Adam Piggott recently wrote a thought-provoking post in which he comments on a book that contrasts the responses of pagans and Christians to past pandemics and plagues. Unsurprisingly, the Christian response to such events in the past was far more admirable than that of their pagan counterparts.
In the same post, Adam includes the following observations about contemporary Christians and our general reaction to the 2020 birdemic (bold added):
But aren’t Christians today just a very sad, sorry, selfish and fearful bunch when compared to Christians of the past. While those Christians did all they could to help the suffering, while contracting the disease themselves and then dying the death of a martyr, today’s Christians cower behind their closed doors in fear, eagerly submit to taking a poison vaccine made from aborted babies, and insult and shame their fellow Christians who might object to all of their fearful behavior.
Well, as far as Covid is concerned, the world blew it. I said it at the time but I will say it again now, what a lost opportunity for the Church to show courage, leadership and faith to the world. Imagine if the Catholic Church had stood united alone in showing the world what real faith meant. It could have been the most glorious moment in the history of the Church.
But not to worry. God is always ready to give us another shot at glory.
I agree with Adam. The Church—and virtually all organized Christian institutions—did indeed miss a massive opportunity to show courage, leadership, and faith to the world in 2020, and I am sure that God, as our loving father and creator, will actively strive to provide Christian churches with other shots at glory.
Having said that, I am fairly sure Christian churches will waste those opportunities just as ingloriously as they blew their chance at glory in 2020.
Why?
Simple. The churches refuse to acknowledge, let alone admit, that they did anything wrong in 2020. As far as they are concerned, their decision to close down and willingly declare themselves to be an “inessential service” was all on the up-and-up. Peachy-creamy all the way through. No regrets. Nothing to repent.
Even more astonishing, instead of repentance after they reopened, they advanced clowns like this guy who wrote a guilt-tripping diatribe about how it was a Catholic’s sacred duty to attend mass and receive the Eucharist, which is, wait for it . . . essential! Failure to attend mass and receive the Eucharist (the source and summit of Christian life, according to the clown) is . . . wait for it again . . . a sin!
Closing the churches and denying the faithful the Eucharist? Immaculately virtuous! Saintly even!
Look, the churches failed the contemporary pandemic test epically; nevertheless, however epic that failure was, it pales in comparison to the even more epic failure to acknowledge and repent that hideous sin, despite the churches being slaves to the System.
As I noted in an earlier post:
Passing the COVID test would require the churches to openly admit that they are slaves to the state and had no choice in the matter. They could have then repented their involvement in that demonic disaster, frankly, openly, and explicitly.
Most did the exact opposite by actively, willingly, and enthusiastically supporting, promulgating, endorsing, and enforcing the state’s coercion, tyranny, and lies. I can’t think of any major church that has acknowledged any wrongdoing, let alone taken any sort of step toward repentance (there may be some out there, but I haven’t heard of them).
Christians can be slaves and remain Christian, but it requires a) acknowledging that one is indeed a slave to worldly forces, and b) repenting actions one is forced to do against one’s will.
Will God provide the churches with more shots at “glory” in the future?
Yes, I think so.
Will the churches use those opportunities?
No, absolutely not.
Glory is difficult to attain. “Sorry”, not so much. And “glory” is virtually impossible to achieve without “sorry.”
In fact, there is a special kind of “glory” in “sorry.”
Unfortunately, contemporary Christian churches seem utterly uninterested in either.
Without a sorry, more missed opportunities at glory are guaranteed.
In the same post, Adam includes the following observations about contemporary Christians and our general reaction to the 2020 birdemic (bold added):
But aren’t Christians today just a very sad, sorry, selfish and fearful bunch when compared to Christians of the past. While those Christians did all they could to help the suffering, while contracting the disease themselves and then dying the death of a martyr, today’s Christians cower behind their closed doors in fear, eagerly submit to taking a poison vaccine made from aborted babies, and insult and shame their fellow Christians who might object to all of their fearful behavior.
Well, as far as Covid is concerned, the world blew it. I said it at the time but I will say it again now, what a lost opportunity for the Church to show courage, leadership and faith to the world. Imagine if the Catholic Church had stood united alone in showing the world what real faith meant. It could have been the most glorious moment in the history of the Church.
But not to worry. God is always ready to give us another shot at glory.
I agree with Adam. The Church—and virtually all organized Christian institutions—did indeed miss a massive opportunity to show courage, leadership, and faith to the world in 2020, and I am sure that God, as our loving father and creator, will actively strive to provide Christian churches with other shots at glory.
Having said that, I am fairly sure Christian churches will waste those opportunities just as ingloriously as they blew their chance at glory in 2020.
Why?
Simple. The churches refuse to acknowledge, let alone admit, that they did anything wrong in 2020. As far as they are concerned, their decision to close down and willingly declare themselves to be an “inessential service” was all on the up-and-up. Peachy-creamy all the way through. No regrets. Nothing to repent.
Even more astonishing, instead of repentance after they reopened, they advanced clowns like this guy who wrote a guilt-tripping diatribe about how it was a Catholic’s sacred duty to attend mass and receive the Eucharist, which is, wait for it . . . essential! Failure to attend mass and receive the Eucharist (the source and summit of Christian life, according to the clown) is . . . wait for it again . . . a sin!
Closing the churches and denying the faithful the Eucharist? Immaculately virtuous! Saintly even!
Look, the churches failed the contemporary pandemic test epically; nevertheless, however epic that failure was, it pales in comparison to the even more epic failure to acknowledge and repent that hideous sin, despite the churches being slaves to the System.
As I noted in an earlier post:
Passing the COVID test would require the churches to openly admit that they are slaves to the state and had no choice in the matter. They could have then repented their involvement in that demonic disaster, frankly, openly, and explicitly.
Most did the exact opposite by actively, willingly, and enthusiastically supporting, promulgating, endorsing, and enforcing the state’s coercion, tyranny, and lies. I can’t think of any major church that has acknowledged any wrongdoing, let alone taken any sort of step toward repentance (there may be some out there, but I haven’t heard of them).
Christians can be slaves and remain Christian, but it requires a) acknowledging that one is indeed a slave to worldly forces, and b) repenting actions one is forced to do against one’s will.
Will God provide the churches with more shots at “glory” in the future?
Yes, I think so.
Will the churches use those opportunities?
No, absolutely not.
Glory is difficult to attain. “Sorry”, not so much. And “glory” is virtually impossible to achieve without “sorry.”
In fact, there is a special kind of “glory” in “sorry.”
Unfortunately, contemporary Christian churches seem utterly uninterested in either.
Without a sorry, more missed opportunities at glory are guaranteed.
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