Thursday, May 21, 2020

Francis Collins on Christians and COVID Conspiracies - Religion News Service

Collins particularly urged his fellow Christians, whose orthodoxy believes in God’s truth in all things, to be sure that they are vetting whatever they are seeing.

National Institute of Health chief Francis Collins expressed concern over the number of Christians who have fallen prey to conspiracy theories surrounding the spread of the coronavirus.

“It is troubling that in our nation that prides itself on being technologically advanced, the current circumstances — particularly on social media — make it so easy for things to spread that are simply not based on facts at all,” he said.

“I would particularly urge my fellow Christians, who believe in God’s truth in all things, to be sure that they are vetting whatever they are seeing.”

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