Jesus was born in a stable, so was technically homeless. I wonder what he would think about the number of homeless people in the "civilised" world today. There was "no room in the inn" for him, and there is no room in our hearts for the homeless. We don't want them in "our backyard".
He also had to flee into Egypt to escape Herod's massacre of the innocents. So he was an illegal immigrent too. I would imagine that he would be shocked at the continuing massacre of innocent people all over the world today. He would certainly be shocked at the way immigrents are locked in detention centres. There have been population movements throughout history for a variety of reasons - economic, climatic, as a result of persecution. What gives us the right to deny other human beings a home & a better life? All National borders are man made & have been changed time and again over the years. We don't have a "God given right" to be isolationist.
What has become of pity? Where is our humanity? What price religion in this day and age?
He also had to flee into Egypt to escape Herod's massacre of the innocents. So he was an illegal immigrent too. I would imagine that he would be shocked at the continuing massacre of innocent people all over the world today. He would certainly be shocked at the way immigrents are locked in detention centres. There have been population movements throughout history for a variety of reasons - economic, climatic, as a result of persecution. What gives us the right to deny other human beings a home & a better life? All National borders are man made & have been changed time and again over the years. We don't have a "God given right" to be isolationist.
What has become of pity? Where is our humanity? What price religion in this day and age?
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