On my past Christian beliefs...my loss of hope and faith...and my inclination to reconsider during such a time as this, plus two essays that struck a cord with me.
With regard to the four things that you enumerate as difficult for "the Covid-times anti-tyranny voices to say publicly"... my agreement in each and every instance may in fact transcend complete... and what's more I have no difficulty is stating publicly what I believe to be true and factual... albeit the difficulty for some of my listeners to accept. But there in lies the greatest difficulty of our current society... that we more willingly accept comfortable lies in an effort to avoid uncomfortable truths... So I say be difficult and make people feel uncomfortable... They'll revile you for it now, but that the price one pays for telling the truth.
With regard to the four things that you enumerate as difficult for "the Covid-times anti-tyranny voices to say publicly"... my agreement in each and every instance may in fact transcend complete... and what's more I have no difficulty is stating publicly what I believe to be true and factual... albeit the difficulty for some of my listeners to accept. But there in lies the greatest difficulty of our current society... that we more willingly accept comfortable lies in an effort to avoid uncomfortable truths... So I say be difficult and make people feel uncomfortable... They'll revile you for it now, but that the price one pays for telling the truth.
For your reconsideration, new friend: https://nptru4u.substack.com/p/for-all-to-see-and-know