[MitzaLizalor]

Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

[T]he project may not be finished until President Trump's seventh or eighth term.

Wait that means President Trump will be 104 years old. This is GREAT news! Already I'm liking 70 year old Don Jr as Veep with his successful record of shooting rare animals.

[its_faith]

Jesus was born in American and Mary and Joseph were citizens!

[WWJDnow]

It's very simple. We should have a world government, just not one led by Satan (i.e., the Disunited Nations). No, this world government needs to be led by a selfless white man devoted to upholding Christian values. Of course, I mean our anointed leader, President Trump.

We will need to expand the United States piece by piece. First, Iran, which illegally controls our oil beneath its lands. Then comes the liberation of illegally occupied US territories in Canada and Greenland. After that, we'll launch a fully successful sneak attack on the Chinkese. Then we'll roll up the rest of the world.

Of course, this won't all happen overnight, because the commies in the Democrat Party (especially the Jew judges) will do everything they can to stand in the way. No, the project may not be finished until President Trump's seventh or eighth term.

[Johny Joe Hold]

Big Surprise. The Whore of Babylon is calling for a One World Government with-- Bigger Surprise-- The Catholic Church in charge of everything and everyone. Power hungry narcissist Pope probably wants a parade on his birthday.

You get the prize for hitting the target, Sister Handmaiden. For myself, I'm all for reconciliation, dialogue and unity so long as the Pope and the Catholics are excluded.

[handmaiden]

Listen closely to what His Holiness said about "nationalism".
Pope Leo criticizes political nationalism and prays for reconciliation and dialogue

Big Surprise. The Whore of Babylon is calling for a One World Government with-- Bigger Surprise-- The Catholic Church in charge of everything and everyone. Power hungry narcissist Pope probably wants a parade on his birthday.

[Romeo Rovagnati]

Listen closely to what His Holiness said about "nationalism".
Pope Leo criticizes political nationalism and prays for reconciliation and dialogue

[Johny Joe Hold]

There is no doubt that "every person is created in the image of God" but plenty go off the rails as, unlike the congregation of Landover, they follow something that is not the "Word of God".
I think that it is made clear in
M't:7:16: Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
M't:7:17: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
M't:7:18: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
M't:7:19: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
M't:7:20: Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
We know that immigrants are rapists and drug dealers. It is said by liberals that some aren't, and yet a moment's thought would bring a sensible person to the view that "They aren't because they've not had the opportunity."
This bit about hewing down and casting immigrants into the fire, is no more than the current Administration under the leadership of Donald is doing by sending them back home. Yes, Donald is fulfilling the prophecy.

A profound post, Pastor Bathfire. It illustrates why we at Landover Baptist have your pastoral position, Pastor of Tolerance and Diversity. Like Donald Trump, you teach us human beings are a diverse lot, colors, cultures, beliefs, etc. The Scripture you quote informs us how to deal with this diversity, to keep those parts of humanity that harm us at arm's length. In some cases that is on the other side of an ocean. We are grateful for you and Donald Trump for carrying out God's will.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

There is no doubt that "every person is created in the image of God" but plenty go off the rails as, unlike the congregation of Landover, they follow something that is not the "Word of God".

I think that it is made clear in
M't:7:16: Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
M't:7:17: Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
M't:7:18: A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
M't:7:19: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
M't:7:20: Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

We know that immigrants are rapists and drug dealers. It is said by liberals that some aren't, and yet a moment's thought would bring a sensible person to the view that "They aren't because they've not had the opportunity."

This bit about hewing down and casting immigrants into the fire, is no more than the current Administration under the leadership of Donald is doing by sending them back home. Yes, Donald is fulfilling the prophecy.

[MitzaLizalor]

The Bible begins with the fundamental truth that every person is created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). This foundational concept instills the intrinsic value, dignity, and worth of every individual, regardless of their nationality, ethnicity, or legal status.

The “intrinsic value, dignity, and worth” of any individual (or group) may not be what they proclaim for themselves. Indoctrinated savages could announce that all Christians were beneath them, for example, and required to pay some made-up tax to fund the savage lifestyle due to intrinsic higher value of savages and the vile god they obsess over. After all, God has described very easy parameters for determining that.

Nevertheless, in Acts 17:26, we read: "And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place."

Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us

Satan seems not to read The Bible and perhaps I'm overly tolerant, yet do they need to rot in a cage? Couldn't they just return home? Having chosen to flout the law by paying tens of thousands of dollars to a people smuggler—when they could just have gotten visas + airfare at a fraction of that price—are they not demonstrating exactly the deficiency driving wherever they come from into the pits? Because the leaders there have the same heritage and therefore the same mental deficiencies informing their policies and every decision they'll ever make? Hell is probably similar. Or am I getting confused?

[Dr. Anthony J. Toole]

The Bible begins with the fundamental truth that every person is created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). This foundational concept instills the intrinsic value, dignity, and worth of every individual, regardless of their nationality, ethnicity, or legal status.

Nevertheless, in Acts 17:26, we read: "And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place."

This suggests that the existence of distinct nations and borders is determined by God. So, overall I believe that each nation has the right to defend its borders and to set policies for immigration. If Jesus meets the criteria He is admissible otherwise He can rot in a cage. This is directly from the Bible.

[MitzaLizalor]

Bangladeshi ship-wrecked mariners who regularly wash up on the shores of Europe?

How on earth one gets from (the former) Bengal to Europe escapes me. Or whatever they called themselves pre-partition. And their brethren attacked/blockaded them. So they decamped to Europe? But continued in ((the former) former) East Pakistan anyway? So how come Bangladesh remains populated today?
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What would you say to a tourist [blow-in] in Alabama who doesn't bother to apply for a U.S. visa

That is not a tourist. Before I go anywhere, I check out visa requirements—generally speaking I don't need one but just to make sure, you know—then turn up, or maybe I don't but I could if I wanted to, how easy is that?

Titus 3:1

Technically, you wouldn't consider me an illegal migrant, right?

Same as me in Zurich: not if ya gotta visa! GET ONE!! Tweezy ~ using the vernacular. And no, you don't have to keep moving. Just get a visa. Often they're available at borders anyway. But what has this to do with Bible verses? Albania, Scotland, New South Wales, all have laws and to comply is straightforward: say if somewhere my "world view" gets my head chopped off: I wouldn't go there. And if escaping from one such hellhole, very unlikely to promote its ideology at the nearest safe haven. How do you think Paul's belief system aligns with this paradigm?

Romans 2:13

[GanduHindu]

Re:

• Adam and Eve: There were no borders: you can't migrate unless there's a border.

All right. Point noted.

• Noah: He was a ship-wrecked mariner.

Any thoughts on Bangladeshi ship-wrecked mariners who regularly wash up on the shores of Europe?

• Abraham: He was a tourist.

Certainly while he was in Damascus, Syria. But he was also in the town of Sichem, Canaan from where he went to Egypt as there was a famine in Canaan.

What would you say to a tourist in Alabama who doesn't bother to apply for a U.S. visa, stays at an Airbnb with relatives for years, and then, when the money runs out, decides to scamper to California?

• Joseph: He was kidnapped and dumped in Egypt - that's not "migration".

Yes, that's human trafficking. We can make an exception for Joseph. But what about his deadbeat brothers? As soon as the food runs out, instead of trading or growing crops through organic farming and scientific prowess, they rely on chain migration to rejoin their estranged brother

• Jonah: He was told by God to preach abroad. Basically he was a street-preacher on steroids. As God owns the earth, God didn't recognize borders.

Okay.

• Saint Paul: As long as he kept moving, he wasn't a migrant.

I probably have about 30 years left, based on the average life expectancy in my country. Perhaps I should arrive in the United States on a legitimate visa. Long after the visa expires, I continue to spend roughly six months in each state, preaching Hinduism on every street corner to make a living.

Technically, you wouldn't consider me an illegal migrant, right? I keep moving, yeah.

[GanduHindu]

Re: Jesus was a migrant, Matthew 2:13-14 says so

The places Jesus traveled belonged to Him. God had given Him the entire world.

That's actually a very good argument.

As to Moses, he was on his way to the Battle of Jericho. Sure, he had stops along the way, how else could he get there? Moses commanded his entire group plus an army that would later rid his country of those squatters who did not belong there.

Your post should be labeled fake history.

What about Moses' ancestors? The ten or eleven brothers of Joseph who went to Egypt in the second year of the famine.

Perhaps they should have found innovative ways to grow potatoes and edible mushrooms in the Negev Desert, which has been achieved more recently by their descendants, the Israeli scientists of the 21st century. Today, more than 40 percent of Israeli crops are grown in that desert.

Instead, Joseph and his brothers decided to sponge off the Egyptian welfare state for their entire families.

Pray, how do they not fit the definition of economic migrants?

[Romeo Rovagnati]

Re: Jesus was a migrant, Matthew 2:13-14 says so



I came back to this thread, because I've realized that I've missed some details: other prophets were migrants too. Some examples includes:

• Adam and Eve: Both were kicked out from Eden and were forced to find a new homeland. Clearly migrants.
• Noah: Built a boat to traverse the sea. One of his passengers was his son Ham, who was the first black person. Definitely a migrant.
• Abraham: Was a guest, along with his wife and half-sister Sarah, in Egypt. Surely a migrant.
• Joseph: Became an important Egyptian when he was brought there. 100% migrant.
• Jonah: Went to Sardinia via a whale (like the one in Pinocchio). Was also a racist who later repented.
• Saint Paul: Did a long journey that eventually led him to Rome. How can he not be a migrant?

Shall I continue?

I've just remember that I've forgot to add other important Bible figures, such as Jacob, who was a guest to the Father of his own wives. Also should I mention that Lot and his family were not a native of Sodom? And how about Eshter, who managed to make the Persian King accept the captive Judeans as citizens of his empire? Answer: they were all migrants!

If you need more proof that Christianity is a pro-immigration religion, I can also show you the lives of some Saints that may give you some inspiration.