A PANDEMIA E O NEGACIONISMO DE IGREJAS CRISTÃS FUNDAMENTALISTAS BRASILEIRAS

Abstract

This study presents the issue of the worldwide pandemic, caused by the spread of the new Corona Virus, which causes Covid-19, a potentially deadly disease in many cases, which has killed thousands of people around the world, and the denial stance identified in Christian churches Pentecostals, in relation to the scientific guidelines of the need for social distancing, as a necessary means to contain the contamination and the possible more serious consequences of the disease. Denialism is the rejection of basic and indisputable concepts, consensually supported by scientific findings, to the detriment of distortions and alienations of non acceptance of these. We sought to highlight the importance of theological discourse, based on Christian ethics from a Roy May perspective, since, even in the face of scientific evidence that physical contact between people spreads the virus quickly, some evangelical denominations irresponsibly supported the discourse of maintenance of physical presence in temples, cults and religious events at the most critical moments of the pandemic in Brazil, which has already surpassed half a million deaths.