Regarding vaccination, Bilderdijk was an important figure in Dutch history. He rightly regarded vaccination as “perverted scientific practices” and recognized the evil of using the pulpit to promote vaccination.
Category: Opposition
Don’t let Accusations of “Controlled Opposition” Splinter the Vaccine Awareness Movement
Some thoughts on the “controlled opposition” controversy in the vaccine awareness movement and a video with some good points on the topic.
What We Can Learn From Martin Luther’s Reformation for Today’s Vaccine Debate
An excellent post from Broken Quiet on Martin Luther and the vaccine debate.
L.W.C. Keuchenius (1822-1893): a Model Fire-breathing, Anti-vaccine Christian Statesman
We live in an age where too many Christian leaders are either silent about vaccines, or even, to the church’s shame, openly support them. Instead, Christianity needs in its ranks more no-nonsense, unapologetic anti-vaccine leaders like L.W.C. Keuchenius who do not sugarcoat vaccines — but who warn people about them, point out the religious devotion attached to them, and rebuke those who create and promote them.
Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920): a Model Christian Statesman against Mandatory Vaccination
Thanks to the labors of men such as Kuyper, a voice against mandatory vaccination would be entrenched in the public sphere of the Netherlands. Kuyper, then, did not use his influence to shill for vaccination — as so many do today. Rather, as an adherent of the Christian religion, he worked to protect people from being forced to undergo this pagan poison rite.