Appreciate the distinction and I share the critique. I'll venture to say that there are few more dismayed by the churches' responses --especially now, when so many lies have been revealed and so much harm is apparent-- than the followers of Jesus who HAVE been working to speak truth and life into the chaotic inversion/subversion of right and wrong that inhabits our world.

One of the most culturally despised, censored, and abandoned groups of people right now are those who were harmed by covid vaccines. I'm part of the effort to bring acknowledgement, just compensation, research, support, and encouragement to the vaccine-injured and find myself almost completely surrounded by other Christians drawn to this work. I am 1000% past ready for the churches to be vocal and help break through the stigma to bring mercy and justice for these suffering people.

None of us know where this road will lead, but we try to do the next right thing put in front of us and proceed with love, following Jesus' commands to love God first and love our neighbors. No other compass.

There are also secular friends involved, of course. And it's true that humor and good cheer help keep us all going... the obscene is also absurd on some level. When all the true, earnest, rational, humane arguments apparently fail to make a dent, there is comfort and resolve-building in a good laugh at the expense of the dragon. A reminder that it's not all powerful, after all.