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Title: Moral Meltdown: ‘Air Conditioning is Sinful’ Preachers Blamed as Heatwave Claims Lives

August 12, 2025 – Global

As a relentless heat advisory grips three continents, a radical religious movement is being blamed for a deadly spike in heatstroke fatalities. Dubbed the “Sweat for Salvation” sect, their leaders have declared modern climate control a “device of Lucifer,” arguing that suffering through the heat is a divine test of faith. Followers are now ripping out AC units, while vulnerable elderly parishioners are collapsing in overcrowded, non-air-conditioned “prayer tents.”

Critics say we are watching the physical manifestation of moral decay: a society so disconnected from science and empathy that it chooses lethal dogma over basic survival. “This isn’t faith; this is assisted suicide by ideology,” one ethicist exclaimed. The movement is gaining traction, and with temperatures only rising, the world is asking: Have we traded compassion for a fever dream of righteousness?