I was thinking "Insurrectionists" before"Troublemakers"
Posted on 12/26/2025 9:09:04 AM PST by Olog-hai
Far-left Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) likened Jesus, Mary, and Joseph to illegal migrants in a Christmas Day post depicting a nativity scene being raided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
“May this be the last Christmas we live this nightmare,” the California congressman wrote on X, along with a photo of spray-painted ICE agents breaking into the Bethlehem stable where Jesus was born. […]
The prevalent left-wing claim that Jesus was a refugee is considered by many Christians to be historically inaccurate. As Breitbart News’s Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D., described, Jesus was born in Joseph’s ancestral hometown of Bethlehem, after which his parents fled with him to Judea when King Herod set out to kill all baby boys. The family temporarily settled in Egypt, which was part of the Roman empire at the time. They returned to their home in Galilee when Herod died, and Jesus spent most of his growing up years there. …
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Thanks for the correction.
There was no such census.
As stoopid as the chief of popo in moganappolis.
Eric Swalwell never was good at connection dots confused easily.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph aren’t typically seen as modern immigrants because they moved within the Roman Empire (from Judea to Egypt, both Roman provinces), not between distinct countries.
Their flight was a temporary escape from King Herod’s infanticide order rather than permanent relocation for economic or political asylum, making them more like internal migrants or religious refugees fleeing immediate danger within the same imperial system, notes Biola University.
They followed Roman law by registering for the census, and their move to Egypt was a planned, self-funded sojourn until Herod died, unlike today’s complex, often indigent refugee situations, says GotQuestions.org.
Temporary & Planned: Their move was a short, planned escape to wait out a threat (King Herod), not a permanent new beginning, supported by gifts from the Magi, say GotQuestions.org and Universal Life Church Monastery.
No Law Broken: Their actions likely didn’t violate Roman laws, as they were fleeing persecution within Roman territory, notes Juicy Ecumenism and Biola University.
Why Some Call Them Refugees/Migrants:
Fleeing Persecution: They were displaced by a credible threat (Herod’s decree to kill male infants), fitting the humanitarian aspect of “refugee,” notes World Relief and America Magazine.
Matthew’s Gospel portrays the flight to Egypt as a new Exodus, and framing Jesus as a liberator, says U.S. Catholic.
Applying modern legal terms to ancient events is tricky, but their circumstances differed significantly from contemporary immigrants seeking new homes, say GotQuestions.org and World Relief.
Two months ago, I took a trip to Baltimore, Pennsylvania and DC and stayed in motels, so according to Swalwell’s logic, I was an illegal migrant.
SwallowsWell, the Chinese-boinking farting guy.
He's not THAT stupid - he's cashing in at The Swamp trough like a Minnesota Somali.
Here’s a dilemma that I see if we assume that Jesus, Mary and Joseph were illegal immigrants. We know from scripture that an angel of God gave Joseph instructions to go to Egypt. If they were illegal immigrants like the ones we have in the US part of their identity is to be deceitful which would break the commandment of not bearing false witness. So are we to assume that a holy God commanded Joseph to engage in an act that would require them to bear false witness to a government, a government that Jesus told us was in power because of God? Further Jesus is supposed to be blameless. our
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Representative (DEMOCRAT) Eric Swalwell and his staff were silent when asked if the Congressman planned to comment on his endorsement of the first transgender-identifying woman to hold state office who was arrested in June for distributing child pornography.
39-year-old Stacie Laughton, who formerly went by his male name Bruce, was the first state transgender-identifying representative in the state of New Hampshire. Laughton was arrested and charged in June for soliciting pornographic images of children from his partner who was a daycare worker at the time. The former representative is facing one count of sexual exploitation of minors and aiding and abetting by the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Massachusetts. The Department of Justice’s press release and case information regarding Laughton’s charges both use his preferred female pronouns.
According to the Maine Wire, “Lindsay Groves, 38, the former intimate partner of the State Rep, was arrested on June 22, 2022, on one count of sexual exploitation of children and one count of distribution of child pornography.” The publication also shared several text messages between the two revealing their discussions surrounding their plans to harm the children attending daycare with Groves.
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Yep.
The problem with Chinese spies is after an hour you want to betray your country again.
CCP tool, owned just like the Bidens and many others, having that shameless reprobate treasonous evil.
All in the service of their Marxists ‘color revolution’ playbook using Rule # 4.
Saul Alinskys Rules for Radicals, Rule # 4
“Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” This means holding opponents accountable to their own standards and principles, which can undermine their credibility and effectiveness.
Very good short version of the real story.
As I said yesterday, they were “self deporting” back home after Herod died and their baby’s life was no longer at stake.
Nobody on the news mentions that angle.
If it weren’t for Pritzker and Newsom tied for first place, Swalwell would be in the running for my #1 hated scumbag.
EWTN Catholic Q&A
Luke 2:1-3
Question about the census of Quirinius:
Dear Father, the problem with the census of Quirinius in 6 A.D.in relation to the birth of Jesus is a big historical problem. As you well know, Quirinius was not the governor of Syria when Jesus was born in 4B.C.? Luke has Jesus born when Quirinius was governor in 6 A.D. and Matthew has Jesus born in the time of Herod around 4 B.C. I have been reading on this for some time now on how to reconcile this mistake in scripture but to no avail. Could you please explain this problem to me?
Answer by Fr. John Echert:
The Gospel of St. Luke records:
2:1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. 2:2 This was the first enrollment, when Quirin'i-us was governor of Syria. 2:3 And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city. 2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 2:5 to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 2:6 And while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered. 2:7 And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
As a well-educated Gentile writer of the ancient world and in accord with custom of the time, St. Luke dates biblical events such as the circumstances of the birth of Christ in the context of world events and persons associated with the Roman Empire. Even apart from divine inspiration it is hardly likely that someone as careful as St. Luke would make a glaring error with regards to such associations, and the absolutely inerrancy of the Bible assures us infallibly that there is no error. Yet some modern scholars are convinced—wrongly, of course—that St. Luke is in error in dating the birth of Christ as he does in this text, arguing that Caesar never ordered an empire-wide census and that the census of the Roman governor Quirinius did not occur until 6 AD. What can be said about this matter? First we must insist that whether or not we can solve the seeming inconsistency, we must affirm that there is no error on the part of the Evangelist, for then God Himself would be in error with regards to His Word. From there we may speculate as to possible solutions.
Various solutions have been proposed, including the following. Some would read the Greek of the text to read that this census was an earlier census than the more widely known census of 6 AD, namely, “This was an earlier census than when Quirinius was governor of Syria.” If that is the case, the census could have been done by Quirinius prior to his position as governor of Syria or even by Herod the Great. Others have suggested that St. Luke only intended to give an approximate date, though I find this less satisfying as a solution. More recently, some have suggested that this “enrollment” was not for tax purposes but was to swear allegiance to Augustus at a time when he was being proclaimed as a savior of the world type figure—about 2 BC. Even more interesting, however, is what Justin Martyr records of Quirinius, namely, that he was a procurator (governor) in Judea at the time of the birth of Christ. As such, he may have undertaken the census—perhaps regarding the allegiance to Augustus—at this time.
At any rate, what is increasingly clear is that we are not so certain about what St. Luke had in mind nor are we entirely certain about what transpired two thousand years ago. St. Luke was much closer in time and place and had excellent sources. If he had made a glaring historical error, it is likely that early manuscripts would have attempted to correct such a text, which is not the case. Quirinius was a Roman political representative in the region at the time of the birth of Christ, and so what St. Luke writes is all the more credible, even if the census of which the Evangelist writes is known to us only by his Gospel testimony. Much of what transpired in the ancient world—especially regarding more remote and obscure parts of the Empire—was never recorded or has been lost in the sands of time.
For a careful treatment of this topic, I recommend the extensive study note on this found in the recently published RSV-CE Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The Gospel of Luke. It contains excellent notes by Dr. Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch.
God bless,
Father Echert
Well ain’t he just special.
Dumber than crap. They were MANDATED to go to Bethlehem for the CENSUS, DUMBASS.
Democrats, RINOs, global communists, socialists, Islamists, crooks, etc.
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