What do Taliban & Evangelicals have in common?

Q: What do Evangelical Christians and the Taliban have in common?

A: Aside from the fact that they’re both far-right-wing politico-religious movements of an Abrahamic religion… they’re also anti-science anti-vaxxers.

Ghost Viruses And The Taliban Stand In The Way Of Wiping Out Polio
October 24, 2019 – 5:11 PM ET
Heard on All Things Considered
Jason Beaubien

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/10/24/773134840/ghost-viruses-and-the-taliban-stand-in-the-way-of-wiping-out-polio

A health worker gives the oral polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan.
Fareed Khan/AP

Texas evangelicals helped sink an HPV vaccine mandate, now the state is inundated with cervical cancer
By Sky Palma
Posted on August 13, 2019
https://deadstate.org/texas-evangelicals-helped-sink-an-hpv-vaccine-mandate-now-the-state-is-inundated-with-cervical-cancer/

Religious Objections to the Measles Vaccine? Get the Shots, Faith Leaders Say
Devout parents who are worried about vaccines often object to ingredients from pigs or fetuses. But the leaders of major faiths have examined these fears and still vigorously endorse vaccination.
By Donald G. McNeil Jr. – April 26, 2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/health/measles-vaccination-jews-muslims-catholics.html

Afghanistan polio: First case in Kabul since 2001
By David Loyn BBC News, Kabul
11 February 2014
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26121732

Who are the anti-vaxxers?
by Paige Winfield Cunningham
March 02, 2015 05:00 AM
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/who-are-the-anti-vaxxers

The 5 Most Common Anti-Vaccine Arguments
With responses from a family doctor.
Matthew Loftus, MDMay 5, 2015
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/may/5-most-common-anti-vaccine-arguments.html

Texas megachurch run by vaccine-denying preacher battles measles outbreak which has contaminated 21 congregation members
• TV evangelist Kenneth Copeland is an advocate of faith healing and has talked of his belief in the vaccine-autism link
• The Eagle Mountain International Church in Texas has been infected by an outbreak of measles
• Those infected range in age from 4-months to 44-years-old
• The majority of those who were infected had never been vaccinated
By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter
Published: 02:19 EDT, 28 August 2013 | Updated: 05:20 EDT, 28 August 2013
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2403743/Measles-outbreak-Texas-megachurch-run-vaccine-denying-preacher-Kenneth-Copeland.html

There’s a Measles Outbreak at Vaccine-Denying Pastor Kenneth Copeland’s Fort Worth Church
Eric Nicholson – August 20, 2013 – 10:30am
https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/theres-a-measles-outbreak-at-vaccine-denying-pastor-kenneth-copelands-fort-worth-church-7110747

Amid Measles Outbreak, Megachurch Scrutinized for Vaccine Teachings
(UPDATED) Infections hit second-highest total since disease eradicated from U.S. in 2000.
Liz Szabo – Religion News Service
September 16, 2013 12:41 PM
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2013/august/measles-outbreak-megachurch-kenneth-copeland-vaccines.html

Texas Measles Outbreak Linked to Church Led by Kenneth Copeland’s Daughter; Infection Spreads to Congregation, Staff, Day Care
By Nicola Menzie, Christian Post Reporter
CP Current Page: Church & Ministries – Monday, August 26, 2013
https://www.christianpost.com/news/texas-measles-outbreak-linked-to-church-led-by-kenneth-copelands-daughter-infection-spread-to-congregation-staff-day-care-103057/

Anti-Vaxxers Illustrate Danger of Overly Broad Religious Freedom Laws
By Kara Loewentheil – February 2, 2015
http://religiondispatches.org/anti-vaxxers-point-to-danger-of-overly-broad-religious-freedom-laws/

The case for mandatory vaccinations
By David Schultz – 02/05/2015
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2015/02/case-mandatory-vaccinations/

Why do I call it the “anti-vaccine religion”? Let me explain
Posted on 2018-04-05 by The Original Skeptical Raptor
https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/anti-vaccine-religion-explain/