I am the only Christian in my family and i never thought the day would come when i would be asked to make a choice between God and my sister, quite like i was today. My sister is one of the smartest and greatest people i have ever known. We have always kept politics and religion out of discussions out of respect for each other. My sister has done everything for me and during all these years, she remained single. She finally met her mate later in life and after many years, she is getting married. When she asked if she could fly me and my mother up for the wedding, the first thing I said was if they require vaccinations, i won't be able to go. She assured me that airlines weren't requiring that and it wasn't an issue. Today, she wrote me a long loving email asking if i would reconsider getting the vaccination for the wedding, as she has some immune-compromised friends who are invited and she doesn't want to have to make a choice, and she really wants to have me and my mother there. This whole thing is absolutely riddled with insanity. There are so many holes in this, i don't even know where to begin. She is completely brain washed and somehow, this is all on me now. All i could do was tell her that basically, i love her and owe so much to her, but this is the one thing that goes against my convictions and God. I ended it with, " I will never get this vaccination". Am I in some revelations nightmare? Please wake me up.
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I'm under the same conviction as you! I feel I would betray GOD if I get a Gene Therapy shot. GOD designed me in the womb and loaded me with LIGHT and my Life Mission. I won't change it no matter what! Praise the LORD!
My 75 year old mother was informed late last year that she couldn't have the upcoming vaccine BECAUSE she is immuno-compromised.
No good answers for you, but big hugs. Our world feels unreal right now.
I will gladly take those. Thank you and hugs back.
Thank you for that.
You might want to share some of the news stories that have come out showing that the vaccinated are the ones who are responsible for the variants and are getting Covid now in higher rates than the unvaxxed. She might just be reasonable enough to reconsider.
u/magamania45 : Well if your mother is "vaccinated" and your sister is thing is already quite bad.Also for you (spike proteins...)
Bring your mother but say no to "vaccine". Tell your sister you love her,but you wouldn't take the jab because you think it is dangerous.That you are sorry and you did everything to minimalise damage for her wedding - but you will won't take it.If she wouldn't understand... well then that it is her problem and you did everything you could.
Remember: Bring your mother. That is beyond any discussion. Not take "vax".This is too beyond discussion.
Best wishes from me for you by the way.Stay safe and healthy fren.
I have to say thanks again. That's is such a great idea and i can't believe i didn't even think of it. I called my mom and told her this and she was so relieved and happy that i would still want to go even if i couldn't go to the wedding so that she could get around. Really great advice. Thank you.
I like that idea. Thank you.
You can get a religious exemption and fly. Just bring the form signed by your MD with you. You may need to wear a mask, and sit away from those certain people, but you can be there for her if you really want to. If she is supportive of you, don’t burn the bridge, if there are ways around it.
The airlines aren't requiring it yet. She wants me to get the vaccine out of consideration for her immune-compromised friends' sake. If it were me and I was immune-compromised and that worried, i wouldn't be going, but that's just my opinion.
How will she know you did or didn’t? Fake it then. Just put a bandaid on your upper arm. Get a fake card. Hell I’ll send you a picture of mine to copy.
Faking it and complying with utter insanity isn't doing any of us any good. Like she said there are so many layers of why it makes no sense and we need to stop pretending it does.
I get it but I couldn't do that. It's part of my convictions and I am not backing down from that. I don't talk much about my relationship with God but I won't back down from it either. I can be quiet about it but i am not going to lie to avoid it. I am probably the only one she knows who hasn't taken the vaccine, so that may be instrumental down the road in some way that only God knows. I'd like to think there is some purpose in all of this and that He can turn it around, like He does. I want everyone to know Who's side i stand on and stood on during this time. This is the time to know who's team you are playing on and stand by it.
I understand your relationship with God, I do. But God would not want you to have issue with your sister if it can be avoided. So it’s for you to decide. Of course we all need to stand our ground when we truly must like in a true physical Civil War. But if we don’t need to put lines in the sand, we are encouraged with our family to find a way for compromise. So you must decide just not to go, or a way to be there but stand in the distance if needed. Don’t be so hard headed about my way or the highway like she is. It’s a free country. Even if she resists you coming, if you’re up in a tree 50 yards away watching and she knows you’re there, she’ll be ever happy you still came.
The last thing i want is an issue with my sister. That is the point. I never said i wasn't wanting to go to the wedding. Just that i won't get the jab. However, if that is an issue for her, then Jesus did warn us. I am hoping that this isn't the case:
Matthew 10:34. Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35“For I came to SET A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW; 36and A MAN’S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD.
Sounds like you just needed a sounding board to convince yourself then. You’re welcome, and have a wonderful trip to see her wedding.
No, i wanted to go. I didn't even think of going to Boston and not going to the wedding. But once you said that, i thought that she probably WOULD be happy with that and i had never thought to offer that. You provided my best case solution.
In the end you win, just like God. Your sister will hear the truth soon enough and understand.
My first thought is for your Mother . Will she be able to travel and attend alone with no poke? Will your Sis allow that so her mother can see her married? I would surely hate being put in this position but principles matter. Your rights to a unmolested life matter too. I have no solutions.
My mother would most likely not be able or willing to travel alone. She has had the jab.
It would be taxing. I understand. Your choice becomes her choice. You are between a very big rock and a hard place .I've been in that place quite a few times myself.
I have friends who have been uninvited from weddings and even a family reunion!!! You’re right, it’s complete insanity, they are so brainwashed, sometimes It feels like we’re in the matrix or the twilight zone lol
Getting the jab is far too great a sacrifice to make. For anyone or any reason. I guess your sister will have to tell her greeter to either turn you away, or welcome you at the wedding. Mom goes in, maybe you don't. Awful moment, maybe. I feel for you. If you are turned away, don't hang around though. Too much pain for your sister who is caught between a rock and a hard place, which you are not responsible for. Everyone invited should have been told it was a mandate and coercion-free event and decide for themselves to attend or stay away.
i totally agree. It's in Boston, though. They are all brainwashed and elitist (if you didn't graduate from Ivy League, you are not spoken to).
As the only Christian in my family, I can understand the pain and sorrow you must feel. Often I have reflected on Matthew 10:34-38. Jesus tells us the struggles of what it means to be a Christian:
Note from St. Jerome:
[35] "I came to set a man at variance": Not that this was the end or design of the coming of our Saviour; but that his coming and his doctrine would have this effect, by reason of the obstinate resistance that many would make, and of their persecuting all such as should adhere to him.
Thank you, Friend. We are in this together.
Absolutely! I'm praying for you and your family
Thank you!
Hope you told her that vaccinated people are still capable of transmitting the virus, so her immune-compromised friends are still at risk from everyone else at the wedding.
Uh, vaxxed people can give and spread covid to the immo-compromised friends. Sounds like this is going to be a super spreader event to me.
I love you for saying that! Thank you. We really are on an island. The saddest part is that all the conservatives we know are almost as asleep as the liberals. I swear, it's like around the same time they started working on Cern, overnight everyone drank the Kool Aid. It happened so quickly. People who used to share the same values doing complete 180.
It really looks like we are being pushed into a civil war. Civil war is characterized by not just fighting within a nation, but families being torn apart and fighting for opposing sides.
Have compassion for your sister. Understand that she has been mislead. She will eventually realize. When she does realize, will the actions taken and words spoken today be so significant that reconciliation becomes impossible?
Have compassion for your sister. Do not take the vax as that goes against your core beliefs, but in your interaction with your sister keep in mind that even though she has been mislead, she is important to you and as such you will take actions and say words that demonstrate you care about her and value her, even if you cannot agree with her on this issue.
When this is all said and done, will reconciliation with your sister be possible? Forgive her, for she does not understand what she does. Treat her kindly and respectfully in hopes that reconciliation will be possible, eventually.
I have thought that exact same thing too. I won't start a war with my family but I won't back down from my position. If they choose to make war it will be one they won't win.
Again but shorter: bring your mother, meet the sister and congratulate her/give best wishes,but not go to party since you wouldn't take "vaccine". Sacrifice your effort and some comfort proving you love her,but not sacrifice your health.
Rest assured the enemy has a mop up operation planned for those of us that remain.
I don't think this will cause her to reject me. She loves me dearly and is a very caring and considerate, ethical person. That is why this is so troubling. She is older mentors me a lot and I respect her very much. That's why i am so perplexed at how she can not question any of the narrative. She is smarter than me when it comes to lots of things, but detecting manipulation and discernment, that's where i have always outshined her. She doesn't realize it necessarily though. I just know she is going to be disappointed in me and think less of me and that hurts. I believe she will respect my feelings but it will put some distance between us.