Mark,
Thank you for sharing.
I want you to know that I agree with you. I believe we’ve all overreacted. Yet I sorrow for the family of a dear friend, a bishop to whom I served as a counselor and with whom I serve on the same temple shift, who went into the hospital with what they thought was pneumonia. Within 48 hours he was diagnosed with Covid, put on a ventilator and never recovered. He died a week later in ICU.
He would have survived pneumonia or even the flu, but the Covid took him. He would be alive today. So I have mixed feelings and while I agree with you that this is overblown, I also recognize this is more deadly than the common flu.
While it’s easy to criticize the Brethren for overreacting, I also can see why they reacted so conservatively:
1. President Nelson is also Dr. Nelson and is going to naturally align with the medical perspective (if the Lord didn’t want the Church to respond this way, He could have easily removed Dr. Nelson at age 95 and put in an attorney Pres Oaks or businessman Pres Ballard…but He didn’t);
2. The Church does not want to be seen as a contributor to a pandemic by going against conventional wisdom, but as a good global citizen; to a certain extent it’s about missionary work even though the Church has had to bring home thousands of international missionaries.
I know you’re upset, Mark. But please don’t constantly find fault with the Brethren. Take it out on Trump, Congress, the medical industry, etc. if venting will help you feel better, but not the prophets. While your testimony may be firmly in tact, as you say, your criticisms of Church leaders can create doubt about the Church and gospel and thus weaken the faith and testimony of others.
I always enjoy hearing your opinions and insights. But when it comes to finding fault with the Brethren, if you insist on continuing, please vent to someone else.
Thx,
Crismon
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