Taking the Vaccine: Right or Wrong?

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Talbot, Church, Christianity, Christian, Culture, Biola, Sean Mcdowell, Religion & Spirituality, Scott Rae, Think Biblically

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🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Is it wrong for pro-lifers to get the vaccine when it was developed through cell lines that come from aborted fetuses? Are Christians obligated to get the vaccine out of love for their neighbor? Scott and Sean discuss these questions, and many more, related to the ethics behind the COVID-19 vaccine. Read a transcript of this episode at: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/think-biblically/2021/taking-the-vaccine ========== Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith and Culture is ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Think Bivocally, Conversations on Faith and Culture, a podcast from Talbot School
0:05.2	Theology at Biola University.
0:07.7	I'm your host today, Sean McDowell, Professor of Apologetics.
0:11.3	Well today we're going to bring to you a longer conversation, a bonus
0:14.8	episode on one of the most important ethical issues that Christians are wrestling
0:19.0	with which is the morality behind vaccines. For example, we're going to we're going to explore questions like
0:25.4	is it wrong to get the vaccine because it was developed with a cell line from
0:29.3	aborted fetuses? Why are atheists far more likely to say they will get the vaccine about 90% compared to white
0:36.8	evangelical Protestants 54%?
0:40.5	Is getting the vaccine kind of conceding to government control some have suggested is a vaccine safe?
0:46.5	Who should be prioritized? These kinds of questions including some that people have even said that getting the COVID vaccine is the mark of the
0:54.2	beast. Now we recorded this first on my YouTube channel because as you know in the
0:58.4	ThinkBibbically podcast we typically have episodes about 30 minutes and we
1:02.4	wanted to go into some more depth on this because there's so many questions about the ethics of vaccines and also wanted to take some live questions.
1:11.2	So we just recorded this on my YouTube channel,
1:14.1	downloaded the audio and are making it available to you as soon as we can. So we
1:19.0	hope this will give you just some wisdom and reflection to think through
1:22.2	biblically how we can approach vaccines.
1:25.8	And as always, if you enjoy it, we hope you'll share it with a friend.
1:30.9	Is it wrong to get the vaccine because it was developed with a cell line from
1:34.8	aborted fetuses? Today we have a very important and timely conversation
1:38.8	related to all ethical issues tied to the vaccine with the COVID virus.
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