The medical journal ‘BMJ’ has recently published a peer-reviewed article titled, ‘The unintended consequences of COVID-19 vaccine policy: why mandates, passports and restrictions may cause more harm than good.‘ Among many other adverse reactions to these policies, it lists constitutional violations and violations of human rights.
Christian leaders should have been on top of these issues as soon as there was even a hint of discussion of mandates and passports, especially from the perspective of religious conscientious objections. Instead, most were silent. Some Christian publications like the progressive ‘Eternity news’ and the leftward Hegalian discourse machine ‘The Gospel Coalition’ wrote articles in favour of mandates and passports. Denominations across the spectrum remained silent, and some like the Salvation Army openly supported mandates and suspended pastors who had conscientious objections.
