The Liberal Wing of Christianity Speaks Up


As has been said here many times, the Bible has something for everyone. A late American Baptist preacher friend of mine said the Bible is more of an argument going back and forth. As we know, it is most often portrayed as a set of rules against sin.

Surely, even the loudest Bible thumper must admit the Bible has a lot about welcoming the stranger. A liberal Christian group, or maybe several, is making noise that the Christian at this moment should be welcoming all who enter the U.S., legal or not. 

This is the opposite of what Trump preaches, "They are not sending us their best, only their criminals and rapists." (I don't know if that is exact or not, but it summarizes what he has said various times.)  Probably some conservative can find in the Bible something that could be construed as, "Be kind to the stranger if he is of your race and has no police record." 

We're approaching ten years of big numbers coming across the border. Certainly, there are examples of crimes by a few of these people. Most crimes in the U.S. are committed by people born here. There are housing and food problems when large numbers enter the U.S. and land in one location. Statistically, however, the numbers are still small compared to the total population and people finds jobs and are absorbed by the economy and society. The gas lighting happens because of fears planted by Christian nationalists.

The Christian left advocates a welcome mat for those who come to this country. Probably there remain problems but this, really, is the one of the tools to work through immigration.  

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