The refugee issue is one that perplexes me. I recognize the Christian duty of hospitality, and the Old Testament injunction to welcome the stranger and the sojourner.
But I’m not entirely sure the biblical situation is exactly analogous to our own. I’m not sure the Lord intended the Israelites to go out and bring in thousands upon thousands of Amalekites. And I’m pretty sure He never meant the welcome to expand to the point it has in Europe, where the strangers and sojourners are inexorably replacing the indigenous people.
I could be wrong, of course.
But what really surprises me is the liberal Christians I see on Facebook, who post Old Testament verses in support of their position.
Wh-what?
These are the same people who, for decades now, have been telling me that if I appeal to the Old Testament on any moral issue, I’m rationally obligated to stone people to death for wearing blended fabrics.
Have they noticed that they’ve just demolished 75 percent of their religious argument for homosexual marriage?
You have an interesting passage on the Israelites being commanded to annihilate a group of heathen, in Wolf Time. If anyone reading this comment doesn’t know what I’m referring to, a solution to their problem suggests itself.