A Methodist friend that often respectfully challenges my perspective posted this:
I want freedom. Freedom to go on vacations, freedom to eat out. Freedom to conduct my business in person. I wanted freedom when I was a 5 year old too. Suck it up people. Wear a mask for a few months. Get the vaccine & we can have freedom.
Here is my reply(hopefully seen as a respectful challenge also):
Once again my friend, a respectful challenge.
This year I have taken my family on multiple trips, Florida, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee South Carolina. If we haven’t contracted the virus, we haven’t spread the virus. If everyone wearing a mask means they work, but one person not wearing a mask means they don’t work how does that make sense? Of course, a legitimate answer is none of them work fully. Therefore, at best your just minimizing the spread.
The pandemic of 1918 was a strain of H1N1 that we also saw in 2009. Before that we had the H1N2 in pigs. Corona viruses have been around for centuries, the 1918 Pandemic effected 1/3 of the world’s population. This pandemic should only have been considered perhaps a pandemic for the first few weeks on its initial sweep. The Obama/Biden admin did very little to effect the H1N1 and we came through it fine. If we get to 300,000 deaths in America it’s still less than a percent of a percent.
So, since we are going to bring the Bible into this and use it to allow some to feel a right(probably a responsibility) to tell others how they have to behave I have to question what faith is all about. As I believe you know, I’m proclaiming to be an independent Christian. A former Presbyterian,Baptist and most recently Methodist have lead me to see that denominational organizations are based in flawed biblical perspective. I feel a church should be governed by its congregation, not by a governing body that could be halfway around the world. I also have come to believe that all denominational churches have been formed as the result of a person or a group of people breaking off of another churches doctrine. In the case of Methodism, John Wesley was very clear no church was to be formed based upon Methodism. It was to be a group functioning within the Church of England. ??????? so, as a result members of denominational churches are already acknowledging or accepting a group thought based in following a governing body that may prevent independent, individual interpretation from the Holy Spirit.
Based on the fact their are conflicting perspectives from experts in their fields. It really should be a good opportunity for Christians to show that we rely on the Holy Spirit. I often use the example that if I see one wearing a mask I will avoid them whenever possible, if I see one without a mask I still have changed my behavior by talking to the side of peoples faces. In both cases I hope I’m being lead by the Holy Spirit on how to behave. If I’m walking down the road and feel lead to get on the other side of the road that’s the Holy Spirit protecting me or another. If I continue on my path, I failed to listen to or hear the will of the Holy Spirit. Either case, I know the Holy Spirit will communicate to me to be safe and it becomes my responsibility to seek to listen and obey.
In the end, I hope you would give me a good well deserved thump on the ear if I ever said “Everyone get those masks off and quit being a bunch of wimp less sheep” as some do. In your case, I hope you will just take this as food for thought. You are a Methodist so you are part of a system with a governing body that sets the agenda for all of its members to follow. That was not said to be a demonizing or insulting statement, just a forming perspective. As always, your perspective would be appreciated for the purpose of growth as I’m trying to learn also.
I’ve been really busy so I haven’t finished saving my posts in the format I want them in before closing the Facebook account. I’m sure some of your friends wish I would hurry up.?
It's a long one but a good one.
This is from a friend.
Every American needs to read this! This is critical information!
I am in shock right now by so many of you celebrating as if Biden has won. It makes me sad that you are so extremely uneducated in American law. But it’s not just Dems....Republicans are flipping out as well. Guys! Learn our LAW.
I just got off the phone with my cousin, Brett Farley. (many of you know him) Brett has a Masters in Government and a PHD in Political Theory. He was also in leadership of 2 presidential campaigns and was recruited by the Trump campaign in 2016 to help lead the primary operation. This isn’t something I am copying and pasting or sharing. This is ? factual.
?1st...the winner of the President is not official until the electoral college meets and casts their votes. Until that happens, it is not final....regardless of what the MEDIA tells you. Every single one of you on fb are getting your info from the media. Think that through! The electoral college can’t decide anything because there are lawsuits and the court proceedings must take place first.
?2nd....Court proceedings are GUARANTEED to happen in Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia and Pennsylvania, and possibly Nevada and Arizona. But as of now they are GUARANTEED to happen in those 4 states. The SCOTUS won’t allow any litigation to proceed beyond inauguration because that would be a constitutional crisis. So they’ll make quick decisions. This is not a conspiracy theory or something to fact check. BTW....fact check is being sued as well. This is FACTS.
?3rd....The Supreme Court is already reviewing the ballots in Pennsylvania so we know AT LEAST Pennsylvania will be handled by the Supreme Court. (thank God for Amy Coney Barrett and p.s....Trump knew this was coming & is why he pushed so hard to get her confirmed before the election, and also why the Dems pushed so hard to NOT have her confirmed)
With the facts stated above, there has been no president elected. Also, after Trump gets finished exposing and retaking the election, he will then deal with the media. The media will never be the same when he is finished. This isn’t about Republicans or Democrats. This is about the single worst fraudulent election in the history of our great nation and for that to not terrify every single one of you is beyond me!!! It has corrupted our entire voting system. It has already been proven that there was fraud. Again...this is factual.
This isn’t about being a sore loser. The Republicans dealt with Obama for 8 years. We may not have been happy, (just like many weren’t in 2016) but it was FAIR and done correctly through our voting system. If you are serious about how the system works then this is how it works!
I am also not sharing this to be “high and mighty” or “always right” or not “compassionate”, which are things I’ve been called in the last few weeks on social media. I am sharing this because I DO have the facts and this IS how our legal system works.
Now....I can also guarantee (with almost 99% certainty) that when Trump does succeed we will have a civil war. The Democrats started the Civil War in 1861. Again, that is factual....not an opinion as far as who started it. It is simply my personal OPINION about this country having another civil war when all this goes down. Cities will burn and our country will never be the same. The media and Biden will come out and say “Trump is a horrible man”, “Trump couldn’t stand to lose” etc etc and just as you have already been blindsided and brainwashed, you will again jump to rioting and burning down cities. It is terrifying to think I may have to remove my American Flag, religious figures and conservative signs from the outside of my home and vehicle just to make sure I am not attacked, robbed or vandalized. These things WILL happen. It’s a disgrace. However, it won’t happen for long! Trump will send out the National Guard and it will stop.
AGAIN....this is not my opinion or false information.
Many of you know the strong political and military ties my family has. Many of you know the million dollar price issued on Steven Farley’s head when he was sent by President Bush to help the Iraq government build their system back the American way. They succeeded in killing him. My point in adding that in is to possibly get many of you to understand that this is all factual information. (you can google “Steven Farley Iraq” and all of his story comes up. This is my immediate family. Again....not something I am just theorizing.
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