Andrea Widburg writes for the American Thinker about a bogus argument from illegal immigration apologists.
One of the fascinating things about following leftists on social media is that they are lemmings. The order goes out that all must put up a specific meme and, suddenly, all do. That’s why my long-ago high school classmates (99% of whom are leftists), suddenly started posting a variation of a meme insisting that Leviticus—a part of the Bible that is so dear to conservative hearts—mandates accepting illegal aliens. Naturally, these leftists, who wouldn’t recognize the Bible if it bit them, are completely wrong. …
… I’m not going to waste my time explaining to my old high school classmates how the Bible works because I know I’ll just get irrelevancies in return. If I checkmate them on immigration, they’ll strike back with racism; if I challenge racism and they have no response, I’ll be flooded with climate change arguments. You know what I mean because I’m sure you’ve been there, too.
However, in case you find yourself in conversation with people who are genuinely interested in learning, here’s some of what @amuse has to say about how the Democrats, playing the part of the Devil in this drama, are quoting scripture to their own ends. (And no, just as Trump was not being antisemitic when he used the expression “shylock” to refer to a moneylender, something mindlessly common in his youth, I’m not being antisemitic when I use a phrase lobbed at Shylock himself in The Merchant of Venice.)
These verses instruct the Israelites on how to treat gerim, or sojourners, resident aliens who, crucially, accepted the laws of Israel and lived peaceably among the people. These were not foreign invaders, illegal squatters, or enemies of the covenant. They were, to borrow a modern analogy, lawful immigrants or refugees under the jurisdiction of Mosaic law. Leviticus 24:22 reinforces this distinction: “You shall have the same law for the foreigner and for the native-born.” In other words, the ger was held to the same moral and legal standards as the Israelite.
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