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Maybe some are, but many are criminals. The number one priority should be stopping criminals. That is the main duty of government.Some of these people are merely fleeing failed, warlord dominated states which we helped ruin.
Then the first step should be to determine how many of them are actually criminals, rather than just guessing. And, surprise! that is also a first step in evaluating their asylum claims.Maybe some are, but many are criminals. The number one priority should be stopping criminals. That is the main duty of government.
Maybe some are, but many are criminals. The number one priority should be stopping criminals. That is the main duty of government.
For most of them its' about safetyPeople over all, multitudes of people, are not coming to the usa because of Jesus.
It is all about money.
Your opinion of the Roman Catholic faith is noted.And it is mostly or more people opposed to Jesus.
2 John 5-6
And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
Romans 13:1
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
i don’t suppose you have a source for that claim, do you?Maybe some are, but many are criminals.
Their asylum claims need to be investigated before they are allowed into the country, not investigated years later.Then the first step should be to determine how many of them are actually criminals, rather than just guessing. And, surprise! that is also a first step in evaluating their asylum claims.
They are screened initially before being evaluated in court later.Their asylum claims need to be investigated before they are allowed into the country, not investigated years later.
Which is the wrong way of doing things.
Your comment: "Have you been so willing to believe the lies of men that you would turn a deaf ear to Christ?"I suppose my problem, then, is two-fold:
1) I thought we were talking about people coming in through our southern border, predominantly those from Latin America. And, last time I checked, all of the Latin American countries are predominantly Christian, not Muslim.
2) Having a rudimentary understanding of Islam, and the diversity that exists within Islam; I find the idea that Muslims entering the country will be putting sharia into practice in the USA to be, frankly, absurd. That's post-9/11 anti-Muslim hysterics. When, in the strictest Muslim nations it is often Muslims themselves who suffer the most; and Muslims seeking life elsewhere are doing so precisely because they want to live somewhere that is religiously tolerant. Muslims, therefore, who come to the US are, therefore, quite devoted to principles of democracy and religious freedom and tolerance. In America, the thread of the US becoming an Iran or Saudi Arabia is--well--about as likely as pigs sprouting wings. The reasoning for which I say this is actually quite simple, and it goes back to my rudimentary knowledge of diversity within Islam. The religion of Islam is not a monolithic religion; not only can Islam be divided into two major branches: Sunni and Shi'a, but there are other forms out there as well; and within Sunni and Shi'a there is a multitude of traditions; the term "denomination" could be borrowed here, but that doesn't quite work. If you think, for example, than a Sunni in America would permit the country to be turned into a Shi'ite nation; or a Shi'ite would permit the country become a Sunni one, then you'd be crazy. This would be like a Catholic being completely okay with America becoming Fundamentalist Baptist, or a Fundamentalist Baptist being completely okay with America becoming Catholic. As though a Fundamentalist Baptist would ever accept, for example, if devotions and petitions toward the Virgin Mary become the law of the land; or a Catholic could ever accept belief in Transubstantiation becoming illegal and punishable. That's the sort of thing we're talking about here.
America becoming a Muslim theocratic state just ain't in the cards. It's an irrational fear that is rooted in "Muslims are the boogeyman" rhetoric that took hold after 9/11, in which it was easier to simply hate Muslims without bothering to understand the more nuanced issues of terror in extremist groups; and that failure has allowed us to homebrew our own forms of religious extremism right here in the United States. And while there is no equivalent to the Taliban here in the US, all it would take is the right set of events; because the extremism, the rhetoric, the anger--it's all there. All the ingredients have been there stirring for decades, slowly stewing. And it won't be a Muslim group that takes America hostage, burns the Constitution, and destroys a nearly 300 year experiment in modern democracy; it will instead be a group waving an American flag and singing Amazing Grace.
So whose love of their family is more important; mine or yours? Because here's the flipside: The person trying to make a better life for their family is doing just that. And, as you yourself just said, "safety is a basic need of all humans". Here's the question that I hope you ask yourself in the mirror: Why do you recognize the idea of safety as a basic need of all humans, but then not consider this when it comes to others?
When I talk about dehumanizing. This is what I mean. This isn't a problem unique to any person or any one group; the failure toward recognizing the intrinsic and basic humanity of others is, arguably, one of humanity's arch-sins. How else could Cain slay Abel, except that Abel ceased to regard his brother with fraternal affection, as a fellow son of Adam; a fellow image-bearer of the Creator.
As those who call ourselves by the name of Christ, while we are never immune to the deepest and darkest passions of our flesh, ought to at least be able to recognize the evil and wickedness of our passions.
Did not the Apostle himself say, "Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind"? Shouldn't we, who stand in the midst of the world claiming to be the city on a hill, the beacon of truth, who profess to follow He who is greater than every saint, prophet, sage, and philosopher; who has no parallel, for He is the very Son of God, the Divine Word HImself, come down from heaven and made in our likeness by way of the Virgin Mary; the Messiah, the Long-Awaited One. If we call ourselves this, say this, and with every audacity say the truth is in our midst and all ought to see this light, receieve their sight, and come to the waters of Holy Baptism, if nothing else, at least, be honest, consistent, and truthful about right and wrong, and about ourselves in our own struggles?
If salt loses its flavor, what use does it have anymore?
And if you believe that, then you are spending far too much time listening idealogues and pundits, and not enough time listening to Christ, who speaks to you through His Word and in His Church.
You think that where Hell itself can't prevail that "globalist one-worlders, communits, or Muslims" will succeed? Christ our God said to St. Peter, "On this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it". Do you have so little faith in Christ, in His Church, or in His word?
Have you been so willing to believe the lies of men that you would turn a deaf ear to Christ?
And the solution to the problem of religious intolerance is not Christian Nationalism. But, and here I do speak of policy and politics, being strongly on the side of the freedom of all people in a republic that doesn't discriminate.
Do you want your religion to dominate, or do you want democracy to flourish? You can't have both; and Christian dominionism is anti-Christ.
So if I have to choose sides, between de-humanizing immigrants and following in the way of antichrist; or confessing our mutual humanity which comes from God then it is a very simple choice I make.
-CryptoLutheran
I quoted Romans 13, which says people are supposed to submit to the governingDidn't you say you supported the governing authorities and the laws of the land?
I don’t hate anyone. Don’t throw those unfounded accusations against me. I don’t want America being invaded by criminals. Even if only a fraction of immigrants are criminals a fraction of millions is still thousands.have a suspicion that you only support and believe this when it happens to be convenient; or more specifically, you find it convenient when it means punishing the people you hate, but inconvenient when it doesn't hurt those you hate.
Immigrants, legal or other-wise, come here for a variety of reasons. Some are hard workers. The hard workers are usually honest people and so they enter legally.
Employers sought them and still seek them because they can pay them less wages than American citizens, which undermines legal citizens' wage base. These same employers also dislike paying benefits.
Has it expanded to Canada now or does the epoch times write from a Mexican perspective?
I did not say that all people who enter illegally are bad people.I know many who entered illegally and are hard workers. But I realize that goes against your narritive that people who enter illegally are therefore bad people.
Both parties are corrupt. That is why.Sure. So ask yourself why neither party has chosen to go after American employers?
Both political parties are corrupt.I'm sick of it too. I'm even more sick of some Republicans politicizing issue and instead of working toward soloutions.
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