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I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period
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“Born again” Christians see themselves as part of an exclusive club or clan. They feel a strong affinity with others who have shared a conversion experience in which they have shed their ego, acknowledged guilt for “original sin” from their birth, accepted an unshakeable conviction that Jesus was the son of God who died to absolve them of their sins, and that while all non-believers are doomed to burn in eternal hellfire after death, they will be among the relatively small number who will be sp…
Thank you. I hesitate to generalize or stereotype but I have known many of these people and most of my family are evangelicals and they are usually quite extreme in their views. They are driven by fear and apprehension and crave absolute certainty, and some have a degree of humility. But many become militant and arrogant and they can be terribly obnoxious and sanctimonious. The authoritarian leaders are another story, of course. Most are only exploiting the childlike dependence of their followers.
You should give them the book Idolatry of God by Peter Rollins. Very much on the topic of the search for certainty and childlike dependence on authority. Great comment.