It’s also a cult and the mask is like their amulet, protecting them from “evil”.
When the mask mandates first came out last year, I told our pastor’s wife (who is a nurse and has made us follow every crazy mandate) that it is just like forcing people to wear a burka—it doesn’t do anything but subject you and de-humanize you. She just frowned and looked confused because they see wearing masks as “loving people well”.
It’s also a cult and the mask is like their amulet, protecting them from “evil”.
When the mask mandates first came out last year, I told our pastor’s wife (who is a nurse and has made us follow every crazy mandate) that it is just like forcing people to wear a burka—it doesn’t do anything but subject you and de-humanize you. She just frowned and looked confused because they see wearing masks as “loving people well”.
Mass virtue to show they're "helping" by not actually doing anything. IE "we're frontline heroes" Give us likes and attention.
So the preachers wife walks by sight and not by faith.
Preacher must suck if he can't lead better than that
An amulet or a talisman