04-13-2021, 08:49 PM
(04-13-2021, 07:33 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Maybe a dumb question, but hopefully not...
What religion's teachings can prevent it's members from getting vaccinated?
Also, if you're going to put that exemption in there then why even make the rule in the first place? Anyone who is opposed to the vaccine can claim to be whatever religion is needed to be exempt.
It should be a real simple rule: Either everyone in an NFL facility is required to be vaccinated, or no one is required to be vaccinated (it's their choice).
Just because Sheila in the marketing dept is a Scientologist that should make her no more exempt than Bob in front office who thinks the vaccine will turn into a gay 5g hotspot. Either both should be entitled to follow their beliefs/opinions or neither should be.
From what I've read over the years there are people from all of them -Christians, Muslims, Catholic, Buddist and Jewish folks who are against vaccines, but not all of people in any of those religions agree 100%, and ingredients can also play a role in it. A lot of it is how deep and traditional their beliefs are. Some of them, in particular Muslims from Africa, associate vaccinations with colonization for instance. There have been vaccines go very wrong in parts of Africa, and India as well, causing infertility and even death over the years. My friend Serge is from Africa and he will not take the vaccine ever. He's the biggest anti-vaxer I know and would let them shoot him first. I know for sure that at least one Muslim leader in Australia calls vaccines forbidden and made a stink about it earlier this year as well, but he's just one man. They dont all agree, of course.
Religion aside, forcing anyone to do anything is a tricky subject no matter what it is because it requires force. Some folks just dont dig force, and a lot of religious folk dont view government or their bosses as the leading authority in life.
