' The Worlds most affluent nation, the home of the free, the United States of America has sunk to a new low in its treatment of refugees. This time it is innocent children who are being separated from their parents, and then caged like animals in a Texan detention centre. '

Yep Paul lies or falls for the lie, Toni supports, they get caught out and continue digging in. Typical leftie behaviour. Any normal person would be so embarassed they fell for lies that they would crawl in a hole and go away. Not lefties. Just change the losing post. Oh thats right its all compassion for the kids Toni. Sure!

Hi Runner,

I wonder what Christ would have done ? He would probably have some compassion for bigoted and racist hicks since, after all, 'forgive them, Father, they know not what they do.' But of course, they do.

But would he remind you: 'Suffer the little children, to come unto me' ? Or would he counsel you, that "He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone.'

Can I recommend that you give the Bible a try ? It has some wonderful messages about how to treat the helpless, the blameless, those with little or no power, especially the children, which you might find very helpful.

Then there was (I think ?) St Augustine with his loving comment about British slave children: 'Non Angli, sed Angeli.'

Or perhaps you can quote the Book to prove that Trump is God's messenger ? Or perhaps the lickspittle messenger of the other bloke ?

Joe

//I wonder what Christ would have done ?//

WWJD?

I daresay he'd have remind people of Matthew 25:31-46. He'd point out that he was pretty unambiguous about 'what you do unto the least my brethren, you do unto me'. He'd remind them of the golden rule, even though it's a no-brainer. And he'd tell them they haven't been following the Messiah, they've just been very naughty boys.

Hi Toni,

Yes, my favourite lesson (parable) from the Bible is about the Good Samaritan - a person who sees somebody NOT from his own group being beaten and robbed and helps him without hesitation, takes him home, treats his wounds, looks after him and gives him something to tide him over. A man helping someone who is NOT from his own group - you can't find that in the Koran or (as far as I know) in any other religious texts. There are good people in the Bible, selfless people. I'm reminded of the Polish priest who got himself exchanged for a person destined for the Nazi gas chambers - that's the 'Good Samaritan' spirit that makes me very fond of much of the Bible. I think there was a Polish school-teacher who did the same, and a Lutheran pastor too. Good people, heroes in anybody's language.

Then there are those for whom putting little children in cages means nothing. If I was a believer, I would call such creatures 'Godless'. But I'm sustained by the knowledge that there will always be many Good Samaritans in the world, in sharp distinction from the trash like Trump or Clinton or their lickspittles, and always will be.

Joe

Some part of American Christianity is quite evil,some part of it
is cash driven fraud, much like Trump

Dear Loudmouth,

In Leviticus, third book of the Jewish Bible, we find the following:

Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

A little further on:

Leviticus 19:33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. LEV 19:34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

The two verses together make it clear that one should love anyone who lives in your land, whatever ethnicity that person is. I can’t even always love myself. How can I love everyone within the same boundary? What does the word, love, mean? To make sense to me it has to mean something else in the Bible than what I understand by the word, love. I can love my wife and children. Although I like my neighbor very much it would be dishonest for me to say I love her. I am a citizen of two countries, Australia and the United States. Should I love every person in both countries? Should I not love my cousin, Ralph, who is a Canadian citizen? I really cannot fulfill that commandment.