Sly Fox wrote: ↑August 28th, 2021, 11:47 am
Ugh.
I Peter 2:13-17
We can debate context but it is worthy of discussion when you see things like this being posted on campus.
Thank you, Sly.
I’ve been struggling with this in regards to my kids at LCA. When the mask mandate came out, LCA sent a letter saying “we have to honor the mandate, but you can request an exemption due to health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs. Also, we’re going to grant every exemption claimed.”
Fast forward to the start of school and ever since, about 90-95% of all teachers, students, and parents are walking around without masks on.
Now, I’m past trying to convince people that the 50+ peer reviewed studies that say widespread mask use works to reduce transmission. If that’s not enough for you, nothing is. But that’s besides the point for this.
Let me be as clear as a I can be: wearing a mask does not in any way violate Christian ethics.
Things that do not qualify as sincerely held religious beliefs:
1. Your opinion about whether or not masks work
2. Your opinion about the governor
3. Your opinion about mandates
4. Your sincerely held
political beliefs
What does qualify as a sincerely held religious belief:
That we are to submit to our governing authorities
So what I’m faced with is trying to reconcile how 90% of Christians have convinced themselves that it’s ok to essentially lie to get out of submitting to the authorities God has placed above them.
It reminds me of what Russell Moore said about why young people are leaving the church. It’s not because they don’t like what Christians believe, it’s because they see in practice that Christians don’t actually believe what they say they believe.