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Let's Face It: Jesus Would Be In A Cage In 2019 America

Let's be honest about one thing and if you can't be honest with yourself, then you're not going to be honest with others. Religion, regardless of your affiliation, is based on the trust and honor of a series of philosophical laws, meant to keep the masses controlled. Within these laws are basic human principles that govern all of us, not so ironically, much like those who wrote The Bible, except for those in power. Christianity, more than any religion, has been used by a government to scare people into submission to power. In today's America, it is the single most un-Christlike religion in the all of Christianity.

If you've read the Bible, it's no secret that immigration has been an enormous theme throughout. While often overlooked, the mere existence of Hell is proof that not all are accepted within. God himself/herself/itself created turned away those who believed they were his equals, much like our government is turning away those who simply want to be apart of something better. Adam and Eve, the very first man and woman were also political asylum seekers, cast out of Eden. Noah, his family, the animals, all could be looked at as those seeking asylum from tyranny. All throughout the Bible, immigrants fled famine, poverty, weather, social unrest, and government tyranny, all for a better life. Exodus even uses the same language today's asylum seekers and those who protest them do. Deuteronomy could be a handbook for all that our current administration is doing wrong. There are even passages about a census and how the transients are given work and the importance of their existence in building a  God-filled society.  Then, of course, there's Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

Semantics?

If you call yourself Christian. If you believe the word of Christ is the word of God. If you believe the Bible is the word of Christ and of his father, and of the Holy Spirit. If you believe any of Christ's teachings to be true and your honor them by calling yourself Christian. Then, you must ask yourself, how do I live in, and support, a country that would capture, incarcerate, torture, and cast out your lord and savior, and do so in the name of God. If you took the time to read this, and you still support the caging, torture, and deportation of your fellow man, you might want to go back read the Book of Luke. Then again, even Jesus begged for the forgiveness of the ignorant, so it's assumed you're all going to be alright; for now.


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