I said I wouldn't weigh in on the refugee issue but despite it all, here I am... and I'm here because I can't allow myself to be silently branded with an opinion that I disagree with.
On most subjects, I am more conservative than liberal. I'm definitely not (even close to) in-line with any one political party, but I typically trend farther right than left. I'll even ashamedly admit that a big part of me wants "keep them out" to be the right thing to say... but I challenge all other Christians to put outrage and fear aside and think about what you really believe.
Personally, my Christianity stands on two things: "God cares most about showing his love" and "Heaven exists and is worth it." With those inarguable (for me) guideposts in place, when I think through a potential conversation with Christ about this, it doesn't go well for me.
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me: "I fought to keep them out, because I couldn't guarantee some of the refugees are not Islamic Jihadists. I wasn't willing to gamble with my family's lives."
J: "What's more important to you, being 'safe' here or spreading my love like you're commanded to?"
me: "The love thing, yeah, but it was really dangerous, like I said."
J: "So to you, preventing potential Jihadists from entering the country was worth denying my love to thousands, leaving innocents to be slaughtered or without a home, while loudly crying that it's what I would want too? I died for them too."
me: "So you want me to put myself in danger?"
J: "When I was on earth, I sent my best friends into very dangerous places to spread my message, and show this love."
me: "Well... shouldn't *you* help them? I mean, you're there to answer their prayers and show them that love, right?"
J: "That would require hands and feet..."
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If you truly do some introspection and believe differently - I'M NOT GOING TO ATTACK OR JUDGE YOU - I have waaaay too many faults for that, and I do just as little as anyone else. I'm just having a lot of trouble with the current popular message of Christianity being that anything is important enough to *purposefully* refuse to share God's love.
