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White evangelical Protestants (75%) are most likely to favor militarized encampments for undocumented immigrants, followed by 61% of white Catholics.

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[–] Myxomatosis 104 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I’m not religious but I looked up these passages to show how hypocritical they are:

Matthew 25:35 - “For I was a stranger and you welcomed me.”

Romans 12:13 - “Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.”

Deuteronomy 10:18-19 - “Treat foreigners and sojourners with empathy and understanding, as they are vulnerable and in need.”

[–] macarthur_park 65 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

“Yeah but the Bible was talking about Christians, not Haitians and Mexicans”

-evangelicals, probably

[–] acosmichippo 28 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

obviously Jesus meant white people.

[–] P1nkman 5 points 4 weeks ago

obviously white Jesus meant white people.

[–] acosmichippo 27 points 4 weeks ago

people don't get their morality from religious texts, they use religious texts to justify and enforce their morality.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Get that WOKE SHIT outta my bible!

[–] Pacattack57 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

True Christians know that Jesus was a socialist 😂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

THAT DOESNT COUNT ITS COMOLETELY DIFFERETN

[–] [email protected] 66 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

So, religious cunts.

People who believe in the actual ideals of America are not split on this.

America is a nation of immigrants.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Tell that to the Japanese Americans during WW2.

The ideal murica you imagine is not the one that exists, and never has been.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 7 points 4 weeks ago

https://www.argosymusiccorp.com/LittleSongs/LittleSongs.html

It has a long history as an ideal that has always existed in the hearts of many. However the theocratic, white supremacist, capitalistic, and broadly phobic side of America is an inescapable fact that we have never been able to dispense with, and quite likely it is our doom.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

So, religious cunts.

That's future ~~dictators~~ leaders of America tyvm! Get it right or get in the iron maiden!

:(

[–] [email protected] 52 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Just like when they supported the Nazis.

[–] Viking_Hippie 16 points 4 weeks ago

And the fascist apartheid regime committing genocide, invading neighboring countries, and killing US citizens as well as UN peacekeepers with impunity.

[–] Lurkinney 39 points 4 weeks ago

This American is decidedly not split on the issue and owns heavy duty bolt cutters

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 weeks ago

We are also split on using the military against Trumps enemies. There are a lot of people in this country who have lost their way.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

75% holy fuck Evangelicals...

Out of pocket

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

Tax their churches.

[–] aseriesoftubes 24 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Just like Jesus would have done.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

That long haired ethnic hippie? Throw him in there too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Definitely. And after that, I'm sure Jesus would have picked up hammer and nails to finish that wall to keep all those pesky immigrants out.

[–] Pacattack57 1 points 4 weeks ago

Jesus would have used the nails out of his own hands to build a wall around his chosen country

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

George Washington, save me from your followers.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

George needs to come back and do some table flipping.

[–] TheTechnician27 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Is that a wheel of time reference?

[–] TheTechnician27 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

[–] grue 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The only people that belong in such camps are the ones who want to put others there.

[–] SassyRamen 5 points 4 weeks ago

Right, starting with the orange faced fucker

[–] eran_morad 21 points 4 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 weeks ago

Look, there is a right way to go about this and a reich way.

(Insane that this is where the us is today)

[–] kaffiene 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago

"...until it's convenient to advance my own agenda, of course."

[–] Pacattack57 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I swear these fake Christians are the same people who will judge people for swearing and then have no problem telling someone on record they want to put brown people in concentration camps. If there is a God I hope he judges them accordingly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

It's also the same people who claim that moral integrity is the end-all-be-all in leadership while having no problem supporting a person for the ultimate leadership position whose views on women include "grab'em by the pussy." The moral superiority is pretty much gone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

You have got to be fucking kidding me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah why stop a great American tradition

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

No, just don't do it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't doubt these statistics. But there are also plenty of progressive Christians who don't think like this. I personally work with a whole slew of 'em

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Definitely. There's a difference between evangelical Christians and progressive Christians. Evangelicals consider themselves "born again" and are usually very conservative and staunchly Republican and are usually Trump supporters. Those are the ones mentioned here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep I was just trying to vocalize the broader point about non-evangelical progressive Christians because there seems to be an awful lot of anti-christian rhetoric on Lemmy and many users likely wouldn't recognize that nuance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, it's definitely worth mentioning. Thanks.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes 3 points 4 weeks ago

Let's make a poll about support for the slitting of puppy throats and see where we end up. Would hate to step on somebody else's political opinion on the subject.

[–] Boddhisatva 1 points 3 weeks ago

Trump is promising to carry out mass deportations using a 226-year-old law that allows the federal government to detain "enemy aliens" in times of war.

Is he planning on getting congress to declare war on every third world, or as he puts it, "shit-hole" country on the planet?

[–] SupraMario -2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Is there a non-paywalled link?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Axios does not have a paywall

[–] SupraMario 2 points 4 weeks ago

Sign up page then, on mobile it just blocks out the article with a huge signup banner.

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