Is not testing really a good idea?

Is not testing really a good idea?  You probably think I’m asking about COVID-19 testing.  Well, I am, sort of.  But only a little bit.  Mostly, I’m asking about something else.  However, looking at the question with an eye towards COVID does help come up with a valid answer for my actual topic.

Is not testing really a good idea?I think pretty much everyone’s heard the U.S. president’s claim that we’d be better off if we tested less for COVID.  Somehow, he appears to believe, or at least wants us to believe, that testing causes people to get COVID. 

Of course, that’s just not possible, unless the testing process itself infects people, which it doesn’t.  Testing does exactly what it should do.  It identifies people who have the virus already.

If, as he wants us to believe, testing is causing most of our cases, then the statistics would be much different.  For instance, the politicians, sports players, and rich people who can afford testing every few days should all be infected.  That’s not happening.

What is happening is the rate of hospitalizations goes up and the number of deaths go up as more cases are found.  Events take place with crowds of people without face masks, cases go up, hospitalizations go up, and deaths go up, all according to the lag times seen world-wide with this virus.

For COVID, is not testing really a good idea?

Ultimately, testing gives either peace of mind if it’s negative, or cause for concern if it’s positive.  Maybe for a person, a group of people, a place of work, a small town, city, county, state, Etc.  That is, if we believe that testing is valid.  When we fail to accept that testing is a good thing and that it’s valid, those warnings coming from concern over rising cases are also ignored.

So yes, as far as COVID is concerned, the reality is that testing is a good idea.

As I said though, COVID testing isn’t my point.  

Rather, my point is about us, Christians, testing our faith and whether or not we’re really living life the way Jesus taught.  In other words, for Christians, is testing a good idea?  

For Christians, is testing a good idea?

If we follow the example of King David, the answer is clearly yes.

 

Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.


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