Jeff Bezos stands by not endorsing Kamala Harris, British young people are advocating for the unborn, Congress definitively concludes COVID-19 came from Wuhan, China lab

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Pastor charged with converting people through prayer

A Baptist pastor in India, Pranjal Bhuyan, who also works as a teacher, was arrested last week in the Northeastern state of Assam following complaints from villagers that he was attempting to convert people through prayers, reports International Christian Concern.

Attempting to heal people by praying for them is illegal under the Prevention of Evil Practices Act, enacted in February.

This law purportedly wants to create science-based knowledge and a safe environment to protect human health. It also aims to end “evil” and “sinister practices” that lawmakers believe thrive on ignorance and people’s ill health. The law criminalizes practices resorting to “magical healing” (prayers) and stipulates a three-year jail term and a fine for violations.

Christian leaders believe the legislation is ultimately an attempt to restrict and curb the spread of Christianity in Assam. Pastor Bhuyan now holds the dubious distinction of being the first person to be arrested under this law.

According to Open Doors, India is the 11^th most difficult country worldwide in which to be a Christian.

British young people are advocating for the unborn

BBC One aired a documentary last week called “Young, British, and Anti-Abortion.”

The film shows the rise of pro-life activism among members of Gen Z.

One pro-lifer featured in the documentary was Eden McCourt of Abortion Resistance. She has received over 3.4 million views with her content online.

Filmmaker Poppy Jay noted, “These activists are young, and they are in it for the long term. They know they are not going to change anyone’s mind overnight, and their strong social media presence is just giving them more confidence. Yes, they might be a vocal minority, but they are effective at getting their message across.”

In 1 Timothy 4:12, the Apostle Paul told Timothy, “Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”

Jeff Bezos applauds Trump’s attack on regulations, stands by not endorsing Kamala Harris

Amazon founder — and Washington Post owner — Jeff Bezos rarely speaks in public. And to get him to talk about politics in public is an even bigger feat.

Political commentator Chris Cillizza said that Bezos did both on Wednesday — sitting down with the New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin.

BEZOS: “If we’re talking about Trump, I think it’s very interesting. I’m actually very optimistic this time around. He seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. And my point of view, if I can help him do that, I’m going to help him. Because we do have too much regulation.”

Bezos suggested an economic growth strategy that would outpace the growth of the national debt.

BEZOS: “This country is so set up to grow. If you look at the national debt, and how gigantic it is as a portion of [the Gross Domestic Product], these are real problems, and they’re real long-term problems. The way you get out of them is by outgrowing them.

“You’re going to solve the problem of the national debt by making it a smaller percentage of GDP, not by shrinking the national debt, but by growing the GDP. You have to grow the denominator. That means you have to grow GDP at 3%, 4%, 5% a year and let the national debt grow slower than that. If you can do that, this is a very manageable problem.”

In an attempt to appease Trump, Bezos applauded the President-elect’s vision to cut regulations.

BEZOS: “There are so many advantages here, but we are burdened by excessive permitting and regulation. President Trump is serious about this regulatory agenda, and I think he has a good chance of succeeding.”

The New York Times interviewer, Andrew Sorkin, pointed to the blowback that Jeff Bezos received as owner of the Washington Post when he ordered the editorial staff not to endorse Kamala Harris for president and simply remain neutral on the editorial page instead.

SORKIN: “Marty Baron, who was your former editor of that paper, he said, ‘This is cowardice with democracy as its casualty.’”

BEZOS: “It was the right decision. I’m proud of the decision we made, and it was far from cowardly, because we knew there would be blowback, and we did the right thing anyway.”

SORKIN: “Okay, so let me ask you about that though. There was blowback. I think 250,000 people canceled their subscriptions.”

Political commentator Chris Cillizza offered his analysis.

CILLIZZA: “He does not want to make an enemy of the incoming president of the United States who has already targeted him repeatedly during his first term. So, I think this is of a piece with Bezos’ decision to not run an editorial that, from the Washington Post editorial board, that endorsed Kamala Harris. He defended that decision. He said it wasn’t cowardly; it was brave. Look, I think this is, at root, probably a business decision.”

Congress definitively concludes COVID-19 came from Wuhan, China lab

On December 2^nd, the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic concluded its two-year investigation into the COVID-19 pandemic. They released a final report entitled “After Action Review of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Lessons Learned and a Path Forward.”

Since February 2023, the Select Subcommittee has sent more than 100 investigative letters, conducted more than 30 transcribed interviews and depositions, held 25 hearings and meetings, and reviewed more than one million pages of documents.

In their 520-page final report, which we have linked in our transcript today at www.TheWorldview.com, the Select Subcommittee’s investigation documents the five strongest arguments which demonstrate that COVID-19 most likely emerged from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.

First, the virus possesses a biological characteristic that is not found in nature.

Second, data shows that all COVID-19 cases stem from a single introduction into humans. This runs contrary to previous pandemics where there were multiple spillover events.

Third, Wuhan is home to China’s foremost Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome research lab, which has a history of conducting gain-of-function research at inadequate biosafety levels.

Fourth, researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were sick with a COVID-like virus in the fall of 2019, months before COVID-19 was discovered at the wet market.

And fifth, by nearly all measures of science, if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced.

Anti-Bible PCUSA denomination has lost a million members

And finally, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) released its annual statistics report on Tuesday.

The mainline Protestant denomination, which continues to reject Biblical orthodoxy, now has about one million fewer active members or half as many as it did in 2009.

The denomination had 1.094 million members last year, down 46,000 from 2022. Member congregations also declined during the same period.

The mainline denomination’s decline comes as it became accepting of sexually perverted lifestyles.

Leviticus 18:22 says, “Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.”

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