

These people are like snake handlers. Even in the context of Christianity, their god expects them to have common sense and not deliberately put themselves in harm's way and expect their god to save them.

 

[SVPete]

Is this something like a DU template? Find and ridicule an obscure pastor of a small church or with an obscure radio/TV show without knowing (s)he is obscure and often not even describing what he said?

[BadCat]

Yes.  They've been using it for years. A severe lack of imagination is a common trait among them.

[DLR Pyro]

elocs (21,413 posts)

5. This reminds me of the story about the guy on top of his house roof in a flood,

ignoring warnings and help because he claimed that God would help him.
He winds up in heaven and God says, "What are you doing here???"
The guy said, "I trusted that you would save me".
God said, "I sent you a warning, a boat, and a helicopter. What else do you want already???"

cool story bro.  You just make it up?

[SVPete]

elocs (21,413 posts)

5. This reminds me of the story about the guy on top of his house roof in a flood,

ignoring warnings and help because he claimed that God would help him.
He winds up in heaven and God says, "What are you doing here???"
The guy said, "I trusted that you would save me".
God said, "I sent you a warning, a boat, and a helicopter. What else do you want already???"

cool story bro.  You just make it up?

It's a parable that's been around for years/decades. That said, here's the celestial scenario DU-folk are setting up:

DU-member dies of Covid-19 and asks God, "Why didn't you help?!"

God replies, "I sent you hydroxychloroquine and Remdesivir. Why did you refuse those treatments? Because you hate Donald Trump so much you refused anything he recommended?"

[67 Rover]

cool story bro.  You just make it up?


It's a parable that's been around for years/decades. That said, here's the celestial scenario DU-folk are setting up:

DU-member dies of Covid-19 and asks God, "Why didn't you help?!"

God replies, "I sent you hydroxychloroquine and Remdesivir. Why did you refuse those treatments? Because you hate Donald Trump so much you refused anything he recommended?"

H5