“Acting like God

• Bishop flays Minnis from pulpit
• Accuses MPs of being spineless.” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “In a fiery sermon that was widely circulated on social media yesterday, Mount Tabor Church Bishop Neil Ellis railed against Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, accused him and their members of his Cabinet of having a god complex and slammed members of Parliament as a ‘spineless’ group of men and women who refuse to demand accountability from Minnis.

Linking his assessment of the prime minister’s performance to scripture, Ellis said, ‘You’ll see in text that while feeling the success and the weight of his power, and caught up in an exaggerated sense of his own self-importance, Nebuchadnezzar, the head of Babylon, developed what Dr. Tony Evans calls a theo ego; theo means God.  Ego is mindset.”

In a sermon that seemed more political than about spreading the word of God, Bishop Neil Ellis then went on to say; “Don’t just come, ‘I want an extensions for another month ‘, hook, lock and sinker, all of your men and women vote for it.  How dare you all.”  Here the good Bishop seems to suggest that the lockdowns are at the fancy of the prime minister/ [Competent Authority] and are without reason or merit but even those less “intelligent” than the Bishop knew that with the rising numbers of COVID-19 numbers in the country that a lock-down may have been coming to make an attempt to mitigate the spread of this pandemic.  So, for the good Bishop to suggest otherwise either is a lie from the pulpit to evoke emotion of rage from his congregation or is plain ignorance on his behalf.

You would have thought that the good Bishop would have stopped there but then he goes on; “Ellis said, ‘You’re insulting our intellect and parading on our democracy and sidelining our right of movement and humiliating our business owners and entrepreneurs.  Your one-man stand is killing our economy and it sure does not help when the one in the chair does not believe in God.”  At this point it just gets plain “ugly” because the good Bishop has already sidelined the true reason for the extension and exactly how does a man of God get up in the pulpit and condemn someone of not believing in God; how does he know this man’s heart?  I have seen some supporters of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) try to walk back this disgraceful and irresponsible comment by attempting to say that the good Bishop actually meant another person but the person whose name they call is in no “chair” to be considered a “one-man stand”.

The good Bishop even at one point went on to label the prime minister as a “dictator’, let us bear in mind this is the very same man that once advised his congregation to either vote PLP or leave.  As the good Bishop make this very strong recommendation is the good Bishop also suggesting that our Lord God only sees the souls of PLP supporters worthy of salvation or is the Bishop that political that he believes that persons that do not support the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) are not worthy of his sanctuary and his words of salvation?

These remarks were very “ugly” and God does not like ugly and the good Bishop should be very mindful of this fact.  I am sure that at some point that the good Bishop will come out and try to walk these comments back but they are already out there.  Yes good Bishop your true heart is on display for all to see.

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“Baha Mar waiting on Bahamians to kick virus – Resort president says no opening until COVID-19 numbers drop” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Baha Mar President Grame Davis said yesterday the resort cannot open until COVID-19 numbers in The Bahamas are lowered and urged Bahamians to do their part in making this happen.

Asked if he anticipates that the resort will open this year, Davis said, ‘I certainly hope so.  It really depends on everyone doing their job in The Bahamas to get COVID out and get us down to a very low level that’s manageable.

‘And there are statistics that show it can be done.  There are countries around the world that have kicked it out completely, much larger countries than we are.  So, I know it’s possible and I encourage everyone to do their part.’

Davis added, ‘Let’s take it seriously.  We’re currently right now on the State Department’s, we’re on a level four warning [that says] do not travel to The Bahamas.

‘….Right now in the state of New York’s state of emergency orders, The Bahamas is listed as a country where you need to quarantine [for] 14 days upon return from a vacation.

‘All of these are impediments to travel.

‘And so, we need to make sure we get our levels very low here in The Bahamas and we can control the virus so we can get to a state that we are ready to open.  And that would certainly help our economy.”

We have recently gone into another lockdown to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus and many persons are not pleased about the lockdown and I await those that again threaten to sue the government over their basic civil rights to free movement but while we have a moment to think a bit I ask if we are not going to do it to help our very selves; are we willing to make certain sacrifices to help the country at large?

The opposition has already stated empathically that they are not willing to make such sacrifices to help the country at large and do not support any measures that would help to lower the numbers of COVID-19 cases.

“Davis: New restrictions meant to punish Bahamians” – The Nassau Guardian

Excerpt from this article; “Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) leader Philip Brave Davis said yesterday the new measures announced by the prime minister to curb the spread of COVID in The Bahamas are meant to punish Bahamians.

‘I think it’s an act of punishment,’ Davis said at a press conference.

‘It feeds into the narrative that Bahamians are not co-operating and I share a different view.  The measures are coercive.  Coercion is not the way.  Seeking to get co-operation is the way, in my view.”

Anytime the leader of the oppositions utters the words; “I think”, I just know we are in for some brand new hokum and he did not fail on delivering, actually the only thing that he has been able to deliver on constantly.

I ask the leader of the opposition, at which point has the government, not asked the citizens of the country to co-operate because if he is implying that it was never done then I suggest that he is not being truthful with the citizens of the country.

I would further suggest that what the leader of the opposition labels as ‘coercion’ is a very difficult decision by the leader of the country.  This also suggests that the leader of the opposition is unwilling to make such difficult decisions; if by miracle he were to be prime minister – we do not need this.

But indeed the only way forward is by the lowering of numbers of those effected to a manageable le number, as was done under the first wave, so that we can return to some sort of normalcy but this will have to be a new normal wherein these safety protocols become a way of life until a safe vaccine is found.

The country needs to open back up, the country’s economy needs to be opened back up but we cannot do any of this with raising COVID-19 cases.  So if you really do not care about yourself, are you willing to do it for your country?

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