Louisiana Pastor Says His Church Members Won’t Care If They Die From Coronavirus Because It’s In The Name Of Freedom And The Lord: “True Christians Do Not Mind Dying”

A Louisiana pastor says that if any members of his church die from COVID-19, it would be on behalf of the Lord and freedom. ⠀

Things are getting stranger and stranger in this era of #coronavirus. Pastor Tony Spell of Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge told TMZ that real Christians won’t care about dying from coronavirus because it will be in the name of the Lord, claiming people shouldn’t live in fear. “People that can prefer tyranny over freedom do not deserve freedom,” he said.

Medical officials have advised everyone to stay home and practice social distancing amid the outbreak, but Spell says we have to “get on with life.” Last week, Spell opened his church for Palm Sunday, and more than 1,000 people attended the service. Consequently, Spell was arrested and charged with violating the state’s order.

Despite, his recent run-in with the law, Spell isn’t letting the government lead him over his religious views. “The Bible teaches us to be absent from our bodies and present with the Lord. So, like, any revolutionary, or like any zealot or pure religious person, death looks to them like a welcome friend,” said Spell.

When asked if his churchgoers’ mind dying, he replied, “True Christians do not mind dying. They fear living in fear.”

What do you all think about Spell’s thoughts?