(November 16, 2016 at 1:30 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(November 16, 2016 at 11:56 am)alpha male Wrote: Of course...unless you care to argue that the US is a Christian nation.
Seriously, what's your point? That all nations with some Christians in them should be expected to take unlimited immigrants from poorer nations?
I think his point is that the lack of compassion for the poor isn't something your little deity would like ... if he were even real. I think his point is that you Christians talk a great deal about how your faith makes you a better person, makes you moral -- and yet here you are singing at the top of your lungs "don't come around here!" to these immigrants because -- because -- money?
It's kinda like how so many Christians are against universal health care. Y'all talk a good game, but so often, and we've seen it here in this thread, so often it's apparent that all your talk about how Jeebus makes you better and more moral is just a bunch of horseshit. I think that's his point.
Forgive me for running my mouth, FNM.
The thing is though, we can/should help the poor by our personal services... giving to charity, volunteering, etc. Not necessarily by counting on the government to do it in a way that the person may believe is probably not very effective and may end up doing more harm than good.
Personally I think there should be a good balance, but I understand the perspective of others and it doesn't necessarily mean they're being anti Christian.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh