The Catholic Church looks at illegals as poor needy (and almost all Catholic) people. They see their role as helping them. However, they fail to see that the Bible says to render under Caesar that which is Caesars—in other words, the law, as well as money(taxes). They also, like the political class, see a huge growth in church members from this influx—a bit of self-interest mixed in with the charity.
This week, my MD, a good Christian Methodist and a staunch conservative, said she had mixed feelings about the Immigratioin/Amnesty bill. She said as a Christian she feels we should take care of them. As a conservative, she wants the laws upheld.
This is a conflict many probably have, but they are in error. The Bible plainly
says to honor the laws of rhe land or “render unto Caesar”. Yes, I know that could be construed as rendering money, but the Bible places a lot of emphasis on following the laws and doing things in an orderly way—this bill is NOT orderly. It enshrines chaos. Jesus said we will always have the poor with us when the woman was annointing his feet with the expensive ointment which the Pharisees said she should sell and give the proceeds to the poor.
In carrying out this Catholic/Christian construct as seen by the Catholic church, we would have to extrapolate to take in Darfur and most of Africa. It simply is not feasible, and I can’t understand why these people cannot see that. If we destitute ourselves, we will then BE the poor and needy, and totally unable to help ourselves, much less others..
vaudine
Did you ask her why we should limit our benevolence to hispanics (who don't really want to be U.S. citizens) and ignore the Poles, Irish, Asians, Germans, Ethiopians, etc. that want to come here.