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Thread #107666   Message #2234281
Posted By: GUEST,Steve Baughman
11-Jan-08 - 05:58 PM
Thread Name: Who Would Jesus Deport?
Subject: RE: Who Would Jesus Deport?
"I won't put your bumper sticker on my vehicle because I don't want people to think I sanction Jesus as a spiritual leader or a prophet or see him as an example. Sally."

Sally, this point is a good one. However, I actually don't see Jesus as a spiritual leader either. But he is considered by Americans to be the model that THEY choose to base their moral decisions on. So forcing Mitt Romney (for example) and his followers to ask what THEIR moral leader would do is, I think, very appropriate.

So I hope you'll get one of my stickers. They're free, and the will force more people to think about compassion in the immigration debate.

And, hey, that's all I'm really saying with the Website, let's keep compassion in the dialogue, however we feel about the issue and the proposed solutions. I am dismayed at the mean spiritedness of the debate and would love to see that change.