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Why "the pathway to ending the pandemic runs through the evangelical church" (Franklin Graham is pushing the vaccine)
CBS ^ | APRIL 4, 2021 | KATHRYN WATSON

Posted on 04/05/2021 8:37:09 AM PDT by M. Thatcher

Evangelical leader Franklin Graham believes Americans should get the COVID-19 vaccine. The missionary told CBS News that he thinks Jesus would want people to get their shots, and he's turning to Scripture and the parable of the Good Samaritan to make his case.

It's a case that will need to be made clearly if evangelicals — perhaps the most under-discussed group with high levels of vaccine hesitancy — can be persuaded.

"Jesus does tell the story of a man that was beaten and robbed and left for dead on the side of a road, and religious leaders walked past him and did not have compassion, they didn't get involved. But a Samaritan had compassion," Graham told CBS News in an interview. "And he immediately bandaged — he put oil and wine on his wounds and took him to an inn, and paid to have him cared for. Now the oil and wine were the medicines of that day… The vaccine is, to me, I believe, is saving life, and that's what Jesus Christ would want us to do, to help save life. It's just a tool to help save life."

Graham, the son of the late evangelist Billy Graham and grandson of a medical missionary in China, noted that the church has a long tradition of using medicine to help others. Last week, he told his 9 million Facebook followers that his international relief charity, Samaritan's Purse, had seen human suffering from COVID-19 "first-hand," and encouraged people to "talk to their doctor, and pray about it to determine which vaccine, if any, is right for them."

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To: FalloutShelterGirl
“I've been asked three times today by friends/co-workers, “did you get your vaccine yet?” like it is some fabulous fad.”

Substitute “Hail Landru Are you one with the Body?”,

Star Trek “Return of the Archons”, and you have remarkably close metaphor for this vaccine push.

121 posted on 04/05/2021 2:31:44 PM PDT by Polynikes ( Hakkaa paalle)
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To: SecAmndmt

The more evil is revealed, the more horrified I am about the depths of it and the more I see how much people are going to be answerable for it.

God has pretty strong words a out those who harm children. It will not go well for them.


122 posted on 04/05/2021 2:57:50 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: metmom

I think Franklin Graham has spent so much time out of USA, and working in fields of ministry, that he is just not informed of truth, and trusts our government more than he should! Sad.


123 posted on 04/05/2021 3:02:38 PM PDT by Ambrosia (Born in NC, then PA, NY,WV, NM, SC, and FL & back God/Freedom=Priority!)
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To: M. Thatcher

So he’s given up on individual soul liberty and gone off the deep end. He knows better than that.

Our Samaritan’s Purse donations now will go elsewhere.


124 posted on 04/05/2021 3:03:11 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("if I perish, I perish." Esther 4:16)
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To: Ambrosia

“ he is just not informed of truth, and trusts our government more than he should! Sad.”

True on FR republic too.


125 posted on 04/05/2021 3:08:41 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead...)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Sorry about your Father-in-Law and neighbors!

This whole thing is like driving down an unmarked highway...No way to know what might be ahead with either the vaccine or the virus :(

Another Freeper lost a family member last week.

Praying for all Freepers and our Country every night.


126 posted on 04/05/2021 3:28:48 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (If I wanted to live in China, I would move there!)
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To: Ambrosia

Any modicum of trust I had in the past for the government has been totally annihilated.

It’s now to the *Whatever they say, do the opposite* stage for me.


127 posted on 04/05/2021 3:34:00 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: Freedom56v2

It was a family member’s FIL.

There are many unknowns. Will our blood supply be affected by inoculated donors. Who know?

PSALM 91 is GOD’S umbrella of protection. Keep praying.


128 posted on 04/05/2021 3:37:36 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: stars & stripes forever

Will our blood supply be affected by inoculated donors. Who know?


Good point! Saw someone else mention this over the weekend...Heard nothing from anyone on any media about this...

Thank you for PSALM 91 reference.


129 posted on 04/05/2021 3:43:56 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (If I wanted to live in China, I would move there!)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Thanks.


130 posted on 04/05/2021 3:44:51 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (If I wanted to live in China, I would move there!)
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To: Freedom56v2

Another reason not to take the vaccine. Could the Covid serum in an inoculated person result in a deadly covid cocktail when mixed with other vaccines?


131 posted on 04/05/2021 4:15:43 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: cornfedcowboy
NOPE, your are wrong all the way.

Check this out. I ran the numbers. I put this together and will use it for an article. But I'll share it with you. I took the numbers from the CDC web site.


132 posted on 04/05/2021 4:49:33 PM PDT by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
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To: Guenevere
Please stop the feeding frenzy....

I have a life changing auto-immune disease that is the direct result of a vaccination.
Research anthrax and soldiers.

Vaccines should not be given on a whim. I respect Franklin Graham, however I do not think he has a thorough understanding of this experimental vaccine.

BTW Most soldiers' diseases did not manifest for a couple of years after vaccination.

133 posted on 04/05/2021 5:35:06 PM PDT by SisterK (Let the King of my heart Be the fire inside my veins)
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To: metmom

+1


134 posted on 04/05/2021 5:52:06 PM PDT by SisterK (Let the King of my heart Be the fire inside my veins)
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To: Mr Rogers

Flying without one is tempting GOD, not getting a vaccine for a bug that is slightly worse than a flus is trusting GOD.


135 posted on 04/05/2021 7:57:57 PM PDT by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
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To: Mr Rogers

I never said that. My point is more to those whose fear is beyond logic.

My wife had it, I never got hot. She had no symptoms and never knew she had it.


136 posted on 04/05/2021 8:00:50 PM PDT by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
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To: metmom

Yup


137 posted on 04/05/2021 8:57:36 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Aim small, miss small)
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To: stars & stripes forever; metmom

We’re considered ‘a threat’ for not getting the jab now.

WEF globalist Klaus Schwab declares unvaccinated people to be a threat to humanity

https://www.naturalnews.com/2021-04-05-globalist-klaus-schwab-declares-unvaccinated-people-threat.html


138 posted on 04/06/2021 5:14:19 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: M. Thatcher

They’ll be coming after those of us who don’t get this suicide vaccine pretty soon.

Perilous times are here.


139 posted on 04/06/2021 5:16:36 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Except that for the vaccinated, we pose no threat at all.

So why the vaccinated care about those of us who aren’t is beyond me.


140 posted on 04/06/2021 5:31:22 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.)
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