{"id":67727,"date":"2020-04-10T17:12:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T17:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=67727"},"modified":"2020-04-10T19:14:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T19:14:54","slug":"coronavirus-meets-religion-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=67727","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus meets religion #7"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — Arundhati Roy nails the relation of science and religion in a brilliant double insight — plus misc other COVID – religion articles ]
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Arundhati Roy<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Which scientist or doctor is not secretly praying for a miracle? Which priest is not \u2014 secretly, at least \u2014 submitting to science?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

with this telling pair of questions incorporating a witty reversal — arguably a form of logical chiasmus <\/em>— the Indian novelist and radical Arundhati Roy<\/strong> shows us what it is to perceive, and what it is to write.<\/p>\n

BTW, Ms Roy continues:<\/p>\n

And even while the virus proliferates, who could not be thrilled by the swell of birdsong in cities, peacocks dancing at traffic crossings and the silence in the skies? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Note that “peacocks dancing at traffic crossings” clearly belongs along with the goats and coyotes in the streets in my Animal Farms<\/a> DoubleQuote<\/strong> of a few days back.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Financial Times<\/strong>, The pandemic is a portal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    **<\/p>\n

    Some religion & coronavirus articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Counterpunch<\/strong>, God\u2019s Vengeance: the Christian Right and the Coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n

    Steven Andrew is pastor of the USA Christian Church in San Jose (CA) who warns, \u201cObeying God protects the USA from diseases, such as the coronavirus.\u201d He goes on, Bible thumping, \u201cOur safety is at stake since national disobedience of God\u2019s laws brings danger and diseases, such as coronavirus, but obeying God brings covenant protection. \u2026 God protects the USA from danger as the country repents of LGBT, false gods, abortion and other sins.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Andrew is not alone in decrying the coronavirus as god\u2019s curse.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    AL Masdar<\/strong>, ISIS calls coronavirus \u2018soldier of Allah\u2019, threaten attacks in Chicago, London<\/a><\/p>\n

    WaPo<\/strong>, Can faith healing work by phone? Charismatic Christians try prayer to combat the coronavirus.<\/a><\/p>\n

    Roy and Darlene Curry say that they \u2014 like all believing Christians \u2014 have the power to miraculously heal the sick. Roy once raised a friend from the dead right at the coffin, he says. A few years ago at their house church in Severn, Md., the couple laid hands on the cancer-riddled body of a young woman who was soon disease-free.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Guardian<\/strong>, The rightwing Christian preachers in deep denial over Covid-19’s danger<\/a><\/p>\n

    A number of American religious leaders have endangered their flock by holding services \u2013 and by claiming the virus can be defeated by faith in God<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    CNN,<\/strong> Ammon Bundy vows to defy stay-at-home order<\/a><\/p>\n

    “Our goal is to get enough people together and secure our rights… we are not trying to provoke, we want people to be able to worship,” Bundy said in a phone interview.s for Easter gathering<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Addendum:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    NYT<\/strong>, Coronavirus Invades Saudi Inner Sanctum<\/a><\/p>\n

    Its rulers began restricting travel to Saudi Arabia and shut down pilgrimages to the Muslim holy sites of Mecca and Medina even before the kingdom had reported its first case, on March 2. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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