<story><title>Some Churches Are Still Packing in Crowds</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-29/some-megachurches-pack-in-crowds-amid-covid-19-warning-flares</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>abnry</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s definitely a problem from a public health perspective, and that&amp;#x27;s why there should be legal measures to stop such large gatherings.&lt;p&gt;However, these types of articles are often used to cast aspersions on &lt;i&gt;all&lt;/i&gt; Christians. That was essential the point of the parent comment. Why single out megachurches? You could find plenty of similar examples in the business, social and government realm of large groups continuing to meet.</text></item><item><author>teapourer</author><text>Unfortunately, &amp;quot;most&amp;quot; is not sufficient here. In South Korea the majority of cases were spread through a small handful of church gatherings. Consequently I have come to think that media coverage such as this post is a net benefit to society, although it is undisputable that they cast many innocent people in a bad light.</text></item><item><author>Brendinooo</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been seeing this plotline for awhile, and the notion that this is normal is pure fiction. They are outliers; feel free to call them out for their irresponsibility, but absolutely do not use them to make any kind of generalization.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;Some megachurches have opted out of in-person services and turned to live streaming entirely.&lt;p&gt;Correction: Just about every church that I&amp;#x27;ve heard about has gone online. Certainly possible that less-affected states are a week or two behind the curve, but most understand the weight of this and are acting accordingly.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>magduf</author><text>&amp;gt;Why single out megachurches?&lt;p&gt;Why not?  From my observations, megachurches tend to be very different from many other Christian churches, including in theology.  Christians aren&amp;#x27;t all the same, but there are some definite things that many, if not most, megachurches have in common, that they don&amp;#x27;t share with other denominations.  (Starting with &amp;quot;denominations&amp;quot;, in fact: megachurches usually don&amp;#x27;t belong to one.)</text></comment>
<story><title>Some Churches Are Still Packing in Crowds</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-29/some-megachurches-pack-in-crowds-amid-covid-19-warning-flares</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>abnry</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s definitely a problem from a public health perspective, and that&amp;#x27;s why there should be legal measures to stop such large gatherings.&lt;p&gt;However, these types of articles are often used to cast aspersions on &lt;i&gt;all&lt;/i&gt; Christians. That was essential the point of the parent comment. Why single out megachurches? You could find plenty of similar examples in the business, social and government realm of large groups continuing to meet.</text></item><item><author>teapourer</author><text>Unfortunately, &amp;quot;most&amp;quot; is not sufficient here. In South Korea the majority of cases were spread through a small handful of church gatherings. Consequently I have come to think that media coverage such as this post is a net benefit to society, although it is undisputable that they cast many innocent people in a bad light.</text></item><item><author>Brendinooo</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been seeing this plotline for awhile, and the notion that this is normal is pure fiction. They are outliers; feel free to call them out for their irresponsibility, but absolutely do not use them to make any kind of generalization.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;Some megachurches have opted out of in-person services and turned to live streaming entirely.&lt;p&gt;Correction: Just about every church that I&amp;#x27;ve heard about has gone online. Certainly possible that less-affected states are a week or two behind the curve, but most understand the weight of this and are acting accordingly.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wolco</author><text>For me the word mega in front of churches made me more concerned. Just because the crowds are so large.&lt;p&gt;The media&amp;#x27;s dislike for anything Christian makes this a two quadrant story.. possible three if the mega churches are in a red state.</text></comment>