{"id":42086,"date":"2020-04-06T02:55:26","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T02:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=42086"},"modified":"2020-04-06T02:55:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T02:55:26","slug":"dont-heed-the-calls-of-wacky-preachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=42086","title":{"rendered":"Don’t heed the calls of wacky preachers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The reports are coming out around the country about wacky preachers deciding to forgo the warnings about the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

They’re going to open their church sanctuaries wide for worshipers on Easter. They’re nuts. What’s more, so are the parishioners who listen to them and pour into churches, sitting next to their fellow parishioners \u2026 and exposing themselves and others to potential exposure to the deadly virus.<\/p>\n

Let’s see, it’s killed 9,000-plus Americans, infected nearly a half-million of us. The numbers are climbing steadily. Governors are telling us to stay home, imploring us to employ “social distancing,” seeking all manner of ways to stem the infection that is ravaging the nation.<\/p>\n

In spite of all that, we hear now that some preachers are wanting to fill their church pews on Christianity’s holiest day.<\/p>\n

How in the name of brotherly love can they do this?<\/p>\n

My wife and I are staying home for Easter. I might take a moment that day to say a prayer reaffirming the faith I have followed since I was a little boy. I also might offer a prayer of thanks to our pastor who is employing some Earthly common sense and keeping our church closed to in-person worship on Easter.<\/p>\n

To those who might consider endangering themselves or others in this perilous time, think long and hard about the potential danger that awaits you.<\/p>\n\n

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The reports are coming out around the country about wacky preachers deciding to forgo the warnings about the coronavirus pandemic. They’re going to open their church sanctuaries wide for worshipers on Easter. They’re nuts. What’s more, so are the parishioners who listen to them and pour into churches, sitting next to their fellow parishioners \u2026 … Continue reading Don’t heed the calls of wacky preachers<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[9236,1503,9261],"class_list":["post-42086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religious-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-easter","tag-pandemic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42087,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42086\/revisions\/42087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}