Letter from a Christian doctor: God gave us this vaccine. Let's use it

Item

PGV_ID

300821

Title

Letter from a Christian doctor: God gave us this vaccine. Let's use it

Author (individual or group)

Peter Mack

URL

Location

United States

Description or narrative

Dr. Peter Mack, an Evangelical Christian doctor, wrote an article praising the COVID-19 vaccines, asking for the Evangelical community to view them as blessings from God. “God provided a tool to protect us,” Mack compares the vaccines to the Biblical stories of Egypt and its famine. He claims God used “human talent and hard work” through Joseph, and the David and Goliath, as God chose David to defeat Goliath rather than striking him down Himself. Dr. Mack also highlights skepticism of vaccines, explaining how fear has led to violence, including his experience of a small bomb having been thrown through his window after he expressed the need for the vaccines.

Contributor

ander635@miamioh.edu

Genre

Personal story, social media or blog post, unpublished material, etc.

Date

september 1st 2021

Item sets

This item was submitted on November 22, 2021 by Ashley using the form “Help gather religious responses to the pandemic” on the site “Preaching Goes Viral”: https://preachinggoesviral.org/s/preaching-goes-viral

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