migration and reconciliation
Daniel Groody states “the theme
of movement and migration are interwoven into the fabric of our relationship
with God” and “the scriptures reveal to us a God who migrates to God’s people,
eliciting a response of faith and
a homeward journey” Let’s be clear now, immigration is not migration, and
illegal immigration is not migration. A Leftist would have you believe
differently. Do not cave to their language and games with semantics. We absolutely
have a crisis in the world with people emigrating from some countries to
others. We all must be careful about the language that we use to describe
realities of everyday life and politically charged situations. Do not cave to the mainstream. Hang-on and pray.
In an attempt to be nice about
theology and justice Don McLellan attempts to “explore what I (he) regard as three
essential elements in atonement theology: justice, forgiveness, and
reconciliation” In terms of who should
forgive (black/white, North/South etc…) whom, should their be forgiveness for
those who promote negligence about immigration?
God forgives, but the elements of forgiveness are crucial to
understand. Also, as far as owning one’s
color or lack thereof, we should stick to these principles that McLellan lays
out. “Justice without forgiveness cannot
produce reconciliation. Forgiveness without reconciliation is possible, but by
definition it leaves the relationship issues unresolved. And while reconciliation
obviously cannot occur without forgiveness, there are important reasons for
insisting that when forgiveness i£ offered, to overlook justice is to endanger
the whole concept of forgiveness” As this applies to immigration, it must be
understood that the claim to lands is at play here. Justice would be allowing the owner of the
land be the true owner. How this is
figured out, there needs to be a neutral party willing to help negotiate this
or immigration needs to stop.
Reconciliation is a tall order and can it be done? Simple question, complex answers. I admit this is a weak post, but I am walking
on eggshells.
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