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Dear friends, as I warned only a few weeks ago in this post which can still be found on my Bill’s Bible Basics Blog . . .
. . . when President Joe Biden gave the green light which mandated that all federal employees be vaccinated or else face forced regular testing and wearing face masks, he set in motion a trend which has now — in a matter of only a few weeks time — avalanched into the private sector as well, and is affecting all of our lives to one degree or another.
As we all know by now, many areas of the private sector have likewise picked up the vaccination ball, and are running with it as far as they possibly can, as can be easily seen by daily news reports, online videos and commentaries, etc.
Whether they are big corporations, smaller businesses, universities, public school systems, or other establishments and entities; they are all now requiring that those people who either work for them, or who interact with them in some other way, be vaccinated.
Tragically, those people who continue to resist being vaccinated for whatever their personal reasons, are being faced with negative — and sometimes very difficult — repercussions, including the potential loss of their employment.
Obviously, that is the very last thing that such individuals need during this troubling time. However, as I pointed out in a previous post — in which I even cited a Washington Times news article — that has been the plan all along. The government openly admitted that it wanted to make life difficult for unvaccinated people.
So now we must ask ourselves exactly how far this can go. Well, it seems that we now have a clear answer. If you have been closely following the latest COVID-19 news and developments, then you will already know that for some time now, there has been talk of the potential need for vaccine booster shots for certain individuals. That has now become a reality, as is evidenced by the following news article:
https://www.foxnews.com/health/fda-covid-19-booster-vaccine-immunocompromised
My concern is obviously the following. While government and health/medical officials are currently stating that only immunocompromised individuals need to be concerned with getting vaccine booster shots, how soon will that change?
Folks, let’s be honest about this. At least here in the United States of America, if there is one thing we know with certainty, it is that since the pandemic first began, the narrative which has been presented to us by government and health officials has changed continuously, sometimes almost overnight.
Granted, to be fair, to some degree, in the beginning this was to be expected. After all, little was known about the nature of the virus, and we were still learning about it. However, now we are a full seventeen months into this pandemic.
The point is that the pandemic situation has become so confusing, that many people no longer even trust their own governments, and have lost faith in their health officials’ pronouncements as well.
For example, Dr. Anthony Fauci — who is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the USA, and the Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden, as he was previously with President Donald Trump — has lost all credibility with many Americans, due to his ever-changing narrative, and what are believed to be his questionable ties to the Wuhan virology lab in China, and the gain-of-function controversy.
But can we really blame them for their lack of trust? My gosh, even at this late date, we are still not being told the full truth regarding the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes coronavirus COVID-19.
On top of that fact, as I already said, the narrative is constantly changing. For example, first it was masks on, then masks off, and then masks on again. First we were told that the vaccines would be voluntary, and now they are slowly becoming universally mandatory.
But that is not all. First we were told that the vaccines would protect us from getting COVID-19, and now it turns out that even double-vaccinated people can not only still get the coronavirus, but they can even pass it on to others, because their nasal viral load is just about as strong as in unvaccinated people.
Furthermore, there are also recent accounts which claim that some people are getting COVID-19 as a direct result of being vaccinated.
And it doesn’t end there either. First there was just one COVID-19, and now there are multiple mutations and variants, even more powerful than the original strain.
So as I have now said a few times, the narrative we are being given is constantly changing. That being the case, why should we believe that booster shots will be limited to just immunocompromised individuals?
Well, I will give you one good reason why you should not believe it. Once again, if you have been paying close attention to the latest developments, then you will probably already know that the latest pandemic spikes are said to be a result of the delta variant which is currently sweeping the world. There is also some chatter regarding the lambda variant.
But there is more. It has now begun to leak out that the vaccines — particularly the Pfizer vaccine — are losing their potency or effectiveness against these newer strains of COVID-19.
In fact, just yesterday I was reading that the efficacy of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the delta variant is down to just 42%, while the efficacy of the Moderna vaccine against the delta variant is 76%. If you doubt my word, please read this article:
Now folks, it doesn’t take a genius to figure this out. We already know that virus mutations are real. They adapt according to the environment they are in, and new strains, or variants, arise which are stronger and more resistant to anything we throw at them. As a result, they also become more transmissible, exactly as the delta variant has done.
So who is to say that at some point in our not-too-distant future, a new coronavirus variant won’t arise which is even more resistant, and more transmissible — or contagious — than the delta variant? My friends, this is a very real scientific possibility. This is not some wild conspiracy theory.
The truth is that no one should be surprised by this possibility. Do you know why? Because scientists have known about this potential threat — and warned about it — for literally decades now. In fact, I first broached this subject of drug-resistant superbugs myself back in 1999 in my 14-part series entitled “Fulfilled Prophecy: The Beginning of Sorrows”, which you can read at the following URL, if you desire to:
https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/sorrow01.html
So, it is for that reason that I personally seriously doubt that the necessity of vaccine booster shots will remain limited to just immunocompromised individuals, despite the current claims being made by government and health officials. They have constantly changed their story about everything else, so why not about this as well?
I believe that it won’t be long before they will be saying that EVERYONE needs to receive booster shots, because the current vaccines were NOT designed to combat these new, more powerful variants. They were designed to combat the ORIGINAL strain.
That is why there have been so-called “breakthrough” cases. That is why vaccinated people are still able to get COVID-19. That is why vaccinated individuals can still infect other people. That is why some people — no matter how small the number — are still becoming very sick, and even dying, after being vaccinated.
So again, I do believe that in the near future, booster shots are going to be required — and quite possibly mandated — for EVERYONE. Not just once either, but multiple times at periodic intervals.
As this pandemic continues to ravage the world, we may potentially see more powerful variants arise on the scene; variants which will resist and weaken the current vaccines even further. This will of course require that new and more powerful vaccines be manufactured.
In conclusion, I honestly don’t know how this will end, or when this will end. It seems to me that we may possibly be locked into a never-ending cycle. At this current time, my personal impression is that we are not winning the current battle against SARS-CoV-2, what with our vaccines weakening, and new variants arising.
However this all eventually ends, I hope that your heart is right with God our Father, and that you have received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.
My friends, as we all know, right now there is a lot of chatter — including a lot of different conspiracy theories — on the social networks regarding COVID-19 and the vaccines. I myself have written a considerable amount of COVID-19 related material over the past seventeen months.
But if we are honest with ourselves, we will recognize that a lot of it comes from people just like you and me. That is, from people who, honestly speaking, are the least qualified to be making any kind of official statements.
Yes, we watch a lot of YouTube videos, visit Wikipedia, read a lot of newspaper articles, do research on a lot of medical and scientific websites, etc., and then we form our personal opinions, based on what we have watched and read.
But you know what? That still doesn’t mean that we are right, that we fully understand things, or that we even really know the truth, because there is a lot of intentional deception out there, and a lot of personal agendas, all of which is seeking to influence our minds, shape our world view, and control our very actions.
One popular Internet rumor at the moment is that the COVID-19 vaccines contain metallic/ magnetic nanoparticles which are causing regular magnets — such as refrigerator magnets — to stick to a vaccine recipient’s skin at the injection site.
As if that is not enough, some people even go so far as to claim that the vaccines contain a minute microchip, which is resulting in the alleged reaction with the magnet.
Let me quickly address that last topic first. My friends, in a word, I find the possibility of a microchip — or even nanobots — so minute that it/they can even flow in our bloodstream — or through serum in a syringe — quite ludicrous.
In my view, such thinking currently belongs in the realm of science fiction movies. I am relatively certain that such technology simply does NOT exist at the moment. We have not yet advanced that far with our technology, no matter what anyone tries to tell you.
Perhaps in a few more decades we will reach the point where we have microchips that small, and nanobots which can flow in our bloodstreams, delivering medications, and making repairs to our bodies.
However, for now, as far as I know, scientists have only been able to create very simple spring-like mechanisms using carbon nanotubes and such. There are currently no mechanical nanobots flowing in anyone’s bloodstream, and there is no microchip small enough to pass through a syringe. Period.
Now, regarding the magnets and metallic particles rumor, my friends, based on two of my previous Bill’s Bible Basics Blog posts, which you will find here . . .
Vaccine Magnet Test is a Hoax – Part 1
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/covid-19-vaccine-magnet-test-is-a-hoax-part-1/
Vaccine Magnet Test is a Hoax – Part 2
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/covid-19-vaccine-magnet-test-is-a-hoax-part-2/
. . . I can only conclude that if magnets are really sticking to people’s skin at vaccine injection sites — which I still seriously doubt — then it must be for some other possibly medical reason. Either that, or they are simply well-crafted hoaxes.
And before you even ask, I am sorry, but watching a YouTube video won’t convince me otherwise, because videos can easily hide things, and can be easily manipulated as well, to make you see things that are really not there, or which are really not happening.
Now, having stated all of the above, I have read information regarding a compound called graphene oxide which is currently being studied as a possible delivery system for medications — such as vaccines — in the future. Currently, graphene oxide has a number of industrial uses. You can learn more about it by reading articles such as this one:
https://health-desk.org/articles/how-do-we-know-graphene-oxide-isn-t-used-in-covid-19-mrna-vaccines
However, as that, and many other articles state, and as the vaccine manufacturers likewise insist, there is currently no graphene oxide in any of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Now, whether or not we should believe what they are saying is a good question. I can’t answer that for you. In fact, I can’t even answer it for myself, because I don’t have that kind of education, background or experience.
Let me also mention that graphene oxide in itself is NOT metallic, and thus not magnetic. It is actually carbon based, just like carbon nanotubes, if you know anything about current developments in nanotechnology.
However, while graphene oxide can be bound to magnetic nanoparticles for a variety of applications, as I said, the vaccine manufacturers — and other sources — claim that the COVID-19 vaccines do NOT currently contain graphene oxide.
To reiterate one of the points I made in my two previous BBB Blog posts, while I am not a scientist or a medical professional, simple logic tells me that even if the vaccines did contain metallic/magnetic nanoparticles, it would not be of a sufficient amount to cause a magnet to react in the manner in which some people are describing. After all, you can only fit so much serum in a syringe, and most of it is liquid, and not solid particles.
Can I conclusively prove this point? Definitely not. So, it is really up to you to decide what you want to believe.
My friends, several days ago I made a post which included statistics from the VAERS — Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System — on the U.S. government’s Health and Human Services website. You can find my previous post here:
Likewise, you can access the U.S. government’s VAERS reporting system — which is managed by the CDC and the FDA — at the following URL:
https://vaers.hhs.gov/index.html
The aforementioned statistics reveal that as of July 30, 2021, more than 12,300 American citizens have died after taking one of the three FDA emergency-approved COVID-19 vaccines.
Note: Please read the VAERS site’s disclaimer to understand their interpretation regarding how statistics should be understood. You may or may not agree with them.
Please note that originally, after conducting a VAERS search of my own, I personally came up with a figure of almost 7,000 deaths. However, apparently, I was conducting the search incorrectly. As such, my total for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was about 5,000 lower than it should have been. Setting the search criteria is a bit complicated, after all.
By the way, if you wish to conduct your own search, you can do so using the VAERS “WONDER” tool at the following URL:
https://wonder.cdc.gov/vaers.html
Furthermore, as of that same date — July 30, 2021 — over 545,000 adverse events had been recorded in the VAERS system, after taking vaccines. Stated another way, we are talking about more than 545,000 NEGATIVE REACTIONS occurring after taking vaccines — some more serious than others — and that includes only the ones which have actually been reported to VAERS. Some people strongly suspect that the numbers are probably a lot higher than that.
But, my friends, think about that figure — 12,300+ deaths. That figure is more than four times the number of people who died as a direct result of the horrific events which occurred on September 11, 2001.
So why isn’t the U.S. government constantly throwing the 12,300+ figure in our faces? I will tell you why. Because unlike the almost 3,000 people who died during 9/11, the 12,300+ figure has no positive political capital.
In other words, that almost 3,000 total deaths figure from 9/11 gave the government power to psychologically manipulate the American public, so that they would not only support the so-called “war against terrorism” for two decades, but the 9/11 death toll also convinced American citizens to “temporarily” surrender some of their personal freedoms via the “Patriot Act”.
But that is not all. The 9/11 death toll was also used to convince many Americans to support the ill-conceived and illegal invasion of, and war in, Iraq, which was primarily based on the WMD lie. I discuss this topic at length in some of my articles on the Bill’s Bible Basics website at:
Lastly, it is in large part because of the 9/11 death toll figure constantly being thrown in our faces — what do you think the “Remember 9/11” mantra is all about? — that America has engaged in the obviously unwinnable and futile war in Afghanistan for so many years, as recent news reports regarding Taliban military victories have clearly revealed. The Russians learned their lesson. What about us?
In contrast to the 9/11 death toll figure, the VAERS vaccine death toll figure — even though it is at least four times greater — doesn’t give the government power to manipulate people in the direction that it wants to take them. That is, to convince everyone to get the vaccine.
Quite to the contrary, that 12,300+ figure is NEGATIVE political capital, because it clearly shouts out FAILURE and DANGER. It is an alarm call to people to BEWARE, because something is not right, and that something is in fact seriously WRONG!
Thus, the government, and some of its agencies, and certain medical and pharmaceutical entities try to minimize the figure, to de-emphasize its importance, and to play it down. You certainly don’t see the liberal mainstream media screaming headlines regarding 12,300+ people dying after taking the COVID-19 vaccines, do you? That says a lot!
It is as if to say that the almost 3,000 people who died during 9/11 was a big deal — and they certainly ran with it as far and as long as they possibly could — while these 12,300+ people who have died after taking one of the COVID-19 vaccines, and the hundreds of thousands more who have suffered other non-lethal negative effects from the vaccines, are not as important!
Think about that, my friends. And remember. Even as I type out this commentary, those figures continue to climb by the day, as the COVID-19 vaccines continue to negatively affect more and more people.
Yes, according to the American government and its medical/health agencies, many millions of American citizens are being spared from the worst effects of COVID-19 — including from death — due to taking one of the vaccines.
However, that does NOT mean that we should simply ignore, play down, or hide the fact that for many people, taking the vaccine may be just as risky as actually getting COVID-19, because either way, they could possibly end up DEAD, or at least just as sick as if they actually had COVID-19!
In fact, if the stories are true, I have read accounts in recent days where it has been said that some people are actually getting COVID-19 as a direct result of getting one of the vaccines!
Folks, we already know — because even the U.S. government has confirmed it — that the current vaccines do NOT prevent a person from getting COVID-19. Neither to they prevent a vaccinated person from passing COVID-19 on to someone else.
So, if these vaccines are actually giving some people COVID-19 as certain accounts state, then that is just the icing on the cake, and it further highlights the inefficacy, and the danger, of these vaccines. Are these vaccines possibly doing more harm than good despite government claims?
Returning to my previous point, my friends, for some people, it may be a light thing to say “Well, what is 13,000 people lost compared to millions of people who are saved from COVID-19’s death grip due to the vaccines?”
Yes, that may be easy to say for some people. But what if those 13,000 deaths included members of your own family? Would you still feel the same way? I bet you wouldn’t. Tell me something. What if 13,000 people suddenly died in your town or city after taking one of the vaccines? Would you still just sit quietly by?
As I have stated in previous posts, in the end, it is YOUR body. As such, in my view, it is also YOUR right, and ONLY your right, to decide whether or not you wish to take the vaccine. Don’t you agree?
In quite an opposite manner, isn’t this the very same argument that is made by pro-abortionists? So why shouldn’t it apply to the COVID-19 vaccine situation as well?
In effect then, isn’t the government and their supporters practicing a double standard when they say that women have the right to choose whether or not to get an abortion, while they deny us the right to accept or reject having a questionable vaccine injected into our bodies? At the very least, it is hypocritical.
Given the known serious risks which have now been clearly associated with these vaccines — as even the government’s VAERS website clearly reveals — my personal position is that neither the U.S. government, nor any other entity — federal, state or local — has the legal right to force anyone through mandates to take any of the available COVID-19 vaccines. After all, to do so is to knowingly be condemning certain individuals to death, no matter how small the number.
My friends, we are people, and NOT guinea pigs. Yet, whether you realize it or not, that is exactly what we become when we accept vaccines which have not been adequately tested over the long term, or fully approved yet. We BECOME the experiment!
In fact, even when the vaccines are approved by the FDA, given the FDA’s record and known internal corruption and bias, I STILL won’t trust the vaccines!
As for me personally, as I have mentioned before, due to my own health situation — among which is the fact that I take a daily dose of an anticoagulant (blood thinner) to prevent the re-occurrence of DVT or Deep Vein Thrombosis, which is blood clots in my legs, and the re-occurrence of Acute Bilateral Pulmonary Emboli, which is blood clots in all nodes of my lungs — I will continue to resist getting the vaccine.
On a side note, it may interest some of you to know that while I am currently in my late 60s, due to my personal philosophy and beliefs regarding my body and medications, I have not had a single vaccine since I was a kid in elementary school, when my parents last had jurisdiction over my body for such things. No, I do not get an annual flu shot or anything else for that matter.
Concerning my own health issues, as the VAERS website reveals, on some occasions, the vaccines do result in different types of thrombosis occurring. No matter how small, the risk IS there. Does it make any sense then that I should take a daily dose of an anticoagulant to prevent thrombosis from occurring, only to then turn around and take a vaccine which could quite possibly result in thrombosis? To do so, in my view, would be pure madness.
Even though I am considered high risk for getting COVID-19, I have thus far endured 17 months of this pandemic without incident, and without a vaccine. As such, I will continue to trust God for my health and safety.
Furthermore, as much as I dislike wearing a hot, restrictive face mask, out of respect for others, and because masks are still mandated here — indoors and outdoors — when I am out and about, I will continue to wear a face mask, and social distance as well. However, I will NOT be vaccinated!
In conclusion, we each have our personal reasons regarding why we don’t wish to take the COVID-19 vaccines. Your reasons may be different from mine, but that is not what matters here. What does matter, is that we are NOT denied the ability to make the choice on our own, through governmental bullying via draconian mandates, or through public shaming, ostracism and ridicule.
If you agree with everything I have stated here, I would very much appreciate if you would share this post on your own page, or anywhere else on the Internet. All I ask in return is that you point your readers back to this original article by including a clickable or tappable link. Thank you very much.
For those of you who may have possibly missed some of my previous coronavirus-related writings, following is a list of everything I have written to date regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. I believe that you will find a lot of useful, factual, instructive and Scriptural information in this material. Please feel free to share this list on your own timelines, pages, in your Facebook groups, and on any other social networks where you happen to participate. Thank you so very much, and God bless you!
Bill’s Bible Basics Coronavirus Information Center:
Bill’s Bible Basics Coronavirus Information Center
Bill’s Bible Basics Articles:
BBB Article: “Coronavirus: Just the Facts, Ma’am”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/coronavirus-1.html
BBB Article: “COVID-19, Financial Assistance and Christian Love”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/covid-19-financial-assistance-christian-love-1.html
BBB Article: “Coronavirus: Defiant Christians, Stay Home!”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/coronavirus-defiant-christians-stay-home-1.html
BBB Article: “COVID-19: Exposure Logging and Contact Tracing: Is It Safe?”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/COVID-19-ExposureLogging-ContactTracing-1.html
Bill’s Bible Basics Blog Posts:
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: Latest Statistics – Bill’s Bible Basics Blog”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-latest-statistics-bills-bible-basics-blog/
BBB Blog Post: “Stop Joking About the Coronavirus”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/stop-joking-about-the-coronavirus/
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: God Will Silence the Fools”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-god-will-silence-the-fools/
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: Be Still and Know That I Am God”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-be-still-and-know-that-i-am-god/
BBB Blog Post: “Is COVID-19 the New Normal? : Don’t Freak Out! Trust the Lord!”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/is-covid-19-the-new-normal-dont-freak-out-trust-the-lord/
BBB Blog Post: “Helpful Tips Regarding Using Face Masks and Respirators”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/helpful-tips-regarding-using-face-masks-and-respirators/
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: Why Do You Condemn Your Brethren?”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-coronavirus-why-do-you-condemn-your-brethren/
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: Are You Distracted?”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-are-you-distracted/
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: Wake Up, Already!”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-wake-up-already/
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: 40 Bible Verse Lists Regarding God’s Love, Patience, Wrath, Judgments and Repentance”:
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: Where is Your Common Sense?”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-where-is-your-common-sense/
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: More Useful Information”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-more-useful-information/
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: How to Respond to the Pandemic”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-how-to-respond-to-the-pandemic/
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: Face Masks or Bandanas?”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-face-masks-or-bandanas/
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus and Beards and Mustaches”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-and-beards-and-mustaches/
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: Do You Need A Psychiatric Evaluation?”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-do-you-need-a-psychiatric-evaluation/
BBB Blog Post: “COVID-19: Attention iOS Users! This May Be of Interest to You if You Use the “Maps” App!”:
BBB Blog Post: “Apple iOS 13.7 Introduces COVID-19 Exposure Notifications With No Need For 3rd Party App”:
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: Are Vaccine Passports Inevitable?”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-are-vaccine-passports-inevitable/
BBB Blog Post: “Coronavirus: Don’t Be So Harsh!”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/coronavirus-coronavirus-dont-be-so-harsh/
Bill’s Bible Basics Poetry:
BBB Poem: “Coronavirus Kooks”:
“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world . . . Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:”
Matthew 25:31-34, 41, KJV
For a list of all of the social networks where I am currently share my work, please check out this link as well:
Of course, the very best place to see my work is on the Bill’s Bible Basics website itself at the following URL. Check out the links table that is located on the bottom of every page on the BBB website to explore different areas of the BBB ministry:
https://www.billkochman.com/index.html
In addition, you may be interested in visiting and signing up with the Christian Social Network. This is my own Christian social network which I started in late 2020. It has some of the same features as Facebook, but without all of the ungodly crap:
GBY, and thank you so very much!
Following are links to the major areas of the Bill’s Bible Basics website. Please take your time and explore everything that I have to offer you. GBY, and thank you so very much!
In addition, you may be interested in visiting and signing up with the Christian Social Network. This is my own Christian social network which I started in late 2020. It has some of the same features as Facebook, but without all of the ungodly crap:
For those of you who may be curious regarding where this old geezer can be found on the social networks, following is a list of URLs.
Bill’s Bible Basics:
Blogger:
https://billsbiblebasics.blogspot.com/
Christian Social Network:
Facebook:
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LinkedIn:
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https://mewe.com/i/billkochman
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https://ok.ru/profile/585820679833
Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/wordweaver777/
Rumble:
https://rumble.com/c/c-1494305
Telegram:
Threads:
https://www.threads.net/@wordweaver777
Truth Social:
https://truthsocial.com/@BillKochman
Tumblr:
https://bills-bible-basics.tumblr.com/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/bill_kochman
VK (VKontakte):
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@BillsBibleBasics
GBY, and thanks for visiting one of my online hangouts! It is very much appreciated!
Dear potential friends, please understand that the primary reason why I have been online for the past 30 years, and the main reason why I purchased my very first computer back in 1993, was so that I could share my Christian faith with the online world. This has been, and continues to be, my primary motivation.
Since that time 30 years ago, I have slowly increased my presence across the Internet; first, by starting my own website — Bill’s Bible Basics — and then by syndicating my work to a variety of social networks.
Presently, I can be found on about fourteen different social networks. In each case, my presence on them has been to reach out to other Christians for fellowship, and also to teach them the things I have learned from God’s Word over the years. Again, God’s Kingdom, and sharing His Word with the world, is what I am all about.
Having said that, if you are not a Christian, and if you really have no serious interest in the Christian faith, then I ask you to please refrain from sending me a friend request, invitation or connection request. I am honestly not interested in investing my time with worldly people who are not spiritually hungry for the things of God.
I do not wish to offend any of you, but that is my position. I am getting old, and my health is not the greatest. Thus, I need to invest both my time and my health where it counts the most, and that is with those people who share my common faith.
Thank you for understanding.
Dear friends, please understand that if I accept your friend request or connection request, it is because I have checked out your page, and I have seen that you offer some indication on it that you are a Christian, and that you have a serious interest in sharing your faith with others. As Jesus said in the Gospels:
“Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”
Matthew 5:14-16, KJV
“Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
Mark 8:38, KJV
Sadly, later, upon revisiting certain pages and timelines, I have discovered nothing but worldly topics, and very little — or even nothing — regarding Jesus and God’s Word. There is no Christian witness to be seen there whatsoever. What happened to you?
My friends, in a word, discussing national politics; sharing food recipes; gabbing about celeb gossip; talking about the latest fashions; advertising products for sale; delving into the latest conspiracy theories; offering business opportunities; lauding military service and patriotism; etc., is NOT what I am about, and that is NOT why I accepted you as a friend or a connection in the first place.
In short, I accepted you as a friend because I assumed that you would be a blessing and a spiritual encouragement to my other online Christian friends, should they decide to visit your page. If you are not willing to do that; if you are not willing to let your Christian light shine; if you just want to discuss worldly matters; then I am truly sorry, but I no longer have an interest in keeping you as a friend or a connection. I want dedicated Christians as online friends, who are not afraid to boldly share their Christian faith on their accounts.
I am sorry if you are offended by my previous comments, but this is my position. I am only interested in an extended online Christian family. Folks can find all of that other junk elsewhere if they really want to. But if you are a part of my online network, then please get some guts, and openly share your faith! Following are some Bible study links which will encourage and motivate you to do exactly that:
“Boldly Preach the Gospel” KJV Bible Verse List:
https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse004.html
“Don’t Be Ashamed of Your Faith” KJV Bible Verse List:
https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse159.html
“Don’t Be Ashamed to Be Called a Christian” KJV Bible Verse List:
https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse385.html
Article: “Are You a Burning Ember for the Lord?”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/ember-01.html
Article: “This Little Light, Glory of the Lord and Our Bright Future”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/This-Little-Light-Of-Mine-1.html
Article: “Sluggards and Sloths”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/Sluggards-Sloths-Faithful-1.html
Article: “Study, Work, and Don’t Be Ashamed!”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/study-01.html
Article: “Parable of the Sower: Salvation and Service”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/parsowr1.html
Article: “Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/seek1st1.html
Article: “Are You Redeeming the Time?”:
https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/redeem-1.html
“Redeem the Time” KJV Bible Verse List:
https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse400.html
“Be Not Slothful in Business” KJV Bible Verse List:
https://www.billkochman.com/VerseLists/verse343.html
God bless you, and thank you for taking the time to read this! I hope you will put my advice into practice.
While I cannot prove this conclusively, for some time now, I have suspected that there may be times when Facebook will purposely restrict sharing and commenting on a wide scale; not because you have personally done anything wrong, but perhaps because their servers are being overloaded by their global audience of Facebook users. If this is true, it could be a part of Facebook’s “load balancing” mechanism, whereby they distribute the workload — such as web browser requests — across many of their servers. Technically, load balancing is defined as the methodical and efficient distribution of network or application traffic across multiple servers in a server farm. But even with that, if the load becomes too great, maybe Facebook simply prevents a certain region of the world from sharing or commenting for a short period of time until the load on their servers lightens a bit. But this is just a guess on my part.
At the same time, it could also be that Facebook has purposely restricted you personally, because you have been posting, commenting, sharing or tagging too fast. I discuss these issues in some of my other BBB Blog posts. Basically, if you surpass the hourly or daily quotas which they have set for a particular activity, they may in fact restrict you for hours, days, weeks or longer. Many Facebook users refer to this as being thrown in jail. Again, I have written a few blog posts about this issue as well. You may want to refer to the following links:
Why am I in Facebook Jail Theory:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/why-am-i-in-facebook-jail/
Locked Out of Facebook: Harassment or Error?:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/locked-out-of-facebook-harassment-or-error/
Does Facebook Really Persecute Christians?:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/does-facebook-really-persecute-christians/
There is a final reason regarding why you may not be able to share someone’s Facebook posts. This is fully explained in this BBB Blog post:
Warning Regarding Setting Facebook Privacy to ‘Friends’:
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/index.php/warning-regarding-setting-facebook-privacy-to-friends/
I hope the above information has been useful to you.
A lot of people seem to be confused regarding why they are sometimes — and in some cases, often — thrown into Facebook’s infamous jail. I would like to share with you some of my personal observations, for your consideration. You can either accept it or reject it, as you please.
Being thrown into Facebook jail does not necessarily just have to do with what you post. In other words, it is not solely — or even always — based on the nature of the content of your post. Yes, if you post something nasty such as porn, or something that Facebook views as strong hate speech, or try to sell guns or drugs, for example, I am sure that Facebook will throw you in jail. They may even just ban you from Facebook entirely and permanently. Can you really blame them?
But extreme cases aside, my observation is that whether or not you are slapped on the wrist by Facebook has more to do with the frequency of your posts, and to how many other people you post, share, message or tag your content to within a specified period of time. That is why sometimes when you are chastised, a Facebook bot will send you a message telling you to slow down.
Please notice that I said TO OTHER PEOPLE in the previous paragraph. You can post things on your own timeline to your heart’s content, as much as you want, as fast as you want, and in whatever quantity you want. Facebook doesn’t really care about that as much — unless you are breaking their content rules obviously — because you are on your own turf. It is when you start reaching out to others that Facebook keeps a sharper eye on your activity, and watches out for what appears to be spamming behavior.
As I have mentioned before, when it comes to us Facebook Christians, I don’t really think that being blocked, restricted, thrown in jail, or whatever, is solely because of our Christian beliefs. Yes, it is sometimes due to sharing our faith, but not always. In fact, I am convinced that quite often, our being chastised by Facebook is due to other reasons.
Personally, I think it has more to do with the fact that, on the whole, we Christians on Facebook tend to be a rather zealous, enthusiastic lot of people. We have the truth of God’s Word, and so we really want to share it with as many people as possible. Therein lies the problem, and the reason why some of us find ourselves facing jail time a lot more often than others.
So because of our zeal for the Lord, what do we do? Quite simply, we go overboard sometimes. We post, tag, message and share to other Facebook users, more frequently, and to more people, than Facebook’s quota algorithms allow. That is why so many of us get castigated, in my belief. In short, we do it to ourselves, and then we turn around and accuse Facebook of persecuting us because of our faith, when, in my view, that may not really be what is happening in some cases.
For example, when I first joined Facebook in early 2011, and before I learned the ropes, I was blocked, restricted or thrown in jail a few times, because I didn’t yet fully understand the aforementioned quota system, limitations and anti-spam safeguards that Facebook has in place. And to be honest, there were probably times when I honestly didn’t care, and was willing to take the risks, because I wanted to get out the Word. How about you? Come on now. Be honest with yourself.
Once I figured it all out, I wasn’t chastised by Facebook for years, because I made sure that I played within their rules of conduct. That is, until the time when I began tagging my friends again, after receiving their specific permission to do so.
This is a very important point, so please listen up. You really don’t want to start tagging people left and right, whether they are your friends or not, unless you know for certain that they want to be tagged. Why take unnecessary risks?
Let me put it to you this way. If you keep tagging a pile of people from whom you did not receive permission first, sooner or later, some of them are going to become annoyed, and you are going to find yourself in a big heap of trouble.
Now here’s the thing. If they do become annoyed by your constant tags, they may not play nice. In other words, instead of asking you nicely to stop tagging them, they may just go behind your back and start marking all of your tags as spam. Do you know what will happen if Facebook receives enough complaints regarding your uninvited tags? That’s right! To jail you go, buddy! You see. You did it to yourself.
Of course, the problem here is that we users don’t know what Facebook’s daily quotas are for different activities, because they absolutely refuse to tell us. Not only that, but Facebook is always changing the value of these daily quotas, in order to keep us off guard. I understand the logic of their approach. It is a way to force us to be conscious of what we are doing, and to be careful regarding our posting, sharing, messaging and tagging levels.
Now, one thing you don’t want to do is to keep making the same mistake over and over again. If Facebook suddenly restricts your activities, or throws you in jail, don’t just get angry at them. Stop and try to figure out why you find yourself in that situation. What were you doing beforehand?
You see, the way it works is this: Each time that you make the same mistake, Facebook’s automated system sees that, and your punishment time — that is, your jail time — will simply be extended longer and longer each time that you make that same mistake, to the point where you may find yourself spending more time in jail, than out of jail. Kind of dumb on your part isn’t it?
Let me emphasize again that it is not just about the quantity of your posts, shares, messages, tags or whatever. It is also about the frequency or speed with which you do it. In other words, let’s assume that on one particular day, Facebook has set a tagging quota of 200 per user.
Of course, you will have no way of knowing that this is the quota for that day. But let’s say that you have only tagged 60 people that day, when all of a sudden, you are booted to jail. Wow! What happened? Surely you hadn’t tagged too many people already! In other words, maybe you didn’t break the quantity quota that day, but maybe you did break the frequency — or speed — quota. In other words, you were tagging people too fast, and Facebook’s system interpreted that as spam activity. Do you understand?
To reiterate, sometimes we are indeed harassed unfairly by liberal-minded Facebook employees who are annoyed by or who disagree with our Christian faith. After all, there are rotten apples in every barrel. But sometimes we also bring these problems upon ourselves by breaking Facebook’s posting, sharing and tagging rules.
In conclusion, when you are stopped, jailed, blocked or locked out of your account, quite often it is a result of Facebook trying to control spam and other forms of abuse on its global network, and may have little to do with your personal faith. With an estimated two billion users, many millions of whom are simultaneously online every single day, it is not an easy task. As a result, sometimes their bots and algorithms do make mistakes, or what are referred to as “false positives”. Their bots can be overly aggressive, and they incorrectly identify some actions taken by users. Facebook has admitted as much. But at least Skynet hasn’t arrived yet, and we aren’t just being wiped out! 🙂
So that is my take on this issue. What do YOU think?
You will find my Facebook timeline here:
https://www.facebook.com/wordweaver.evangelist
If you are interested in joining a Christian-specific social network, please check out my Christian Social Network at the following URL. We offer a feature set similar to Facebook, but without all of the ungodly crap:
Thanks for visiting! It is very much appreciated!
In a previous post on August 6, 2021, I questioned the veracity of the results of the so-called vaccine magnet test, which had been shared with me by a Facebook friend. According to that person, as well as other persons who have supposedly conducted the very same test, the COVID-19 vaccines contain metallic particles, or perhaps even a microchip … at least according to said persons.
From the start, I found this claim to be highly doubtful, as I informed the person who first shared this information with me. Following is a link to yet another article — this time from the Associated Press — which likewise confirms my doubts regarding this magnet story which has been circulating on Facebook and elsewhere lately:
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-962624460714
I leave it to you, my readers, to determine for yourselves who is telling the truth.
Dear friends, 23 years ago I wrote a 3-part series called “The Public School System and School Prayer”, which you can still read today at the following URL:
https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/schpray1.html
In the series, I explain how the USA’s moral and spiritual deterioration and corruption began in the public school classroom.
Sadly, as many of you will already know, that same deadly process continues unabated today with greater speed and force than ever before. It is shocking! It is mind-boggling!
In fact, I would dare say that perhaps it has almost reached its conclusion, because clearly, the powers of darkness have now overrun these institutions of public learning.
And what is the fruit of this vile process? One doesn’t have to look very far to see it, because it can be found in many of our very own children who are sexually confused, who have no respect for their elders and the laws of the land, who live in the flesh for the gratification of the moment, and sadly, who have abandoned God and His Word.
The tragedy is that in large part, we Christian parents were powerless to stop it, because not only were we slowly denied our parental rights, but gradually, we were also assigned the false classification of being enemies of the state, due to our Bible-based Christian beliefs, and our unwillingness to compromise our beliefs with the new order which has overtaken the American public school system.
But it wasn’t always like this. There was a time many decades ago when America’s public education system, all the way up to the university level, actually respected God and His holy Word. To read about it, check out this opinion piece in The Washington Times:
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/8/americas-schools-need-to-return-to-propagating-a-c/
This information comes directly from “VAERS” — or Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System — which is hosted on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website at:
https://vaers.hhs.gov/index.html
This reporting system is maintained by the CDC and the FDA. Anyone can go to the website and submit a Vaccine Adverse Event Report.
You can also use the online WONDER tool at https://wonder.cdc.gov/vaers.html to search the currently available data for specific types of information. Or, you can download the data sets and import them into a spreadsheet, database or text file.
One thing which the site repeatedly stresses — both in their videos and in their disclaimer — is that the data presented does not necessarily mean that the vaccine caused or contributed to the adverse event. It simply means that the adverse event occurred sometime after the vaccine was given.
Personally, I am not sure how to interpret that statement. It almost seems like double-speak. In other words, “Here is the data which has been collected thus far, but it doesn’t necessarily mean what you think it means.”
It is almost as if they are trying to cast doubt on the data which they have collected. At least that is the way that I see it. At any rate, I encourage you to read their full disclaimer, and then arrive at your own conclusions.
Another important point is that the data which is available on the site can be up to 4-6 weeks old due to the required processing time once each report is received. In other words, the real figures are most likely higher than what you see when you visit the site and search the data. As of today — 08-09-2021 — the data sets are based on reports which have been processed as of July 30, 2021.
Using the WONDER tool — and assuming that I did it correctly — I just conducted a search to determine how many people died after getting these three COVID-19 vaccines:
Moderns: 2557
Phizer/BioNTech: 3915
Janssen (Johnson & Johnson): 476
Again, if I did this correctly, that means that as of July 30, 2021, a total of at least 6,948 American citizens died after taking one of the three aforementioned vaccines. What about in the rest of the world?
Of course, there is that one caveat from the VAERS disclaimer which is staring us in the face: the VAERS data does not necessarily mean that those 6,948+ U.S. deaths resulted directly from taking the vaccines.
NOTE: Other people have likewise used the WONDER tool on the VAERS site, and have come up with about 13,000 deaths which occurred after receiving the COVID-19 vaccines, as of July 30, 2021. Regardless of which tests are correct, we cannot ignore the fact that thousands of people in the USA alone have died after receiving the vaccines.
So what do YOU think? Please let us know in the comments section below. Thanks!
The following quote from a Reuters news service article makes it rather clear:
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“To defeat SARS-CoV-2, he said, will likely require a new generation of vaccines that also block transmission. Until then, the world will remain vulnerable to the rise of new coronavirus variants, according to Poland and other experts.”
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Note: Dr. Gregory Poland is a vaccine scientist at the Mayo Clinic.
The full article can be read here:
Where is My Facebook Comment?
https://www.billkochman.com/Blog/where-is-my-facebook-comment/
Sometimes, after making a comment under one of my graphics on Facebook, people become a little confused, offended, or even angry, and they will say something like “Where is my comment? I can’t find it. Why did you delete it?” However, what some of you need to be made aware of, is that things are not always what they seem. Allow me to explain.
First of all, I very rarely ever delete comments from my Facebook friends. If and when I do that, it is usually because a person has been or becomes very disrespectful, combative, argumentative, or because they have posted something which I strongly feel is contrary to the Scriptures. If they persist in their negative activity, I will warn them a few times. But if that doesn’t work, then I will either unfriend them so that they can no longer comment on my posts, or else I will block them altogether, if the situation merits it.
The bottom line — and this applies to every single person who owns a timeline, page or group on Facebook — is my page, my rules. If you can’t respect the rules which I have established and adhere to them, then please just don’t comment, or leave, unfriend me, or do whatever you feel you need to do.
Having said that, as I have been explaining for a number of months now, there are times when your comments will indeed disappear. However, it is NOT because I removed them. Here are the facts. Since October of 2019, I have been repeatedly harassed by Facebook. I have been forced logged off, locked out of my account, forced to upload my personal ID, forced to change my password, and forced to jump through Facebook’s security hoops literally dozens of times, to the point of being absolutely ridiculous.
But something else that Facebook has been doing a lot of in recent months, is actually removing my posts from their platform. I am talking about many dozens of my posts being deleted because they supposedly go against Facebook’s “Community Standards”. Actually, a better name would be Facebook’s “Liberal Community Standards”. I know that many of you fully understand what I mean by that.
But the point is, when Facebook removes my posts, that means that all shared posts — meaning my posts which you share on your own timeline or page — all likes, and all comments likewise disappear. They are gone, as if they had never existed. So that is one big reason why you may not be able to find your comment.
There is another reason why people become confused, and think that their comment has been deleted. It has to do with the fact that I make the same posts on my timeline, on my page, and in the BBB group. In other words, in three different places on Facebook. Of course, if you are commenting on one of my posts while you are in your news feed, you may not realize exactly where your comment is being posted.
It is for this reason that if you visit my timeline, page or the BBB group directly, you will notice in the cover image that it says “You are here:”. This will be followed by “BBB Timeline”, “BBB Page” or “BBB Group”. That is obviously so that you know exactly which one of the three you are visiting.
So what does all of that mean? It means that when you comment on one of my posts in your news feed, you need to look carefully, and note exactly where you are posting. Stated another way, if you make a comment under one of my images which is on my timeline, and then later visit the BBB group and see the same image, you are NOT going to see your comment there. Why? Because you did NOT post your comment under the image that is in the BBB group. You posted it under the image that is on my timeline.
So you see, if you do not understand how Facebook works, then you will erroneously be led to believe that I have deleted your comment, when such is not the case at all. You are simply looking for your comment in the wrong place.
There is yet another reason regarding why you may not be able to find your comment. If a person is the first individual to write a comment under one of my status updates, and if you — or anyone else for that matter — comes along later and replies to their comment, if for some reason the first commenter decides to delete their comment, then all replies to their comment will be deleted as well. Again, that is just the way that Facebook works. Perhaps they do it to avoid confusion. But whatever their reasons, I have no control over it.
Now do you get it? Great! Now carry on! 🙂