Posted on 09/14/2021 5:51:59 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Australian churches are demanding Scott Morrison scrap the idea of a vaccine passport and allow them to have vaccinated and unvaccinated people in their congregations.
The declaration, which has been signed by more than 3000 church leaders, features signatures from members at some of the country’s most high-profile churches such as Hillsong and C3.
In total there are more than 25,000 signatures on the document.
The letter to the Prime Minister, titled “The Ezekiel Declaration”, expresses “significant concern” at the prospect of vaccine passports, which the authors claim would “inflict terrible consequences” on Australia.
The idea of a vaccine passport has been flagged as a way for Australia to return to normality by health and government officials. It would be a government-issued document that shows a person has been vaccinated against Covid-19 and other viruses.
On Sunday, Trade and Tourism Minister Dan Tehan said the government would be trialling the documents for overseas travel in the coming months.
However, the letter — written by Mount Isa Baptist Church senior pastor Timothy Grant, New Beith Baptist Church senior pastor Matthew Littlefield and Biota Baptist Church senior pastor Warren McKenzie — laid out five arguments against the passports.
They argue that vaccines risk creating a two-tiered society, people are already under stress, conscience should not be coerced, vaccines don’t make “logical sense” in protecting others, and Christian leaders find it untenable to refuse entry to people who want to attend church.
“For many Christian leaders and Christians, this is an untenable proposal that would inflict terrible consequences on our nation,” it said.
“We as Christian leaders find it untenable that we would be expected to refuse entry into our churches...
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Asking...
This crap won’t end until people refuse to comply.
Exactly!
The church leaders need to speak up.
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