Example: The Ten Commandments were given as absolutes, in that, God was telling man how he had to behave. God did not have a discussion with Moses to see how he felt about each commandment.
The sooner we learn to DO right and not DISCUSS right, the better our lives will be.
Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
This does not mean you and I need to discuss this in committee or have a town hall meeting to see what they mean. Nor do we need to gather the theologians and write an official "confession" for me and my friends. Everything we need to know is in the Bible.
God simply told has what is REQUIRED of us, and it is our job to do it without deciding if it feels good. The reward is to know we have pleased God and lived our lives his way.
This is why every church seems to have different "standards" for living and personal activity. No one wants to simply obey God and take his commands literally. We all want to discuss them and "apply" them. JUST DO RIGHT, and stop worrying about how you feel. If obeying God literally does not make you "feel good," you are not born again.
If you can disobey God, and if he does nothing to you for it, you are a bastard, not a son.
Hebrews 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
How does THAT feel?
What does this have to do with an epidemic?
Answer: What is the right thing for you to do so that you are not part of the problem?
