On August 11, Fulcrum7 posted a survey regarding personal liberty, forced Covid vaccines and the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s response. The results are now in.
There were 1,000 individuals who took the survey. This survey is now closed.
IP addresses indicate that people from all over the US took the survey. There were a small number of participants from Australia and Canada.
Survey Monkey deleted a few responses (less than 10) that they thought were duplicate votes. They have been overseeing surveys for a long time, and they are pretty good at filtering out cheaters. We believe the final result is completely accurate.
There is no way of knowing if only Adventists took the survey, but we can comfortably speculate that at least 96%-99% of participants are Seventh-day Adventist church members. Several of the questions are dealing with issues that only a Seventh-day Adventist would understand.
Survey Results
Do you believe that the Liberal Media, Hollywood, and Big tech are hostile to conservative Americans and Christians?
Yes 90.67%
No 4.81%
Somewhat 4.81%Do you believe that personal liberty is a crucial factor in the End Time?
Yes 96.38%
No 2.41%
Liberty is overrated 1.41%Do you believe that forcing people to receive the Covid vaccine is in harmony with the government of God?
Yes 7.99%
No 92.21%Do you believe that Adventist healthcare has abandoned important elements of our health message?
Yes 90.98%
No 9.22%Do you believe that the General Conference should return to a neutral position on the issue of Covid vaccines?
Yes 85.80%
No 14.20%Do you think the official Seventh-day Adventist Church has done a fair job of presenting both sides of the Covid vaccine polemic?
Yes 12.58%
No 87.63%Do you think that there are too many conspiracy theories about the Covid vaccine?
Yes 48.29%
No 49.74%
I like conspiracies 4.55%Do you believe that the Covid vaccine is the Mark of the Beast?
Yes .80%
No 94.08%
Where do people get these nutty ideas? 12.94%Do you believe that forcing 100% compliance on the Covid vaccine could be a dress rehearsal (or trial balloon) for End Time coercion of conscience?
Yes 88.7%
No 10.97%
I don’t care, virtue signalling is more important .5%Do you like surveys?
Yes 35.53%
No 30.59%
This is a dumb question 36.87%
Observations
A large majority of respondents see the legacy media as hostile to Christianity.
The highest survey result is that personal liberty (or liberty of conscience) is a major factor in the End Time. Most respondents agree that it is.
Nine out of ten respondents believe that the General Conference (GC) of Seventh-day Adventists have demonstrated a pro Covid vaccine bias, and as a result have given short shrift to any opposing viewpoint. An equal number (9/10) prefer that the GC would take a neutral stance instead of being pro-vaccine during a time when freedom of choice is being threatened.
Only eight people thought that the Covid Vaccine was the Mark of the Beast. 99.2% reject this notion.
There was a change in the direction of the answers during the midway point of the survey. A more pro-vaccine mandate contingent joined in. Towards the end, there was a trend towards personal liberty.
9/10 People see the current push to compel everyone to take the Covid vaccine as coercive and eschatologically ominous. First, people were bribed to get the vaccine through lotteries, free college, free marijuana etc, then they were subjected to a steady drumbeat of emotional manipulation. Now, many are being threatened that they will lose their jobs if they don’t allow themselves to be vaccinated. Others are being threatened that they will not be allowed to attend certain sporting events, concerts, shop at stores, or fly on an airplane unless they have a vaccine passport that tracks their compliance. Tremendous pressure is coming from many directions to compel you to accept this vaccine; they are coming for you, and 9/10 people in this survey recognize the dark spirit attending this campaign of coercion.
Equally telling is the fact that people who have already acquired natural herd immunity by having and defeating Covid are also being compelled to get the vaccine, as if that will improve their immunity. This is ludicrous. The Covid vaccine is attempting to mimic natural immunity by artificial means.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, a June 8 study on 52,238 people indicated that “not a single incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection was observed in previously infected participants with or without vaccination.” Their conclusion was that people with natural (herd) immunity have no need for the vaccine. They were viciously attacked for sharing these findings, and pressured to update this study with a pro-vaccine recommendation (which they eventually did this month).
Holmes County Ohio in the heart of Amish Country is one of the least vaccinated counties in Ohio, and now has the lowest transmission rate of Covid. This is due to natural herd immunity among them. Similar results are reported in Lancaster County, PA, another large Amish population center.
The conspiracy theory question (#7) may have confused some people, and for that we apologize.
There were a few lighthearted answers thrown into the survey, and they didn’t affect the results. It’s ok to smile once in a while.
Thanks to all who participated in the survey. Your answers provide valuable insights into some of the issues confronting our world, country and Church. God bless you, and happy Sabbath.
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“Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy” (Psalm 107:2).