Sounds to me more like he's comparing them to the Palestinians than to the Mexicans.
Unless he's claiming that Tejas "occupies" birthright Mexican land.
Hm, As I recall Jesus was born to a traditional male & female marriage where the father worked and the mother was a stay at home mom.
Me neither. So whats your point?
Actually, when he was a toddler, he was one of the richest men in the Middle East, what with those gifts of Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh.
Really dog-tired of clergymen conflating cowardice and appeasement with conviction and faith, as well as their make-it-up-as-you-go definition of Christianity ie it’s merely a question of being nice.
This reads like a bad parody of Mr Rogers with its patronizing tone.
There is nothing in the New Testament that gives any indication that the Holy Family lived in poverty. Jesus Christ was born in a manger because there was no room for them at the inn, with the unusually large number of travelers during the census of Caesar Augustus.
I didn't even read past that flagrant misrepresentation on the author's part.
He’s returning as King of the Universe, and with a sword. How do they like them apples?
The sodomite heretic magically discovers that Christianity is all about being a Marxist.
Note the use of “inclusive language.” I.e., Lesbonics.
Jewish Jesus and family worked for a living and paid taxes. He didn’t organize protests against the government rotten as it was. His mission was far beyond the petty BS of humanity. The Son of God come in the flesh. What a monumental event of eternal, historical proportions. Over 2000 years later He is celebrated over the world like no other. Rotgut mad Mohammed is a speck of dust in no comparison.
The Gay Heretic Episcopalian Bishop is leading people to the wide gate. Is he doing this because he wants company?
after all, being sensitive to others’ religious beliefs ought to be the attitude of every Christian
I thank God that there are people who love others enough to tell the truth and when I was still a youngster told me Jesus died for my sins, and what God’s judgment would be if I rejected his mercy and grace.
And I get weary of the American folk Christianity that tells me to be nice and milquetoast, pious, and holy all the time. That’s what got our country in the mess its in! I get even more frustrated when liberals tell me that what good little Christians do. Patrick Henry, John Adams, and George Washington were devout men of Faith and they were not afraid to speak the Truth.
Merry Christmas
Jesus was not “Born Poor”. To coin a biblical phrase, He owned the cows on a thousand hills. The Earth was his creation. Everything on the planet was and is His.
As to his parents being “poor”, it should be noted that Jesus was born in a manger because “There was no room in the Inn.” They had the resources to stay at the Inn, but there was simply no room.
There was the gold, frankincense, and myrrh. There was also the small detail that all of heaven was present. Oh and that the world centered around Jesus.
Our current poor in the u.s. are wealthier and healthier than any Roman citizen during that century.
Gene Robinson is a classic leftist hero; my guess is that this is the best they could do in terms of pro-gay “Christians”. The man had two young daughters, ages 7 and 10, when he started an affair with someone much younger than his wife. A year later, he left his wife and daughters to move in with his new “partner”. Even if you completely ignore the fact that this was for a gay relationship, his conduct was reprehensible.
The fiction supporting Bishop Robinson as a modern Christian role model is very much like the fiction supporting unarmed black teens such as Trayvon Martin and Gentle Giant Michael Brown as examples of violence against black men. If these really are the best examples the left can manufacture, then anti-black racism in America is dead, and there isn’t a shred of logic among those who claim to be Christian and also to approve of choosing to engage in homosexual actions.
Not exactly.
Judea at the time was part of Herod the Great's client kingdom. Egypt was directly ruled by Rome. So there most certainly was a border. Which is of course why they fled to Egypt. It was outside Herod's control, being on the other side of the border.
Client kingdoms were part of the initial strategy of Rome in newly controlled areas. Directly ruling would be too expensive and cumbersome, so they subcontracted rule to local aristocrats, who remained in power as long as they paid their tributes and remained in favor with the Emperor.
The Empire didn't much care how they treated their own people.
Matthew 7: 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!”
Slick Willy Clinton assured me some years ago that Jesus’ family was homeless.
He didn’t mention anything about them paying their “fair share” of taxes to the government.
Um, actually He was, or was rich by age 2, when about 100 kings gave His family gifts of gold, francensence and myrrh. Joseph and Mary had a lot of dough, but saved it on the instructions of the angel, who had told them Jesus was meant for big things.