The
Essential 12 Step Program
(1) Assume
the information you are receiving is wrong or deliberately skewed from China,
US media or Government.
(2) Get data
and information from experts in their field and do so from multiple sources
that corroborate each other. This includes biblical, theological, scientific and philosophical.
(3) Go where
the truth, facts and data lead.
(4) Cite
sources. If you can't cite sources that are corroborated (see #2) or if you
can't calculate it out based on real data. Perhaps you shouldn't post or state
it?
(5) Don't
buy into conspiracy theories. It adds to confusion and may lead to unnecessary
death. Don't add to the confusion.
(6) Feelings
are fine, but they do not trump facts. These need to work together. Facts
driven by feelings do wondrous things. Facts reinforced by Scripture and driven by Faith can work miracles.
(7)
Correlation is not causation and vice versa.
(8) If
you're wrong admit you're wrong. Two wrongs don't make a right. The lesser of two evils...is still evil.
(9) Help the
elderly, the homeless and those marginalized by society.
(10) Don't
attribute to malice that which can be explained through stupidity.
(11) Don’t
be an idiot. Stop buying things you don’t need and hording them. Other people
need them just as much as you do and if you buy it all you are putting others
in jeopardy.
(12) Last
and most importantly...turn to Scripture, turn to Prayer...turn to God.
Addendum: Don't assume the world will end tomorrow but live like it might. In the parable of the virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) some were ready for their master when He came and others weren't. Don't be the unprepared ones.
Matthew 6:33 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 24:13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure--pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
John 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
[In truth, many of these principles were used in the canonization of Scripture which is where I got the idea. I wanted to use the same principles (modernized of course) to determine what truth is right now. There is so much misinformation and outright propaganda out there its more unsettling than the death tolls. The only thing worse than knowing the awful truth is not knowing anything and living in dread.]
Addendum: Don't assume the world will end tomorrow but live like it might. In the parable of the virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) some were ready for their master when He came and others weren't. Don't be the unprepared ones.
Matthew 6:33 "But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Matthew 24:13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure--pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
John 10:10 "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
[In truth, many of these principles were used in the canonization of Scripture which is where I got the idea. I wanted to use the same principles (modernized of course) to determine what truth is right now. There is so much misinformation and outright propaganda out there its more unsettling than the death tolls. The only thing worse than knowing the awful truth is not knowing anything and living in dread.]
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