The River Church in Tampa was packed with worshipers Sunday morning, ignoring the request to stay home.
Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne, who presides over the megachurch, has been reportedly defiant over social distancing — claiming he’ll cure coronavirus just the way he did with Zika.
He has vowed he will never close his church … despite every doctor and scientist saying social distancing is the only thing that will prevent the disease from spreading even more.
TMZ reports:
The Pastor boasted his place was white-glove clean, saying, “We brought in 13 machines that basically kill every virus in the place, and uh, if somebody walks through the door it’s like, it kills everything on them. If they sneeze, it shoots it down at like 100 mph. It’ll neutralize it in split seconds. We have the most sterile building in, I don’t know, all of America.”Howard-Browne said on March 17, “We are not stopping anything. I’ve got news for you, this church will never close. The only time the church will close is when the Rapture is taking place.”The Pastor has peddled ridiculous theories in the past, but this takes the cake.The scariest part … all these people showed up elbow-to-elbow. If they contract the disease, they are the ones most likely to spread it, because they are clearly not practicing or understanding social distancing.Many churches across the country are having virtual services to protect their congregation and to prevent the spread of the virus.
Faith is very imperative and it will help us get through these trying time but common sense is important too. Be careful out there, saints.
