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To: trebb
Leviticus 19:34 New International Version (NIV) 34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God. None of us are truly native to this land, our roots started generations ago and in other places.

Uh, since you quoted from the Torah - which was written by Jews in Aramaic, you might wish to know that this passage refers not to "foreigners" as the NIV mischaracterizes, but rather non-Jewish converts to Judiasm. Period. Converts: treat them like any other Jew. It does NOT refer to immigrants, and certainly not to illegal invaders. If you wish I can connect you with the rabbinical scholar who explained this to me. Meanwhile, why don't you go back to the La Raza forums where you would clearly be more comfortable. they enjoy misquoting scripture too.

124 posted on 11/24/2011 7:21:03 AM PST by montag813
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To: montag813
Uh, since you quoted from the Torah - which was written by Jews in Aramaic, you might wish to know that this passage refers not to "foreigners" as the NIV mischaracterizes, but rather non-Jewish converts to Judiasm. Period. Converts: treat them like any other Jew. It does NOT refer to immigrants, and certainly not to illegal invaders.

I know what it means in context, and I still believe that my use was not a "miscontrual" of God's will. He also tells them that "just as they were aliens in Egypt - they remained Jews while in Egypt, and conformed as slaves are obligated to conform if they wanted to live.

You and others have a lopsided view of what you would like, vs. what is possible in the real world. I'm not a sympathizer, just a realist.

While the situation sucks, until the borders are sealed, it will continue to get worse. On the other hand, try to picture the logistics of actually trying to ship 10 million or more back to where they came from. To put it bluntly, it aint gonna happen. In today's world, we won't even do things of that proportion to those we are supposedly at war with. Plus, the border is so porous that as fast as we can move them out, they and others will pour back in. Read an article the other day about a perp who was deported 4 times, yet there he was do ing the crime. Might as well break out the guns and blindfolds because it would take a lot of "posses" of like mind going around and exterminating them to have it your way.

139 posted on 11/24/2011 8:17:05 AM PST by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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