Is it not even remotely possible that I might simply

Comment on Review of “The Naked Emperor” by Pastor Conrad Vine by Sean Pitman.

Is it not even remotely possible that I might simply be trying to save lives? You offer me absolutely no benefit of the doubt here? No charity at all? Are these “soft skills”? How are you so confident in your understanding of my motives? that I love nothing more than argument? How are you so confident in your ability to stand in moral judgment here? – on top of your very strong confidence that you know the “truth” regarding vaccines? You seem so certain that it’s all so obvious that no honest rational person could possibly see things differently – not even the significant majority of medical scientists and doctors around the world who’ve been so clearly blinded to the otherwise obvious “truth” that you know so well. Even the significant majority of the GC delegates are completely blinded to the “truth” that you know so well. Impressive… really impressive.

But, honestly, do you really think that your consistent appeal to conspiracy theorists that have shown themselves to be completely wrong over and over again is going to convince very many highly educated rational people that you’re right? If you really want to make an impact in support of your position, you’re going to have to do a lot better at providing good reasons to believe what you have to say… reasons that actually have the weight of independently verifiable empirical evidence to back them up. I mean, I’m not opposed to taking on minority positions myself – positions that run very much against the mainstream opinion of the vast majority of highly-educated scientists around the world. I am, after all, a biblical creationist who strongly opposes neo-Darwinism. It’s just that I strive to present empirically-based arguments to support my positions that are generally available to all and that are, potentially at least, falsifiable. Where have to done the same in support of your position here?

Anyway, I’m sorry you feel the way you do, as I’m sure you’re a very sincere person. I wish you all the best and great health for you and yours.

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Review of “The Naked Emperor” by Pastor Conrad Vine
I fail to see where you have convincingly supported your claim that the GC leadership contributed to the harm of anyone’s personal religious liberties? – given that the GC leadership does not and could not override personal religious liberties in this country, nor substantively change the outcome of those who lost their jobs over various vaccine mandates. That’s just not how it works here in this country. Religious liberties are personally derived. Again, they simply are not based on a corporate or church position, but rely solely upon individual convictions – regardless of what the church may or may not say or do.

Yet, you say, “Who cares if it is written into law”? You should care. Everyone should care. It’s a very important law in this country. The idea that the organized church could have changed vaccine mandates simply isn’t true – particularly given the nature of certain types of jobs dealing with the most vulnerable in society (such as health care workers for example).

Beyond this, the GC Leadership did, in fact, write in support of personal religious convictions on this topic – and there are GC lawyers who have and continue to write personal letters in support of personal religious convictions (even if these personal convictions are at odds with the position of the church on a given topic). Just because the GC leadership also supports the advances of modern medicine doesn’t mean that the GC leadership cannot support individual convictions at the same time. Both are possible. This is not an inconsistency.

Review of “The Naked Emperor” by Pastor Conrad Vine
Thank you for this update. I really appreciate it and the courage it took to post this…

Review of “The Naked Emperor” by Pastor Conrad Vine
Again, it wasn’t Ted Wilson nor the members of ADCOM who voted down Zirkle’s motion – nor did they force or unduly coerce the vote of the delegates in Session. Also, it isn’t true that the vaccine issue hadn’t been adequately discussed for the benefit of the delegates – or that the delegates didn’t have already enough information to make an informed decision. I’d say that they were much more informed on this topic than Pastor Vine gives them credit for.

Now, I’ve very sorry you feel like you do and I can understand your honest confusion since what you’re hearing from anti-vax conspiracy theorists is truly scary stuff. However, the voices that you’re referencing truly are misleading you – telling you things that simply aren’t true. Your latest example of this, from Dr. James L. Marcum, is no better than Dr. Peter McCullough. He makes many claims that are simply false or misleading. Now, Dr. Marcum certainly comes across as very caring and kind, and I’m sure that he is. The only problem here is that he’s wrong – flat out wrong in what he’s telling you. And, this has resulted, no doubt, in a great many long-term injuries and deaths that could have been avoided. Kindness and sincerity isn’t enough here. True kindness will take the time to carefully investigate the actual weight of currently available scientific evidence and present it in an honest even-handed manner. That’s not what Drs. McCullough and Marcum have been doing – not at all.

In short, when your health and life are on the line, would you rather have a doctor with a wonderful bedside manner who isn’t giving you the best available information, or a doctor who may not be as smooth or delicate with his/her words, but who is actually giving you the best available information?

You see, I’m not trying to be mean or harsh here. I’m just truly trying to save lives and prevent long-term injuries. That’s what I’m trying to do. And, I’m sure you’re trying to do the same thing, and I appreciate that. It’s just that you don’t have good scientific evidence to back up your position…