It certainly was. Because of my work I witnessed hyper-coagulation in an older lady in, get this, January of 2020. The woman was ambulatory, walking around. She was just a little pale. Hyper-coagualtion was what killed people, especially obese people and people with co-morbidities. Of course, as el gato's article pointed out, many of the…
It certainly was. Because of my work I witnessed hyper-coagulation in an older lady in, get this, January of 2020. The woman was ambulatory, walking around. She was just a little pale. Hyper-coagualtion was what killed people, especially obese people and people with co-morbidities. Of course, as el gato's article pointed out, many of the people in the poorer New York hospitals were killed by ventilators. They died alone and on a machine. Doctors and nurses failed us big time. As a society though we panicked and died from it. We are not guiltless. And us ministers? Look, I didn't picket the hospitals to get in. Maybe I should have. Maybe I should have just broken in. It was immoral not to allow visitors in. It was immoral that us visitors didn't demand to be let in. I think we need to look at why we panic. I have some ideas though. If we had Jesus in view we would not have given into fear. But we don't. We have hidden our faces from him (with masks we did this literally). We can't see the light and we walk in darkness. When you are walking in the dark, you tend to fall. God help us. I am not sure what else to say at this point. We need God to come and rescue us. The good news is that is doing this and he will do this. He is faithful. That said, I am not going to give him any rest until he comes. I am going to use my God-given ability to complain to its fullest.
I appreciate your comment except for "We are not guiltless".
Spare me the communal guilt nonsense. What my society decides to do doesn't mean that I am responsible for it. The people saying that we should just forgive and forget these crimes just love the idea of communal blame.
Because my society wants to go down the tubes doesn't mean I must wear sackcloth and ashes. Leave that kind of thing for human imperfection and original sin.
It certainly was. Because of my work I witnessed hyper-coagulation in an older lady in, get this, January of 2020. The woman was ambulatory, walking around. She was just a little pale. Hyper-coagualtion was what killed people, especially obese people and people with co-morbidities. Of course, as el gato's article pointed out, many of the people in the poorer New York hospitals were killed by ventilators. They died alone and on a machine. Doctors and nurses failed us big time. As a society though we panicked and died from it. We are not guiltless. And us ministers? Look, I didn't picket the hospitals to get in. Maybe I should have. Maybe I should have just broken in. It was immoral not to allow visitors in. It was immoral that us visitors didn't demand to be let in. I think we need to look at why we panic. I have some ideas though. If we had Jesus in view we would not have given into fear. But we don't. We have hidden our faces from him (with masks we did this literally). We can't see the light and we walk in darkness. When you are walking in the dark, you tend to fall. God help us. I am not sure what else to say at this point. We need God to come and rescue us. The good news is that is doing this and he will do this. He is faithful. That said, I am not going to give him any rest until he comes. I am going to use my God-given ability to complain to its fullest.
I appreciate your comment except for "We are not guiltless".
Spare me the communal guilt nonsense. What my society decides to do doesn't mean that I am responsible for it. The people saying that we should just forgive and forget these crimes just love the idea of communal blame.
Because my society wants to go down the tubes doesn't mean I must wear sackcloth and ashes. Leave that kind of thing for human imperfection and original sin.