Many of my fellow ward members are now okay with the unvaccinated ones & there was a genuine concern about our safety when we didn't get vaccinated.
I didn't see the advice to get vaccinated as one from a prophet speaking for God, but one as a man potentially trying to do what was needed to maintain a 501(c)3 & as a well recognized surgeon who had grown up with the concept of vaccines are needed to save lives. Joseph Smith even said to only follow him when he spoke as a prophet & not a man (I need to find that source, I believe it was in The Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith).
What saddened me for a while was that some of my fellow ward members, that believe the Q drops & are seeking out truth about secret combinations, had such a hard time with a doctor telling everyone to get vaxed. Glad to see them coming back & having good discussions in class & in the halls about what is really going on & about the government conspiracy facts that were discussed broadly in the 80s.
Did you see the txt between Strozk & Page when she asked him if they were "forming their own little secret combination?"
That was during 2016. IIRC during the time when we still had Elders & High Priests as priesthood groups. I couldn't for the life of me get any elders to consider it as something worth paying attention to, though there were a few HP that wondered how much closer that brought us to end times.
I need to go through the Durham Report again to find that quote.
Many of my fellow ward members are now okay with the unvaccinated ones & there was a genuine concern about our safety when we didn't get vaccinated.
I didn't see the advice to get vaccinated as one from a prophet speaking for God, but one as a man potentially trying to do what was needed to maintain a 501(c)3 & as a well recognized surgeon who had grown up with the concept of vaccines are needed to save lives. Joseph Smith even said to only follow him when he spoke as a prophet & not a man (I need to find that source, I believe it was in The Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith).
What saddened me for a while was that some of my fellow ward members, that believe the Q drops & are seeking out truth about secret combinations, had such a hard time with a doctor telling everyone to get vaxed. Glad to see them coming back & having good discussions in class & in the halls about what is really going on & about the government conspiracy facts that were discussed broadly in the 80s.
Agreed.
Did you see the txt between Strozk & Page when she asked him if they were "forming their own little secret combination?"
That was during 2016. IIRC during the time when we still had Elders & High Priests as priesthood groups. I couldn't for the life of me get any elders to consider it as something worth paying attention to, though there were a few HP that wondered how much closer that brought us to end times.
I need to go through the Durham Report again to find that quote.
I wonder how many use that language, outside of the church.
I haven't found it anywhere else other than these two texting.