The minister says
“I am a Trump supporter.
So are most of my congregation
so we are not politically inclined
to wear masks.”
My brain does a manoeuvre
not dissimilar
to a cockatoo i watched yesterday
wobbling on a telephone wire,
flipping upside down
and swinging by one claw
with its head undulating
amusingly
from side to side.
Is a mask political?
I suppose if you got
one printed
with your favourite
party slogan
it might be.
But then the minister says
something about belief in
Jesus’ healing and how wearing a mask
doubts Jesus’ abilities.
Jesus lived a long time ago.
I don’t know quite how things operated.
The New Testament was clearly written by his supporters
One wonders if
behind the scenes
some Roman Emperor was shaking his fist
at the time of the original
publication
and crying
“Disinformation!”
Back then you had to beg
for ears on loan
because Mark Zuckerberg’s
great (x4) grandfather hadn’t yet been
conceived.
and tweeting was weird
to say the least.
So maybe the Emperor’s cries
went unheard.
All I’m saying is
Trump has a proven record
of blatant liary.
He’s a proper gander
at times.
So before you send
the masks back,
Mr Minister,
just check the sender.
Could be JC Junior of
Nazareth PPE Supplies.
Out of the Cave 
I think Jesus would have been against masks. He was against hand washing before eating after all (Matthew 15:3).
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There you go. My whole argument disbanded by Matthew. 😂
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although wearing a mask would be an advantage when turning the other cheek… but then that would go against the purpose of turning the other cheek… hmmm… a theological conundrum. What would Jesus do?
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My instinct (I am no theologian) is that humans, if created in God’s image as claimed) must be somewhat precious to Him. And, indeed Jesus died on the cross to save us. So … I was going to say that Jesus would be on the life saving side of the issue. But, in fact, it’s souls he’s about, rather than physical lives. In that case, I am not sure whether he would have a strong opinion. As long as your soul is in good order and you live righteously,. But I am sure there are some would say God has a plan. My problem is, how do you know what the plan is until after? And then if we little numpties are down here trying to second guess His plan, perhaps we’re actually not following it. We’re the cat among the pigeons… or the doves.
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Sorry, I didn’t realise you were a Christian. I’m not, but I respect your beliefs, so I apologise if my flippant comments caused any offence.
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I am not a Christian. 🙂 100 percent atheist. Impressed that I lead you to believe I was though.
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😀 oh good… It was the “Jesus died on the cross for us” that threw me.
I love Pratchett’s take on the whole ineffability of God’s plan:
“God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won’t tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.”
except for maybe the smiles all the time bit. There’s a lot of smiting in the old testament. Especially for people who ask “are we there yet”.
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