At least Jesus didn’t wear shitty suits and bow ties, you gotta give it to the dude.
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Update on my mandatory vax or get fired situation as a fully remote healthcare IT worker. I turned in my resignation this week after 15 years. They were completely shocked and had no back up plan for my departure. Apparently I'm the only one in a department of almost 100 who didn't comply.
And the stove is on high
Biden’s Vax Mandate To Be Enforced By Fining Companies $70,000 To $700,000?
That is interesting. The word on the street is that there are a lot of young people either outright converting to Orthodoxy or at least giving it serious study. I think "growing" might be the wrong word; any new influx is in these denominations, but it's nothing like the early 20th century in the United States, you're right.
As for the bit about smaller churches closing, I agree. The pastor of the Byzantine Catholic parish I'm attending told me as much. He said he saw a distinct drop-off recently and he chalked it up to the casual congregants just deciding not to do it anymore, that it was too much of a hassle. That being said, the rector of the Roman Catholic order who offers the Latin Mass I also attend told me that he's seen a distinct influx of young people and families at that particular liturgy.
Then there are the loony Protestants, some of which who have not had a live service at all since last year. Think about that. Those are the ones that should close, but for some reason don't.
Not to turn this away from the secular, per Rip's request, but I'll say this. If you needed a reason to believe that the devil was real and was working and scoring victories, you don't need to read the testimony of exorcists. What you need to see is that everything that he would want and works for has happened over the past, say 100 years, particularly with regard to the influence of the Church. It's all becoming more diffuse and of the world in exactly the way all the seers and visionaries have warned.
That also being said, religious politics, if you want to chalk it up to just people being stupid and power hungry and weak of character, is extremely fascinating. I've been reading quite a bit about Vatican II, it's roots, and what it meant for not just the faithful of the Roman Church, but for how it interacts with the entire world. Like if you thought Republicans versus Democrats was intense, you haven't seen anything.
She is out of her damned mind. A delusional fool. Maybe the old adage of you have to hit bottom before you can pick yourself up is really true.
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Friend sent me this. https://dcricollab.dcri.duke.edu/sit...s-08-06-21.pdf Cant seem to find many places talking about this, and/or more than the slides at this time.
Some quick research shows that Ivermectin can be acquired in Brazil easily. And there is no exclusion criteria for ivermectin. Also, why is being vaccinated exclusion criteria? If you're in the hospital with covid, and are vaccinated, i don't understand why that would be exclusionary from their study.