3/15/2023 0 Comments Jehovah witness vaccine![]() The Jehovahs Witnesses in Belgium must pay a 12,000 fine for the systematic and 'disturbing' exclusion of ex-members who have left the organisation, the Ghent correctional court ruled on Tuesday. In Matthew (and elsewhere), Jesus tells his disciples that the first and great commandment is to love the “Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” But Jesus continues by naming the second great commandment, which is “like unto it,” namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself. A former Jehovahs Witness went to the public prosecutors office in Ghent in 2015. Did these same evangelicals also refuse the rubella or the smallpox vaccines? Or polio, in an earlier generation? Did they simply ignore the commonsense requirement to vaccinate their children before sending them to school or summer camp? And more to the point, how do they weigh such fears against the possibility of killing one’s neighbor by carrying and spreading the disease?įor evangelicals, who profess fealty to the Bible, the vaccine mandate should be clear. Jehovah's Witnesses, Christian Scientists, and the Catholic Church have all issued statements saying that their religion. The sacred temple argument is also deeply inconsistent. Some beliefs held by Jehovahs Witnesses have implications for healthcare practice, while the movement emphasises its belief in modern medicine. No major religion has come out in opposition to the COVID-19 vaccines. This attitude flies in the face of the known safety of the vaccines. Paul declared, should be treated as sacred. Taua said and referred those requiring more information on the religious organisation to view their website evangelicals argue that they deserve a religious exemption from getting vaccinated because their body is a temple that, as St. “We know the vaccines are useful to protect against the virus,” Mr. “In Mulifanua we have only have two Jehovah’s Witnesses there and they are both fully vaccinated,” he said and warned the public about the spread of misinformation surrounding the vaccines. Taua further disputed the claims made at the Government press conference, noting there are only two Jehovah’s Witnesses in Mulifanua and both have been fully vaccinated. ![]() “That is totally wrong – we do not believe such a thing,” It is not true and it is not part of what is taught by the Jehovah’s Witnesses,” he said. The case centered on a Jehovah's Witness parent who claimed the right to. He would have been well aware of changes in the Society's teachings. Taua, the official spokesperson for the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Samoa, said that is not true. Conflict regarding vaccine requirements has been present in the United States. part in convincing Witness prisoners in the United States to be vaccinated. Valasi said the people who declined the vaccines were members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses church.Ī Government official said it was Jehovah’s Witnesses in Mulifanua who declined to be vaccinated, claiming that the vaccinations are associated with the “mark of the beast 666”.īut Mr. But also if there is someone who does not want to receive the vaccination – that is their personal choice.”Īt a press conference held immediately after the Government’s two day mass vaccination campaign last month, the Minister of Health, Valasi Tafito Selesele told reporters that members of a church turned down the vaccines. “But as for us we, support what the Government is doing. “It’s a health decision – just like visiting your doctor for treatment. Taua said more than 90 per cent of Jehovah’s Witnesses at all branches around the world have been fully vaccinated. "Every person on our staff, who works in our office, has been fully vaccinated.” We are all fully vaccinated and our offices have been locked down since April last year until now. “We were among the first to be fully vaccinated. “At this moment our office is on lockdown because of the pandemic but I am working along with our public information desk in Australia,” he told this newspaper. The office of the church has been closed since the outbreak of the pandemic in early 2020 and each staff member has been fully vaccinated, according to Mr. To prove his point, he emphasised that he has already been fully vaccinated, having received both doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. In an interview with the Samoa Observer, following reports of a group of their church members refusing to be vaccinated, Mr Taua said receiving vaccination is a health decision and a personal matter for each member of their church. Members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses support the Government’s mass vaccination campaign and members are encouraged to get inoculated if they choose to do so, says spokesperson Sio Taua.
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