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The COVID Vaccine and Christian Unity

God can feed His people with manna any time He wants - but the fact is, we all buy our food at the supermarket. Doesn't imply a lack of faith.

Not at all. Presumably you eat food grown by farmers and sold by shopkeepers who don't necessarily believe in God, and use a computer that was made by someone who doesn't necessarily believe in God. Why is a vaccine any different? Come to think of it, why do you assume that all scientists and...

Not the same thing at all. You are referring to vaccines that contain actual (weakened) virus, which may be contaminated with proteins from the cells it was grown in. In this case there is NO virus in the vaccine. The DNA is sequenced, then the mRNA or protein for the actual vaccine is assembled...

There's no dichotomy here. God gave us brains, and a commission to "subdue the earth" - which is what we are doing when we fight disease. I will definitely be getting the COVID vaccine, and when I do I will thank God for it and for the people who created it.

I have done. And as your quote states, the cells in question were used in the development of the vaccine (for growing the virus so that its DNA could be sequenced). They're not in the actual vaccine. And those same cells are used widely in scientific research, not just in vaccine development...

You're forgetting some very important facts: 1) It takes 2-3 weeks for the vaccine to take effect (that's how long the body needs to make an antibody response). 2) When someone catches Covid-19, it's generally about 2 weeks before they're ill enough to be admitted to hospital and then anything...

Like virtually everyone else I know, I can't wait to get the vaccine. Debunked: Several claims about Covid-19 in a video featuring Dolores Cahill are false or misleading

Even if the vaccine only prevents serious illness, it's still worth having.

If rights are abused, they may rightly be withdrawn. (I'm not American, so I don't have a "right" to bear arms anyway. And the sky hasn't fallen in on us)

Your definition of 'vaccine' is far too narrow to be practical. There are plenty of successful vaccines that do not contain (and aren't even made from) the organism responsible for the disease they protect against: tetanus, diphtheria, hepatitis B, for example. Our immune system only needs one...

Well yes, such a scenario is possible - but if you apply the same "what if" logic to all areas of your life, you'll never get out of bed in the morning. In my area health care workers are already receiving the vaccine, so (although this is not yet proven) are unlikely to pass it on. And all...

And how do you know that this website is authoritative? There is no actual fetal tissue in any vaccine that I am aware of (and I am a doctor). Cells descended from a foetus aborted several decades ago are used in many research procedures (including vaccine development) but that is not the same...

This shouldn't be accepted uncritically. The data doesn't warrant the conclusion. Concerns about a paper on HPV vaccination and pregnancy rates And the paper in question has since been retracted! https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15287394.2018.1477640

Jesus told this parable in a very specific context. He was talking to Pharisees, who were absolutely convinced that they themselves were "righteous" and didn't need to repent, and He was explaining why He spent so much time with the "sinners" whom they considered to be beyond hope. You mustn't...

Where does this idea come from that a vaccine can make anyone infertile? There is no method known to science of making someone permanently infertile simply by giving them an injection. If there were, sterilisation operations would be unnecessary.

The dishonest manager was being dishonest - but he did the wrong thing for the right reason, if you see what I mean. He was looking ahead to his (bleak) future and taking steps to ensure his wellbeing, by making friends who would then feel obliged to help him. Jesus' point is: we are all heading...

Ask someone who is likely to know - a family member or someone you knew well at the time. Or think back to which church you were attending at the time, because they will keep records. It's normal practice to give people some kind of certificate when they are baptised, but they're easy to lose...

I could have added that there's a big difference between fighting against sin, and embracing it. Most Christians have at least one 'besetting sin' that they are constantly struggling with. But if you are a child of God, He will forgive you every time you ask for forgiveness.

I'm not sure what you mean by "the info". It's not difficult to get hold of a modern translation of the Bible - or you can read almost any version you want online at Bible Gateway.