[Mr. Silverback]

The WWJD phrase is, of course, taken from the classic Christian novel In His Steps. I find it telling that even though the author, Charles M. Sheldon, was a major figure in the social gospel movement and could be called a Christian socialist, his book doesn't portray anyone running out and forcing people to help the poor through government. Instead, he portrays people taking sacrificial action in their own lives. Here's what Chuck Colson wrote about it a few years ago:

The editor of the local newspaper has been accepting lucrative ads from the local saloons. Would Jesus do this? No, he decides--and cancels the ads.

A young singer gives up a promising career on the stage to sing at tent meetings on Skid Row. A young heiress takes in a homeless woman, to the horror of her fashionable family. A businessman decides that Jesus wants him to make his tenements as warm and comfortable as his own home.

Maybe the churchcommies could take a lesson...

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[Lijahsbubbe]

wonder why the Left doesn’t apply the WWJD principle to other problems. How many of those asking “Who would Jesus kill” have ever asked, “Who would Jesus abort?” One might also ask, “How many condoms would Jesus pass out at school,” and “Would Jesus ban prayer in school?”

Hah! Wonderful job!

[Eyes Unclouded]

Spot on sir, spot on.

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[Cinnamon]

Would Jesus skip paying taxes?

Would Jesus approve of reverse discrimination?

[GSlob]

"Who Would Jesus Deport?”" - why, the devils, of course. He used to cast them into the Gadarene swine, or merely out.

[Nachum]

How many illegals would Jesus let in?
How many illegals would Jesus let out of county jails?
Would Jesus give California drivers' licenses to the illegals?
Would Jesus give amnesty to the illegals?
Would Jesus let the illegals bankrupt the state treasury?
Would Jesus let the illegals hang the stars and stripes upside down?

[Choose Ye This Day]

WIWJS

Whose identity would Jesus steal?

Muy, muy bien, Mr. Silverback.

[stainlessbanner]

I’m not interested in governing by Bible verse.

Our Founders looked to the scripture for advice and we have a republic.

[rpierce]

Excellent op-ed. Thanks for writing this.

I get the same mild irritation at this kind of silly thinking when I see the oh-so-sophisticated academics in our town putting out signs on their yards that say “War is not the answer.”

[Choose Ye This Day]

We’re a nation of laws (not T-shirts)

I think the Left would say we are a Nation of Bumperstickers. You know what they say, "Speaking Truth to Power at 35 m.p.h. on the back-end of a 1988 Volvo."

[MHGinTN]

"If you can pretend the Almighty is your personal mascot, or your pet or your ego stroker ... I seem to recall a very successful sermon on something like 'It Is A Fearful Thing To Fall Into The Hands Of An Agry God'. But Hell and God's anger and wrath are not tolerant enough for today's liberal democrat elitists who claim to be christians as they defend and promote the slaughter of alive unborn children or when they push for cannibalizing the earliest aged humans, or push forward and admire the fetal tissue industry stocked by partial birth infanticide (Michigan has made it a 'good thing' to have bountiful tissue banks stocked from aborted Michigan children; they're so enlightened up there in Conyersland).

[bpjam]

Great question....great post.

[Petronski]

I stopped here:

...pro-law breaking activist...

Gibberish.

[LowOiL]

You can just “win” the policy debate by saying “Thus saith the Lord.” When a conservative does that, he’s dismissed and rightly so.

Jesus promised his followers, "you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended" (Mat. 24:9-10).

Occupational hazzard. Tough... When Conservatives act like they don't care for Jesus... I will move my vote elsewhere.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

How many of those asking “Who would Jesus kill” have ever asked, “Who would Jesus abort?”

Insert Wild, Unrestrained Applause Here!!!!!!

[pawdoggie]

So, how many hospitals would Jesus close?

Since most of the hospitals would be sending their patients to Him for healing, probably a lot of hospitals could close their doors.

[RonDog]

We’re a nation of laws (not T-shirts), and our duty to enforce them in a just manner.

Still, if Arellano and her allies want a verse to base immigration policy on, I suggest John 10:1.

O.K., I will admit that I did not get this reference when I first read it, so had to look it up.

From www.biblegateway.com:

"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber..."

:o)

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[Kimberly GG]

Yes, well, great 'article', but you know the churchcommies would turn it back around and will simply answer in all transgressions, "What would Jesus do......?"
"Jesus would forgive"

personally, I'd like to know what Jesus has to do with it in the first place. Illegal immigration is a problem of our governments, it is not a church issue.

[hosepipe]

Modern Hospitals were invented by christians..
As were Universitys for other than the rich..
You know, those followers of Jesus..