re: Religious Exemption Reasons to not get Covid vaccine

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I’m utterly floored that this COVID horse- shite is still going on in the workplace. The Marxists have totally succeeded in dumbing this country down through our education system


This^^^ . After all the BS that’s come to light over the past 18 months there’s no legit reason for any company to be requiring vaccination for Covid19.

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oh i agree...its complete bullshite and anyone with a right mind knows this vaccine is horse shite

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it is a medical employer...it is an outpatient cath lab that is ran by some California company

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This makes sense because the CMS mandate was allowed by SCOTUS. How easily ppl forget because they were only focused on the OSHA one.

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So employer is asking for a reason why i am not getting the vaccine. on the form they give two choices

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I got a religious exemption (the courts didn't rule on the contractor mandate until after the deadlines had passed). But I truly am a Christian that spent a lot of time on my knees praying about whether or not I should take it. The Lord never gave me a good feeling about taking it (as a matter of a fact it seemed like I grew more uneasy about it each time I prayed), so that is what I stated as my reasoning. I gave some reasoning and scripture about how as a Christian I believe that God answers our prayers and leads us when we are making major life decisions, went into the fact that my body was no longer mine and was paid for with a price, and that the Lord has led me not to take it through much prayer on the matter.

But as someone else has said in this thread, God is not mocked. I would not recommend using God as a crutch if you are a) not religious and b) don't truly believe whatever you give as your reason for your religious exemption.

Here is the main portion of our church's exemption letter

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A concept germane to historic Presbyterian theology, and as codified in our Westminster Standards (1646), is that of “Liberty of Conscience.” The Bible teaches that “whatever is not from faith is sin” (Rom. 14:23; cf. Rom. 14:1-23; 1 Cor. 8:1-13; James 4:17). This means that if a Christian cannot perform an action with faithful confidence that God would allow it, to so act is to “sin” and to “defile” one’s conscience (1 Cor. 8:6). This doctrine of “Liberty of Conscience” presupposes that Christians may differ significantly in their understanding of how to apply God’s moral law, and that each is bound to act in accordance with his/her understanding of it. Individual Christians, civil leaders, and even clergy must be careful not to exalt their preferred applications of God’s moral law as rules which prohibit, much less contradict others’ convictions. For, as the Westminster Confession declares, “God alone is Lord of the conscience” (20:2). When Christians do succumb to outward pressure to behave contrary to God’s moral law as it is impressed upon their conscience, they “betray” and “destroy” that liberty granted to them by God and violate their covenant with Him (Westminster Confession, 20:2).

Policies rendering Covid-19 vaccination mandatory have the distinct capacity to violate the Christian conscience in a variety of ways. Thus, many Christians must refrain from them, lest they sin.

First, whereas rules prohibiting infected employees from coming to the workplace are welcome, rules requiring employees to disclose their vaccination status and/or to place a foreign drug within their bodies conflict with fundamental human rights to privacy. Thus, even vaccinated Christians may have a conscientious objection to disclosing their status with a view to protecting the liberties of their fellow employees. The Christian whose conscience testifies that vaccination policies deprive co-workers of God-given rights cannot disclose his/her vaccination status without sinning against his/her neighbor and contributing to a hostile work environment.

Second, there is a fundamental moral distinction between harming oneself or one’s neighbor passively or actively. An unvaccinated individual may inadvertently contract Covid-19, as with many viruses. In contrast, the individual who pursues vaccination must be an active participant in placing a foreign substance in his/her body, that has proven harmful to some. It is one thing for a healthy person to incur an illness, as divine providence would have it, by no intentional activity of his/her own. It is another thing for a healthy individual to intentionally utilize a drug that can have severe adverse effects in others, and possibly contribute to his/her own harm. For the Christian who views the latter as an especial violation of the 6th commandment—"thou shall not kill”—he/she cannot become vaccinated without sinning.

Third, the long-term effects of all Covid-19 vaccines are unknown. Determination of exactly how unknown future consequences should come to bear on present decisions is a distinct matter of conscience, since there is no hard rule by which the unknown can be weighed. The Christian whose conscience will not allow him/her to risk incurring unknown adverse consequences cannot become vaccinated without sinning.

Fourth, some Covid-19 vaccines were tested and others were developed using fetal cell lines some of which may have come from elective abortions which are prohibited by the sixth commandment— "thou shall not kill” Although there is debate among Christians about using such cell lines, many Christians have valid concerns about the origins of such fetal cell lines and their use in the development and testing of vaccines because of their commitment to the protection of all life, including the life of the unborn. Thus, the Christian whose conscience will not allow him/her to use such medical products due to these concerns cannot become vaccinated without sinning.

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I’m utterly floored that this COVID horse-shite is still going on in the workplace. The Marxists have totally succeeded in dumbing this country down through our education system

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Another Biden dirty secret. When he proclaimed covid was over in his SOTU, he didn’t remove any EOs.

People at my work that have exemptions have to get tested every week for covid symptoms or not. Including those working from home. Contractors are still required to have the shot as well to be on boarded.