Posted on 03/09/2018 8:15:54 AM PST by LeoHohmann
The rejection of asylum for about 100 Iranian Christian refugees by the Trump administration is raising eyebrows among advocates for the persecuted Church in Islamic nations.
One advocacy group, Barnabas Aid, has gone so far as to call the rejected asylum applications “an insult to America’s Christian and humanitarian heritage and a betrayal by the Trump administration.”
The Christian refugees, many of whom can recount horrific stories of persecution they have experienced at the hands of Iranian mullahs, now have less than a week to leave Austria, where they have been stranded for more than a year, unwanted by the Europeans and other formerly Christian countries.
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Trump wasn’t elected to represent Christians. That nitwit Pope fills that role.
Leo, Leo, Leo....
Why doesn’t the Vatican take them in at least on a temporary basis.
Actually, they are not Christian, but those of the Mandaean sect. As poster Verginius Rufus informs,
The Mandaean religion is a Gnostic religion (the only surviving one). They revere John the Baptist along with a number of Biblical figures (but not Jesus), but it doesn’t look like they are actually descended from the real-life disciples of John the Baptist (who wasn’t a gnostic).
And which beliefs also includesa cosmic Father and Mother; The cosmos is created by Archetypal Man, who produces it in similitude to his own shape; Planets and stars influence fate and human beings, and are also places of detention after death. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaeism#Beliefs
Maybe the fringe nature of their religion is partly the cause of their status. The NYT said (and is likely upset) Refugee resettlement officials said that evangelical Christians, who make up more than 90 percent of the Lautenberg pool and hail mainly from Ukraine, continue to arrive as usual.
I propose Trump offer a trade: 100 DACA recipients in exchange for these poor souls.
Leftists would love the idea (not at all)
IBTZ
Correct - quite silly if you think that Trump gives a flying **** about Christians in Iran
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Like not posting the whole vanity.
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Isn’t it Pope’s job? Also I find it suspicious why have you singled out Iran as a culprit which has by far the least sort of persecution and left out other places.
John McCain, is it you?
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