SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Agreed. In 1780s, many of our founding fathers were acutely aware of centuries of religious wars. We even had factions in the colonies but they saw putting religious differences aside was critical to achieving our Independence. Sad to say, generational amnesia is real and marching some back to the dark ages.

Bob Wilson

 

Earlier this summer I had a reason (there's a back story, but it's long) to try to learn more about the doctrine of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, with a reputation as quite a conservative denomination. I found this striking quote in a 1930 document from the LCMS archives, The Social Doctrine of the Augsburg Confession by Hermann Sasse (translated by Matthew C. Harrison et al.):

The task of the church over against the governing authorities is an especially difficult responsibility. It must guard itself against any illusion of a “Christian state” and must limit itself.​

It left me wondering how many of the denominations that today are so vocally advocating Christian nationalism might in fact have equally clear statements like that in their own denominational archives.

 

An hour to do 3 miles is a 20 minute/mile pace. That is a pace that I used to call comfortable. I also used to do a trail run of 7 miles 3 times a week. Running didn't work after several ankle/foot injuries. These days I swim about a mile 3 times a week. After a couple weeks of taking creatine/leucine/HMB the swimming is getting much stronger. I was already doing the exercise, but the supplements have delivered better results.

 

The reason I use 50,000 IU daily is that is what my doctor prescribed. I am very aware that this is a massive dose by conventional doctor standards.

About 40 years ago there was a D3 batch that was labeled 2000 IU, where testing of it revealed that it was 1000 times the labeled dose. Somebody didn't know the difference between mcg and mg. The fallout from that manufacturing error has been a continuing belief that some people have a bad reaction to 2000 IU.

The FUD about D3 being dangerous at even normal levels has certainly sold a lot of vaccines.