Kind of sad to hear, BUT I wish that my Evangelidiot neighbour had the Internet and a computer, I'd send him that report since has so loudly proclaimed that Jesus/God has sent this virus to " cleanse the world of the disbelievers, Atheists and all other Scum so that the true believers can inherit it."

it's because it's novel? Isn't it?

good

Natural selection at work. Idiots abound.

They were warned.

I have been wanting to see some numbers of infections for these people and while the numbers shown in the article are for pastors, I want to see the affect/effect on entire congregations. Of course it is reasonable to assume that if pastors have been infected and have died so have members of the congregations.

That'll learn 'em, learn 'em good and proper!

Well, that's good then.

That’s just it. Disobedience.

Hearing that makes me hungry! Evangelicals have higher obesity rates than average I bet, and eat high fat foods. So that might make them good eatin's! We could have fun and speak in tongues and spastic-dance around while we prepare a good stew! Glory!

Unfortunately, I think many of the poorer congregations don't have the ability to do virtual meetings. This is a big change and it has come suddenly with little chance to adapt. Still, people should understand the risks to themselves and other but seem to not.

You're assuming they might feel bad about dying prematurely when in fact they might be overjoyed about meeting Jesus sooner.

The thing is, the vast numbers of people dying every day, are still mostly completely unable to control their exposure/ make choices that could have changed things. Karma or Darwin doesn't apply to just the few belligerant religious folks whove made the headlines. It applies to everyone, so if youre going to invoke it here, youve got to invoke it for everyone. Maybe investigate how many of them were mean to their kids, or (fabulous work around for karma), did something wrong in a previous life.

Glory!