Backlash to Pete Buttigieg’s Christmas tweet and the religious divide it exposes

washington post ^ | 12.26.19 | Eugene Scott

[colorado tanker]

They were not refugees. Joseph was a skilled tradesman - middle class for his day. They were travelers in their own country, obeying the orders of the Roman dictator to be enrolled and taxed to support his deep state bureaucracy.

In a way, that's a story a modern day Democrat could really enjoy.

[piasa]

They ended up there in the ‘barn’/cave because Bethlehem was a very small ancestral home town, hometown of David, and because of the Roman decree a whole bunch of people in the line of David [and others who originated there] descended on the little town all at the same time to be registered, overwhelming the available facilities. It had nothing to do with their income. Pastor Wolfmueller addresses this very controversy created by the ‘rat politician here and describes Bethlehem at length :

https://youtu.be/izJaFaHiaKk?t=135

[Wuli]

Yeshua was neither a non-citizen as citizenship was decided in His day, nor was He a refugee.

Buttibeg is attempting to tie, essentially Latin American illegal immigrants to Yehsua, yet there is no comparison at all.

[frank ballenger]

Good one.

So is “and the religious divide it exposes.” We don’t need to hear about his “divide” or “the south bend.”

Enough already.

[frank ballenger]

Jesus was born a refugee?

The manger in Bethlehem may have been a border migrant holding center. They tried to keep Him with parents despite ICE pressure. Three Wise Men used a GPS to get there and present some paperwork to the ICE agents. Bethlehem weas a sanctuary city. It's all in the New Progressive Translation version.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

People have to stop listening to people who have little idea why is going on beyond what Hallmark tells them.

Or people who think that love is an incursion into another person's backside.

[WWG1WWA]

In Bible prophecy, there is a One World Religion. Butti’s church is part of the globalist NWR. Many denominations are globalist, Deep State supporters and decidedly not Christian, though they claim to be.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Buttibeg is attempting to tie, essentially Latin American illegal immigrants to Yehsua, yet there is no comparison at all.

Essentially he's a liar; he knows he's a liar; and he knows that we know he's a liar. But it doesn't matter. We're not the audience he's trying to get to.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Gay and liberal Episcopalians translated their own version of the Bible to say what validates their lifestyle.

Once more to the breech,
Dear friends, I beseech!
(The Episcopal Bishop harangued.)
For Heaven awaits
Who opens my gates,
And all Biblical scruples be hanged!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

His “sacred story” is for people who have never cracked a bible in their life.

[Vigilanteman]

What do the Espicopalians read, because it sure ain't the Bible.

I'm even less inclined to accept a Bible interpretation from a Sodomite than an Episcopalian.

[Hacksaw]

These morons know Jesus wasn’t a refugee. Mary and Joseph were travelling to one part of a Roman Empire province to another to participate in a census. This is like saying if I visit New York and all the hotels are booked I am a migrant.

[Hacksaw]

Secondly, even Milo knows that Christianity does not approve of sodomy.

[ConservaTeen]

A divinity? Really Mayor Pete!?!? His name is Jesus. Poor? Joseph was a carpenter, he had a skill, so I doubt he was poor. Refugee? No, They were traveling to pay their taxes, which again means they aren't poor.

I know I'm a teen but Mayor Pete, don't BS us...

[Eagles6]

“No room at the inn”.

[hinckley buzzard]

Who ever talks about Christmas as “the arrival of the divinity on earth?” What bull squat.

But then he is an “Episcopalian,” not like a real Christian or anything.

[The Bishop]

Jesus was a jew, born to a Jewish mother in a town in Judea. How did he become a refugee, is it because filthy people like mayor Pete have declared it to be so. Perhaps it is lascivious conmen like Jessie Jackson, those who have made a living out of victimhood and eschewed Theology for wealth and A list invitations.

[Vermont Lt]

I honestly don’t care about that as much as I used to. It’s not my cup of tea, but I am not worried they are going to ask me out.

[crz]

The only time Jesus was a refugee was when an angel told his father to escape to Egypt because Herod was going to kill all male children 2 years old and younger.

[Hebrews 11:6]

"Fake Religion from Pete Buttigieg," the reaction of Paul Mirengoff, a Jew who writes for PowerLine. His surmise: "I wouldn’t be surprised if Buttigieg truly hates the Christian religion as traditionally practiced due to its views about of his sexuality."