I hear people say that we, the United States, were a
Christian nation but at some point we have moved away from the Christian
principles of the founding fathers. I always wonder about the accuracy of that
statement.
I am reading through the Bible for a class. Right now we are
reading Leviticus in the Old Testament, a very dry read. But one passage in particular caught my
attention. Leviticus 19: 33-34.
“When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The
alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as
yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.”
Wow, that sounds like something Jesus would say. Made me
think “what would the founding fathers
say?”
I imagine they would say something like, “Yep because we are
all aliens here, now if we can only get those damn natives to accept us…”
I think the founding fathers would agree to this biblical ideal and have a very different understand of immigration issue then the ones we have today. I wonder how many Christians are willing to live by this principle of accepting the alien in love and treating them like a native born. Makes one rethink immigration law and such, at least if you are Christian… like the founding fathers…
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