“God is my vaccine”: The Role of Religion, Conspiracy Beliefs, and Threat Perception in Relation to COVID-19 Vaccination
Remarkable study sourced from Public Health Scotland.
Introduction
Current Psychology is a global platform for publishing peer-reviewed, leading-edge research across all major areas of psychology. In this study 3 of the 4 authors are based in Scotland.
Authors and Affiliations
SWPS University, Sopot, Poland
Aleksandra Rabinovitch & Ewa Łycyniak
Psychology Department, University of Dundee, Nethergate Dundee, Scotland, DD1 4HN, UK
Ana-Maria Bliuc
Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
Katerina Strani
Department of Psychology, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
Mioara Cristea
I sourced the study direct from PHS
Study conclusions
‘‘Analysis revealed that both conspiracy beliefs and perceived closeness to God were related to a decreased perception of the COVID-19 threat, which in turn led to a decreased number of vaccine doses received.’’
‘‘The total effect of belief in conspiracy theories on the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses was significant.’’
Masks used for social control?
‘‘From 28th March 2022 onwards, most restrictions were lifted. Consequently, it was no longer obligatory to quarantine housemates of COVID-19 patients or to wear face masks, except during visits to medical facilities. As a result of these changes, a mean level of coronavirus threat observed in study was rather low.’’
Further points
‘‘For example, conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19, such as claims that the virus is a hoax or was engineered by powerful elites to control the world may sustain a general sense of danger.’’
‘‘Conspiracy theories provide a framework for reinterpretation that shifts focus from the direct threat of COVID-19 to the external forces seen as influencing the global order. While this redirection may reduce the perceived threat of the virus itself, it can contribute to relatively high levels of general anxiety.’’
‘‘If religious and conspiracy beliefs do indeed diminish perceived threat, this has both positive and negative consequences. While a decrease in the perceived immediacy of threats may offer a degree of reassurance, it could also dissuade individuals from taking life-saving preventive measures such as vaccination.’’
Man above god?
An interesting dilema…if you have to choose between placing your faith in god or in the products of man. I know what has served me well over the last 4 years, how about you?
Psalm 118:18 :
‘It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.’
UN Agenda 2030
Basic research on the authors shows United Nations SDGs front and centre.
‘‘The virus is a hoax or was engineered by powerful elites to control the world.’’
‘Conspiracy theory’ remember.
‘‘The links between international bodies and the large NGOs and foundations are too deep and too close; it's the same power system: there is a symbiosis between them, both financially and ideologically, and even humanly. But this relationship of complementarity is distorted and unbalanced by the intervention of philanthropic billionaires who pursue political, economic and financial objectives. The system is perverted by this "privatization of human rights".
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Links:
Full study- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-024-06475-7
PHS link- https://publichealthscotland.scot/repository/god-is-my-vaccine-the-role-of-religion-conspiracy-beliefs-and-threat-perception-in-relation-to-covid-19-vaccination/
https://eclj.org/geopolitics/coe/how-soros-open-society-and-microsoft-invest-in-the-council-of-europe--the-united-nations
https://www.ligonier.org/learn/qas/how-should-christians-respond-to-the-covid-19-crisis
They have covered the bases, "both conspiracy beliefs and perceived closeness to God were related to a decreased perception of the covid-19 threat". Of course it had nothing to do with the lies and deceit of the staged "pandemic" of 2020, pure unadulterated gaslighting except we see through them easily, this is a performance for the remaining blind believers who are left or maybe it is a last ditch effort to maintain the "vaccine" lies. I am not surprised psychologists were involved in writing this paper, they are still trying to manipulate behaviour.
The psychologists study the relationship between certain attitudes and views of life and people's willingness to conform to medical and political authorities. They find that those who have their own ideas are less likely to follow the injunction to be jabbed.
The study views religious and 'conspiracy theory' beliefs pejoratively, the underlying assumption being that those holding them are irrational and delusional.
The study never tests the truth or reasonableness of any of the beliefs it scorns, and dismisses them without evaluating any specifically, indeed it hardly mentions any specifically. Was there really a pandemic? Was there good evidence to support the idea that the benefits of masking, isolation, testing, or injections outweighed the harms? Was there any ulterior motive for declaring a pandemic? Does Event 201 suggest the pandemic was premediatated? What was the purpose and influence of the WHO, WEF, the Bilderberg group, the Trilateral Commission, BMGF, GAVI, BIS, IMF, etc, etc and who is involved in these groups? Why was there such an emphasis on controlling narratives and creating fear in the population? Do the psychologists really think people should surrender their critical faculties and cease to make their own decisions in a supposed crisis?
Nor does the study test outcomes: for example comparing the health of those who conformed with the authoritarian covid demands with those who did not.
And nor does the study consider the ethics of demanding compliance, i.e. obtaining informed consent for all medical interventions under the Nuremberg Code. Still less does it consider the moral/psychological effect of violations of the Code by the authorities.
The study throws no light on why people resisted the measures, simply dismissing them as religious or conspiracy theorists. The psychologists are rationalising why people's autonomy should be ignored.