The Tomb is Empty
4th April 2021
I attended a small Episcopal church for more than thirty years until COVID closed it down last year. Or, to be more precise, the bishop of the Diocese of Southern Virginia closed it down. After Governor Ralph “Coonman” Northam allowed places of worship to reopen (with capacity restrictions), the bishop, in her infinite wisdom, decided that Episcopal congregations would not be safe if people attended services in churches, so she issued a ukase insisting that they remain closed.
St. Paul tells us that “Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow — not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.” (Romans 8:38) But he didn’t know about COVID, which is more powerful than all those things he mentioned. It not only separates Episcopalians from God’s love, it obviously deprives them of their ability to reason.
April 4th, 2021 at 19:16
Religion is not compatible with socialism, communism, or globalism. Keep people away from churches long enough and they will fold up.
April 5th, 2021 at 10:00
I haven’t been to church since March 2020, when ours shut down. Earlier this year they finally resumed services, after a fashion — no one allowed inside the building without a mask, people taking names at the entrances (for contact tracing), no singing, and of course no touching other people. My husband and I declined to participate, because we don’t do the mask thing (it’s bad enough that I have to wear one to buy groceries). I wish we could find a church where the people weren’t afraid of a stupid cold virus with a 99.8% survival rate.