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originally posted by: burdman30ott6
originally posted by: TzarChasm
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
originally posted by: TzarChasm
Perhaps it's because I'm an ignorant heathen but I'm confused what religious exemption means. There's no actual decree against vaccines in scripture.
Simplest rationale is that the Bible does state that one's conscience comes from God and it is a sin to go against your conscience. Obviously that argument could be abused and used towards anything, BUT rationally speaking, one's conscience would seem to be a solid reason to personally refuse a vaccination on religious grounds the same as the courts have always upheld declining any other medical treatments on religious grounds.
Having a conscience in nearly any industry will eventually be perceived as a handicap. That said, I suppose it could arguably be qualified as a religion objection except for the fact that again, there's no explicit scripture opposing vaccine medicine.
There doesn't have to be an "explicit scripture" in the same way as the First Amendment doesn't explicitly say anything about the internet, but Free Speech protections on the internet have been upheld by the SCOTUS. You're approaching this from a perspective that would indicate only established Christian religious beliefs are protected and that's actually exactly opposite what the courts have ruled in the past. The legal test is whether the religious belief is "sincerely held" not whether it can be shown in the Bible.
originally posted by: FunshineCD
Kinda like burning witches at the stake? smashing them under rocks? was that in the scripture?
originally posted by: LABTECH767
a reply to: tamusan
IF the current fears about the vaccine and population reduction prove true then these folk's shall be the ones in charge of the world AFTER the leaves fall from the tree, these people will also be the ones bringing to trial those behind such a plan whom will find there safety, legal and even military immunity evaporating like rain on a sunny day afterwards.
They will also be the ONLY people that can still work and do the jobs necessary to keep society running?.
So let them remember how these company's acted and reciprocate come that day.