Posted on 11/21/2014 8:58:29 AM PST by SeekAndFind
President Barack Obama appealed to the Good Book on Thursday evening when he addressed the nation regarding his executive order on immigration amnesty.
During his speech, Obama alluded to the Old Testament law that mandated that the Ancient nation of Israel look after the foreigners among them.
"Scripture tells us that we shall not oppress a stranger, for we know the heart of a stranger –- we were strangers once, too," said Obama.
"My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too. And whether our forebears were strangers who crossed the Atlantic, or the Pacific, or the Rio Grande, we are here only because this country welcomed them in, and taught them that to be an American is about something more than what we look like, or what our last names are, or how we worship."
Numerous passages of the Bible command believers to welcome the strangers among them, including Deuteronomy 10: 19 and Leviticus 19:34.
On Thursday, Obama spoke about an executive order he decided to issue that would grant a pathway to legal status for about 5 million immigrants who entered the country illegally.
The order also involved deporting undocumented immigrants with a criminal background and granting temporary citizenship for those with children born in the United States, known as "DREAMers."
The president has garnered praise from some groups for advancing objectives on immigration reform that have stalled in Congress.
He also has garnered criticism from others for reportedly overstepping his constitutional authority and bypassing Congress, specifically a Congress that will have a Republican majority in both houses next year.
Obama is not the first executive official to quote the Bible's stance on immigration when justifying a policy position on the matter.
In July, when offering to provide shelter for the undocumented minors who had entered the country, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick had similarly quoted the Bible.
"My faith teaches that if a stranger dwells with you in your land, you shall not mistreat him, but rather love him as yourself," stated Patrick.
I’d be willing to bet that he has never cracked the binding on one.
He forgot the part to give unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and unto God what is God’s.
Somewhere in the White House there’s a well worn Koran.
He didn’t ‘forget’ it. He never read it to start with. He is a Muslim.
And a prayer rug.
We do take in strangers. Satan quotes scripture and twists it to serve his ends.
Satan can probably quote Scripture too
The Bible is useful only as his political tool
How many times has this “Christian” family gone to church since Jan. 2009 I wonder?
This Muslim P-—k doesn’t even know what a bible is.
Not the Koran?
And did you notice that there was only one camera on him? He spoke directly into it. His tone of voice was unctuous, smarmy, his best used car dealer persona telling illegals to “come on down” for a bonanza.
The camera was also just about level with his face, though usually they shoot up at him, making him seem larger, more important, more presidential. But last night he was everyone’s best friend.
Cheap tricks picked up from multi-level marketing sales meetings.
Leviticus goes on to say those strangers are required to follow the laws upon penalty of death.
The last six years has been a cheap trick
Even Satan himself can quote scripture.
Where is that in the Bible?
Unfortunately, Cheap-trick Barry’s latest is going to cost us billions.
It’s what holds it together. :0)
Did a Bible search, couldn’t find it. Must be in the Koran.
That’s understandable. Bibles are bound. Korans, Qurans, whatever and however these maniacs call them are written in ‘batshit crazy’ on scrolls that might as well be rolls of toilet paper.
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