"They have lightly treated the trauma of my people, seeking to dress this deep wound with words to pacify - a gloss of safety when there is only what is detestable". Jeremiah 6:14.
Clunk, Click, was the advice, remember. Fascinating now to think of exactly who was made famous by giving us guidance here on safety!
It's the analogy that's been used repeatedly these past two years- lockdowns, masks, jabs... they're all 'necessary' because they're all just like seat belts - a necessary precaution that protects you and others during dangerous times.
Except, of course, we've known from early in April 2020, (at the end of those three weeks to "flatten the curve") just how 'safe' most of us actually were - just 17,301 deaths from a virus over two years (around average for the general flu outbreaks), with no major difference in deaths between the places that rigorously employed these "safety belts" and those that didn't. Let that sink in. The Diamond Princess incident in March 2020 provided all the data required to show exactly what the virus would do, and it's done exactly that, so all the "precautions" achieved nothing positive, and did massive damage to millions and to society.
Which brings us back to where we commenced... safety belts.
Back in 2006, journalist David Bjerklie wrote a fascinating analysis for Time magazine concerning the work of John Adams of University College, London into the dangers of the general use of seat belts. Adam's research in some 18 countries over 25 years revealed that the employment of such devices had not only not prevented many accidents, but actually brought about an increase in road deaths. Adams' research showed that using belts adjusted the manner in which drivers responded to their environment, making them feel they could, in effect, take more risks, and therefore, there was a growth in accidents.
The 'risks' we were encouraged to take recently was to avoid being outdoors and engaging with normal life as much as possible, but the virus actually thrived in confined shared spaces, where it was easily transmissible. We have been continually urged to be injected with untested (long-term) experimental materials, but the message about the value of sunlight and exercise, zinc and vitamins, and known effective treatments like Ivermectin were suppressed and deemed in some cases to be false. The doctors that sought to speak up about this were cancelled and ridiculed, but now, as MRNA efficacy continually falls below zero everywhere, these solutions are almost certainly going to prove to be the only viable way forward.
The world often assumes what is best for us. LSD was employed not so long ago as a remedy for alcoholism. The American company Gilbert Hall of Science sold an 'atomic energy lab' toy which included small doses of radioactive material (!), and people were encouraged to participate in exercising in the LA smog, as it was stated it would 'do them good'. Even lobotomy's were viewed as helpful!
If we merely adhere to the "sound" reasoning of the moment - "you must stay indoors" - then our faith will become defined as "irrelevant" (official GOV.UK statement regarding church) during times of crisis, and if we have leaders, secular and religious, that affirm such reasoning, we have entered a time when Christianity must REJECT such folly.
Scientism has proved itself, when given political authority, to be a poison to our day, and we cannot afford to merely shrug and say it's fine. The damage is deep, dreadful and will permeate our lives for decades to come. We cannot afford to ignore that.
We must look deeper, press harder, go further, to be those who affirm truth.
Without that manner of earnest endeavour, we can never see healing in ourselves, the church, or the world. The Cross shows us just how total God's answer to the blight of our folly had to be, and we must live in the shadow of that truth.
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