COVID-19 and the Palliative Force of Religion

Why are end-time conspiracy theories attributing the spread of COVID-19 to the 5G network and a proposed global world order gaining momentum? Global attention is focused on COVID-19 and the social distancing we must keep between ourselves in this present moment. The abundance of caution now organizing our social, political, and economic lives echoes other pandemics in human history—SARS, MERS, and H1N1 are only among the most recent. As politicians and scientists struggle to curb the spread

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