Its important to remember that illegal immigrants are as human as you and I. Some fall into crime and end up hurting people. But there are also families; parents and children, each with their own stories and reasons for migrating. Maybe their circumstances forced them to migrate.
Empathy is a dogma killer. That's why MAGA Christians are going so hard against it. The moment you get close enough to someone to see their humanity, it's much harder to hate them. And MAGA needs their followers to hate the "other." So they demonize empathy, convince their base to ignore empathetic instincts in the face of inhumane policy and BOOM- their dogmatic ideology is protected.
“Toxic empathy” rhetoric has filtered into much of the American evangelical church over the past few years.
As a result, many Christians now feel permitted - even encouraged - to look the other way as our government enacts human rights abuses against our neighbors.
If the only people who deserve empathy are those who match our political priorities, it’s time to ask whether we may be more loyal to a party than to Christ.
@bristenz, director of Women of Welcome, joins us to talk immigration, "whole-life pro-life," and more on 🎙️Holy Post 716 - available everywhere. Share with a friend & spread the word.
We forget that anything done in the name of God that does not bear His character through and through is not of Him at all. In our forgetting, we are more loyal to the words of humans than to the commandments of God.
A lot of people like to describe America as a “Christian nation.” But is Christianity something a nation claims, or something its people embody?
⏯️”Is America a Christian Nation?” by @esaumccaulley (watch on YouTube)
Omg! An albino Buffalo named Trump has become quite famous for going viral in Bangladesh for his coiffed blonde combover hairdo and the uncanny resemblance to the original Trump.
I however, believe the Buffalo wears it better. 😏
This type of post is SO below the dignity of the office of the president. Presidents are not supposed to be this petty.
A true leader should be an example to their people. What kind of example is this? To behave like a high school freshman who gets upset at someone and then makes fun of that person online?
Have some dignity, for Christ’s sake. Not everything needs to be addressed. There are real problems you should be spending your time on.
Jesus never fused his name and his relationship with God to an earthly nation. Caesar did that.
The Caesars of our time are doing the same, but with Jesus’ name.
That’s what it looks like to take Jesus’ name in vain.
“My kingdom is not of this world.” -Jesus
The founding of America was at the very least culturally Christian.
The Trump administration "rededicating America" to God is mockery, pandering, and grift.
These truths are not in conflict.
@DHSgov "These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules." - Matthew 15:7-9 NIV
@politvidchannel Trump is everything a President shouldn’t be.
He’s impulsive, not thoughtful. Egomaniacal, not selfless. Vindictive, not empathetic. Dishonest, not truthful. Willfully ignorant, not curious. Corrupt, not principled.
He embodies erratic chaos in an office that demands stillness.
The U.S. government’s treatment of refugees & immigrants deserves our attention.
Our friend @MatthewSoerens from @WorldRelief joined us in studio to share concerning stories we may have missed, plus a practical way Christians can advocate for vulnerable families.
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I find it amusing when people accuse me of having "TDS" for criticising Trump since it implies that he has that kind of importance. He's brash, crude and a controversy magnet but at the end of the day, he's just another self-serving politician to me.