It’s God’s will!
How come no mention yet of the super-spreader event in India by Tablighi Jamaat people? A bunch of Muslim worshippers and missionaries - ignoring common sense and repeated requests from authorities - gathered for worship in their thousands, and after that helpfully traveled all over India, creating a wave of coronavirus hotspots wherever they went.
He changed his mind shortly thereafter, helped no doubt by the baton-wielding Delhi police, and quarantined himself for 14 days. Meanwhile his followers spat on, beat up, and reportedly exposed themselves to the doctors and nurses trying to test them in Delhi hospitals.
Meanwhile other Muslim prayer leaders had their own words of wisdom to offer the masses. One said not to use hand sanitizers because they contained alcohol which is haram (prohibited) in Islam, and instead wipe their hands with their spit because spit contains “Allah’s angels who will finish off the corona.” I kid you not :eek:
So this is the Islamic version of the woman expounding on being covered in the blood of Jesus, and hence safe from the virus.
Or maybe he’s punishing you for killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis for no reason. Probably not, as god is just a storybook character, but I wonder if that has occurred to anyone who claims the universe was created by an all-powerful being who takes an interest in politics and hates to see people going without hats.
If there was a god of Science, she’d be rubbing her hands and saying “Hah, hah, bring me more morons.”
And thanks for helping to disprove American exceptionalism in the area of stupidity.
I detect a slight whiff of Indian Islamophobia here, so just to note that religious/nationalist nutjobs on the subcontinent are not limited to just one particular religion and offering just plain bad information is not limited to just one world leader.
SuntanLotion is spreading her horseshit in the Quarantine Zone, which is kind of ironic, I guess.
Just in case you were wondering what manure STL is spreading over in the QZ, here you go:
That’s some MLS (Major League Stupid) right there.
It Doesn’t say that in revelation? No one will ever have a cashless society? That’s Not the patent number? Smh
No, that’s not what Revelation says, and 666 is definitely not the patent number. And, FTR, before cash was invented society was cashless.
You’re shaking your head? Yeah, right.
And there were no Hindu religious zealots who also spread the disease?
Or were they just not vilified in the Hindu nationalist press? Everybody loves a scapegoat.
Last time I checked, the Revelation of John said (roughly cuz I’m not looking it up right now.) ‘And every one had to take the Mark Of The Beast on their head or hand if they wished to buy or sell’
It doesn’t say a thing about ‘and they shall buy and sell without coin or barter’. The condition could be met in a society that still used cash. Even some conservative Christians agree with me on that. Such is the case in the film Judgement (With Corbin Bernsen and Mr T) you buy with paper currency in that film’s society. But without a ‘loyalty mark’ nobody will do business with you.
Personally, (and I’m open for debate on this one) I don’t think we’ll ever move to a strictly digital cashless society. A world without cash would be a return to barter.
I’m more confident in stating that Gates has not patented a vaccine. So no, that’s not the number.
Yep, not a thing about HOW buying or selling is accomplished. Not a thing about a cashless society.
Especially since it’s a reference to having Torah tied to your hands in forehead, per Deuteronomy 6:6-8. The idea is that such indicates devotion to the ideology of the Beast. In other words, only the followers of the Beast will be able to buy and sell anything.
This is apocalyptic literature. Nothing is literal. It’s all references to the Old Testament and what existed of the New Testament (mostly images of Jesus as the Son of God, the Lamb, etc.)
He was picturing something not all that uncommon, where those who were on the outs with the official religion couldn’t buy and sell. Not predicting some future tech that would let you sell things. Remember–this had to be something John thought would happen soon.
Just out of curiosity, and I don’t mean this snarkily: have you personally ever read the Bible?
Yes. You realize the technology is there, store scanners? Oh, sorry about the patent number, I had it upside down, those were 9s and 5s. Off to sleep
The technology to tattoo a mark on people and say that only those with the mark can do business has been around since before recorded history. Again, John the Revelator doesn’t say a thing about a cashless society.
Good Lord, you’re dishonest, just like every single other whacked out fundie loon that disgraces this site, not to mention the planet.
No, just profoundly stupid, I think.
I am not ruling out both. And, IIRC, she’s female.