Vaccinophobia, “fundamentalism” and the fine tuning of the present-day pandemic
This article is a response to the paper that discloses the unwillingness to get vaccination against Covid-19 as based on the apocalyptic mentality. This topic is extended so that I analyse not only subjective but also objective reasons for the phenomenon which in the above-mentioned paper is termed...
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| description | This article is a response to the paper that discloses the unwillingness to get vaccination against Covid-19 as based on the apocalyptic mentality. This topic is extended so that I analyse not only subjective but also objective reasons for the phenomenon which in the above-mentioned paper is termed vaccinophobia. I go even further and examine not only the consequences but also the cause, i.e. the pandemic itself and the various aspects of its impact on society and religion. I argue that the understanding of Covid is possible not only in the domain of doctors, sociologists, politologists, but also of theologians. I study the following main directions of its impact, i.e. being the instument used to destroy the traditional historical, cultural, and even biological identity of present-day Westerners; abnormal control over society on the pretext of caring for people, and extreme pressure on church life under the same pretext. My conclusion is that it is possible to see analogies between the fi ne tuning of Creation and coordination of the factors listed above in the context of the pervading purposeful set of objectives which are initially oppossed to the divine plan and are becoming more and more sophisticated. I cite opinions of prominent virusologists about the artifi cial origin of Covid as well as the arguments in favour of the view that the Christian teaching about hell can no longer be seen as a remnant of Middle Ages but constitutes an integral part of the Christian doctrine and fully retains validity in the present day. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e69dfd5195704175b12cacc2f9ab8ecf2023-03-08T10:07:48ZrusSt. Tikhon's Orthodox UniversityВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия1991-640X2409-46922021-12-019797123137http://dx.doi.org/10.15382/sturI202197.123-13710Vaccinophobia, “fundamentalism” and the fine tuning of the present-day pandemicVladimir Shokhin0Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences; Goncharnaya Str. 12/1, Moscow 109240, Russian FederationThis article is a response to the paper that discloses the unwillingness to get vaccination against Covid-19 as based on the apocalyptic mentality. This topic is extended so that I analyse not only subjective but also objective reasons for the phenomenon which in the above-mentioned paper is termed vaccinophobia. I go even further and examine not only the consequences but also the cause, i.e. the pandemic itself and the various aspects of its impact on society and religion. I argue that the understanding of Covid is possible not only in the domain of doctors, sociologists, politologists, but also of theologians. I study the following main directions of its impact, i.e. being the instument used to destroy the traditional historical, cultural, and even biological identity of present-day Westerners; abnormal control over society on the pretext of caring for people, and extreme pressure on church life under the same pretext. My conclusion is that it is possible to see analogies between the fi ne tuning of Creation and coordination of the factors listed above in the context of the pervading purposeful set of objectives which are initially oppossed to the divine plan and are becoming more and more sophisticated. I cite opinions of prominent virusologists about the artifi cial origin of Covid as well as the arguments in favour of the view that the Christian teaching about hell can no longer be seen as a remnant of Middle Ages but constitutes an integral part of the Christian doctrine and fully retains validity in the present day.https://periodical.pstgu.ru/ru/pdf/article/7618covid vaccinophobia fundamentalism alarmism conspiracy theory church life teleology rational plan fi ne tuning christian teaching about hellвакцинофобия фундаментализм алармизм конспирология пандемия церковная жизнь телеология разумный замысел тонкая настройка инфернология |
| spellingShingle | Vladimir Shokhin Vaccinophobia, “fundamentalism” and the fine tuning of the present-day pandemic Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия covid vaccinophobia fundamentalism alarmism conspiracy theory church life teleology rational plan fi ne tuning christian teaching about hell вакцинофобия фундаментализм алармизм конспирология пандемия церковная жизнь телеология разумный замысел тонкая настройка инфернология |
| title | Vaccinophobia, “fundamentalism” and the fine tuning of the present-day pandemic |
| title_full | Vaccinophobia, “fundamentalism” and the fine tuning of the present-day pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Vaccinophobia, “fundamentalism” and the fine tuning of the present-day pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vaccinophobia, “fundamentalism” and the fine tuning of the present-day pandemic |
| title_short | Vaccinophobia, “fundamentalism” and the fine tuning of the present-day pandemic |
| title_sort | vaccinophobia fundamentalism and the fine tuning of the present day pandemic |
| topic | covid vaccinophobia fundamentalism alarmism conspiracy theory church life teleology rational plan fi ne tuning christian teaching about hell вакцинофобия фундаментализм алармизм конспирология пандемия церковная жизнь телеология разумный замысел тонкая настройка инфернология |
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