But what if Jesus, Mary and Joseph tried to flee to America? If that occurred, America would deem the holy family ‘illegal aliens’, capture them with heavily armed guards, separate Mary from her newborn son, lock Christ the redeemer in a cage and eventually kick them out of the country.
Given advance warning of this act, the family leaves Bethlehem and travels to Egypt where they are able to continue to live their lives safe from persecution. In the Gospel of Matthew, King Herod, threatened by the power of Jesus, promised to kill all the children under the age of two. Immigration : Jesus, Mary and Joseph were all immigrants. Here are just a few examples of how my faith has brought me to the left: It is time for the religious left to reclaim the narrative that Christianity is not only compatible, but nearly congruent with progressive policies. The Christian right acts like they have a monopoly on religion when in reality sometimes I’m not sure we’re even reading the same Bible.
And I watched them do it under the guise of Christianity. I watched a demigod and his disciples routinely reject Christian morality. Instead, I watched speeches attempting to prey on fear, hate and exclusivity. Now go watch the Republican National Convention and ask yourself the same questions: What do you see? What do you feel? What lessons and stories do you take away? Do you feel the same things that you do when you read the Bible? Did you see love, compassion, forgiveness, generosity and hope? I didn’t.
When you read the Bible, what do you see? What do you feel? What lessons and stories do you take away? For me, entwined in the pages of scripture I find the bountiful love, compassion, forgiveness, hope, humility and generosity of Christ and the calls for all members of Christ’s community to live the same way.
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