# Omnibus "religious people who think they control the virus" thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 29, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616 "2020-03-29T19:40:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/221 "2020-04-13T19:00:23Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I didn’t intend to sound like that. This is a fallen world and shut happens to good and bad. Just because you’re walking through a barnyard doesn’t mean you can’t alter your path to avoid stepping in the biggest, smelliest piles of dung. It’s the difference between getting shit ON your shoes versus getting shit IN your shoes. Both outcomes involve shit, this is true, but one is very much preferable to the other. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/222 "2020-04-13T19:34:03Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What did the world fall on? And what did it fall off of? > > And why wasn’t there a railing in the first place? It was designed by the same people that designed everything in Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/223 "2020-04-13T21:29:12Z")
[Virginia pastor who defiantly held church service dies of coronavirus](https://nypost.com/2020/04/13/virginia-pastor-who-held-packed-church-service-dies-of-coronavirus/) > [@](#): > > An evangelical pastor died of COVID-19 just weeks after proudly showing off how packed his Virginia church was — and vowing to keep preaching “unless I’m in jail or the hospital.” > > In his last known in-person service on March 22, Bishop Gerald O. Glenn got his congregation at Richmond’s New Deliverance Evangelistic Church to stand to prove how many were there despite warnings against gatherings of more than 10 people. > > “I firmly believe that God is larger than this dreaded virus. You can quote me on that,” he said, repeating it a second time to claps, saying that “people are healed” in his church. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/224 "2020-04-13T22:08:09Z")
God is larger than the virus. So is the piece of dirt stuck on the inside of my toe nail. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/225 "2020-04-13T23:29:28Z")
Personally, I prefer the way that[this congregation](https://www.recordnet.com/news/20200412/mock-flock-packs-pews-in-easter-surprise) reacted. Their Easter service was planned to be a virtual one. As a surprise for the pastor, congregants collected photos and placed facial cutouts of church members throughout the pews, so that he could see his people during the service. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/226 "2020-04-13T23:39:13Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > [Virginia pastor who defiantly held church service dies of coronavirus](https://nypost.com/2020/04/13/virginia-pastor-who-held-packed-church-service-dies-of-coronavirus/) Next article I expect: “Virginia pastor wonders why Heaven is so hot and smells like sulphur.” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/227 "2020-04-14T17:26:35Z")
[A guy in India learns that cloth is mightier than God](https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/04/14/indian-tiktok-star-who-told-people-to-trust-god-over-face-masks-gets-covid-19/). ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/228 "2020-04-14T20:42:32Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > [Virginia pastor who defiantly held church service dies of coronavirus](https://nypost.com/2020/04/13/virginia-pastor-who-held-packed-church-service-dies-of-coronavirus/) And the average intelligence of the human race just went up. Good fucking riddance. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/229 "2020-04-14T21:59:46Z")
God, greeting folks at the Pearly Gates: _“What the fuck were you thinking?”_ ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/230 "2020-04-14T22:34:07Z")
Yeah, the OT sure went through a lot of trouble telling people to socially isolate from people with leprosy. If ol’ Yahweh was around, he would want people to have some common sense. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/231 "2020-04-15T01:01:19Z")
After doing some thinking, I realized I have enough toilet paper, food, etc for a bit, maybe I should watch it vitally this Sunday. I don’t go out much but they all work. I wouldn’t mind dying, cause my sons up their, but I’d rather do it peacefully than suffer. I know she’d probably say I wasn’t having faith, but. Maybe you guys have saved my life, of course there’s no way of knowing that. I apologize for acting holier than thou. Never thought I would do that. I do wish I had some magazines. Vitally should say. virtually ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/232 "2020-04-15T02:21:57Z")
What a load. You have done no thinking whatsoever. And which was it? Did you never think you would act holier than thou (which is pretty much what your whole m.o. has been here, so that’s obviously no accident) or that you never thought you would apologize? Perhaps you should get an onlie subscription to some magazines. You can start with reputable scientific ones. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/233 "2020-04-15T02:32:09Z")
You’re saying I posted a false apology? Why would I? Or that I did it without thinking. Apologizing for acting too holy, and show me evidence thats my m.o. sorry you’re so upset. ---
**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/234 "2020-04-15T03:11:34Z")
It takes a lot to admit to being wrong. Thanks for reconsidering, SuntanLotion. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/235 "2020-04-15T03:44:28Z")
I got carried away. This is a scary thing we’re all going through, and being stuck inside was messing with me. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/236 "2020-04-15T05:12:39Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > My pastors wife says we are to obey the government, we were renting a place, but now we have church at their house. Mostly pastor, his wife, their three children, their daughters two babies and daughters baby daddy. So when I go, there’s s5I’ll less than ten. At a minimum there are eleven heads in this [del]herd[/del] flock counting you. > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > You’re saying I posted a false apology? Why would I? Or that I did it without thinking. Apologizing for acting too holy, and show me evidence thats my m.o. sorry you’re so upset. Oh, yes. I’m saying that you are continuing to flagellate here. Why? For your own sake, not Christ’s. I’m not upset. I’m observant. > [@Esprise\_Me](#): > > It takes a lot to admit to being wrong. Thanks for reconsidering, SuntanLotion. I’m not buying it from her. > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I got carried away. This is a scary thing we’re all going through, and being stuck inside was messing with me. Why should you have been scared of that inside? Weren’t you in the house with the pastor, his wife, and another eight folks (minimum)? You should’ve been protected, right? ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/237 "2020-04-15T07:34:25Z")
I’d be inclined to back off **Suntan Lotion** at this point. I read her post as cabin fever messing with her, which is entirely understandable. Isolation, disruption of normal routines, uncertainty about the future, and fear of a new disease can do that to a person. It’s understandable that she would seek the comfort of her church under such circumstances, and not realize that by gathering in a group to do that she’s essentially playing into the hands of this virus. If she’s considering virtually attending church we should be encouraging that, not attempting to analyze whether her apology might or might not be sincere. It’s not about me or you, it’s about all of us. I want to encourage **Suntan Lotion** to do what’s good for ALL of us. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/238 "2020-04-15T07:42:05Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > My pastors wife says we are to obey the government, we were renting a place, but now we have church at their house. Mostly pastor, his wife, their three children, their daughters two babies and daughters baby daddy. So when I go, there’s s5I’ll less than ten. > [@Monty](#): > > At a minimum there are eleven heads in this [del]herd[/del] flock counting you. Could you go over the math with me? I’m counting: 1. Pastor 2. Mrs. Pastor 3. Mr. & Mrs Pastor’s child A (for the sake of simplicity, let’s designate this child as “Adult daughter with two babies of her own”) 4. Mr. & Mrs Pastor’s child B 5. Mr. & Mrs Pastor’s child C 6. Mr. & Mrs Pastor’s Grandbaby 1 7. Mr. & Mrs Pastor’s Grandbaby 2 8. Mr. & Mrs Pastor’s Grandbaby 1&2 baby daddy 9. **SuntanLotion** I just can’t make that come out to eleven, so TIA. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/239 "2020-04-15T07:50:04Z")
Ah. I missed the bad spelling and lack of punctuation in her posting and thus I counted “their daughters” as two and “two babies” as another two. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-religious-people-who-think-they-control-the-virus-thread/850616/240 "2020-04-15T07:54:37Z")
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