Things that make you go "Hmmmm…"

[kladner]

Originally Posted by Xyzzy

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[kriesel]

https://longreads.com/2018/11/28/the...l-convictions/

[retina]

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[kladner]

From a North Eastern Episcopalian church creche.

[Dr Sardonicus]

Originally Posted by kladner

From a North Eastern Episcopalian church creche.

Sadly, the creche might be behind a high fence to protect it from theft or vandalism.

Also sadly, the kids being detained at our border don't have their parents with them.

[kladner]

Originally Posted by Dr Sardonicus

Sadly, the creche might be behind a high fence to protect it from theft or vandalism.

Also sadly, the kids being detained at our border don't have their parents with them.

I will try to relocate the stories. This church, and a Massachusetts Catholic church definitely intended these displays as commentary. The other showed baby Jesus in a cage, with the wise men behind a fence.
Different report, same church-
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44704580

A US church has placed statues of baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph in a cage on its lawn to protest against the Trump administration's immigration policy.

The Episcopalian Christ Church Cathedral in Indiana, Indianapolis, put the display up on Monday night, saying the Biblical family were refugees too.

Boston area Catholic church display-
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nat...222654095.html

[Dr Sardonicus]

Originally Posted by kladner

I will try to relocate the stories. This church, and a Massachusetts Catholic church definitely intended these displays as commentary. The other showed baby Jesus in a cage, with the wise men behind a fence.
Different report, same church-
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44704580

Boston area Catholic church display-
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nat...222654095.html

I believe the pic you posted is at Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis. The display went up on July 3. It was indeed intended as a commentary on Il Duce's "zero tolerance" immigration policy that gave rise to kiddie concentration camps.

Many evangelicals and other Christians are opposed to turning away refugees and asylum seekers, because they are, based on their religious beliefs, "all about helping the stranger." This is almost certainly from the "Sheep go to heaven, goats go to hell" passage in Matthew, Chapter 25. From the King James Version (my emphasis added):

31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

There is also the parable of the Good Samaritan in the Book of Luke. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke about this parable at length in his Mountaintop speech, which he gave the evening before he was assassinated. The relevant portion begins with Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness.

[kladner]

Oops. I got confused about locations. The story I first saw was playing up the irony of such a reproach in Pence's home state.

[Dr Sardonicus]

Originally Posted by kladner

Oops. I got confused about locations. The story I first saw was playing up the irony of such a reproach in Pence's home state.

That "RTV6 ABC" logo in the pic is a dead giveaway. It doesn't take much searching to find out it's an Indianapolis TV station.

Still -- the fact it's Mike Pence's home state is ironic. Perhaps more ironic (and distressing) is the likelihood that, had he not been picked as VP, his fellow Hoosiers would have voted him out as Indiana's governor.

[jasong]

Originally Posted by Dr Sardonicus

Many evangelicals and other Christians are opposed to turning away refugees and asylum seekers, because they are, based on their religious beliefs, "all about helping the stranger." This is almost certainly from the "Sheep go to heaven, goats go to hell" passage in Matthew, Chapter 25. From the King James Version (my emphasis added):

Oh, damn, hope my last name isn't prophetic. ;)

Actually, jokes aside, I googled the meaning, and it means good face or God's face, so I guess the first person to take the name was either thought of as good looking or trustworthy, maybe both.

There is also the parable of the Good Samaritan in the Book of Luke. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke about this parable at length in his Mountaintop speech, which he gave the evening before he was assassinated. The relevant portion begins with Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness.

Yeah, this is what I advocate for, letting them in just so we can consider their pleas for help.

I voted for Trump, but I have no love for him. As president, I mean. As a Christian, I think it's appalling that other Christians are so willing to stand behind him and support him in so many things. He needs to be rebuked for his immoral behavior.

[Batalov]

"What has four eyes but can't see?"

Mississippi ... this question is asked almost at the beginning of the film https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095647/ ... tells a thing or two about (some) Christians