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Home Front: Culture Wars
California Church Depicts Nativity Scene with Jesus, Mary, Joseph in Separate Cages.
2019-12-11
[TheGuardian] Claremont United Methodist church installation shows Jesus, Mary and Joseph as caged immigrant family
If a mod would be so kind as to cross-link to the disgusting Pope comment about Trump being Herod, I would be so obliged. You know, for Methodists they really took this cue from the Pope from the other day. Which begs the question : Are they all the same now ? Incidentally, Trump is often refereed to in fringe churchy circles as a modern day John the Baptist, and it's the Pope who sits in Herod's seat today. Not relevant maybe, just... curious.


A nativity installation depicting Mary, Joseph and Jesus separated in cages has caused a stir in a southern California city, a few hundred kilometers from the US border with Mexico.
This link to a 5 Dec Breitbart appears to be a reference.
The installation shows Joseph and Mary, in separate cages, facing a cradled baby Jesus in a cage, with Joseph’s arms outstretched towards him. It was posted to Facebook by the Rev Karen Ristine of the Claremont United Methodist church, and has been shared more than 20,000 times.

"In a time in our country when refugee families seek asylum at our borders and are unwillingly separated from one another, we consider the most well-known refugee family in the world. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Holy Family," Ristine wrote on Facebook. She cited Matthew 25:35, in which Jesus thanks those who fed him when he was a hungry refugee fleeing Bethlehem.
If I remember correctly, nowhere does the good book state that 'I came to you selling drugs, and you readily let me in. Blessed are you...'
"What if this family sought refuge in our country today? Imagine Joseph and Mary separated at the border and Jesus no older than two taken from his mother and placed behind the fences of a Border Patrol detention center as more than 5,500 children have been the past three years," said Ristine in the Facebook post.
Disgusting sons of Belial, mixing their shit with the truth to suit their politics. Read the rest of this unhappy thing at the Guardian.

Can there be an 'Assorted Bastitches' option in the Organization dropdown ? Never mind... just asking.
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Herod: 2019-01-24 Rep. Perry Buck and Sen. Vicki Marble kept from introducing resolutions honoring MLK Jr. because they are white
Posted by:Dron66046

#12  Everyone is afraid too offend a piece of shit muslim but it seems too be ok too offend a Christian. I'm not religous but did grow up in the south and have respect for someone else's religion until they don't show respect for others. I wish we could shove the whole state of california into the ocean.
Posted by: chris   2019-12-11 11:28  

#11  #3, actually Methodists aren't Calvinists. They are an offshoot of the Church of England and follow a Wesleyan/Arminian interpretation of the Bible.,
Posted by: Tom   2019-12-11 11:18  

#10  Whoa Whoa WHOA! You must have forget Jesus was from Wakanda.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2019-12-11 10:57  

#9  They were in town for a government census.

Right. And they were the most law abiding people, Jesus even more so. 'Render unto Caesar...'

In fact, some people draw great parallels to 'absolute socialism' with him. The 'give everything you have to the poor' message is Jesus. So high that the most guilt-ridden, silver spoon fed Harvard scholar cannot get over it.

But one can't argue faith or truth with these fuckers. Just in it for the tithes and the liaisons. Cheap bastards.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-12-11 10:04  

#8  And, in any case, "Jesus was a Palestinian", not Mexican 😊
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-12-11 09:51  

#7  If I remember correctly from Sunday school, Joseph, Mary and the kid were not refugees. They were in town for a government census.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-12-11 09:34  

#6  Stupid f---. This isn't funny any more.

You have helped to ruin California's public schools - now the 2nd worst in the nation because of this illegal invasion which you aid and abet.

You have helped to undermine rule of law and public safety in California.

Your foolish, bogus altruism for people who deserve none has looted the public welfare, and reduced any hope of proper funding of the real needs of California's citizens.

You've helped to turn huge portions of the state into trash- gang- and violence-ridden shitholes, many of which are either literally bankrupt or headed in that direction, with a poverty rate in the 40% range.

And you've done this for the exquisite pleasure it gives you to preen and posture and condemn your fellow citizens.

Our Christmas message to you is F--- off, you vile piece of virtue-signaling shite.

And stop harming this state. Go do your preening in Sinaloa or Tegucigalpa.
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-11 08:33  

#5  When your church choses political preening over spiritual messages around Christmas it is a good sign that it's time to look for a new church.
Posted by: ruprecht   2019-12-11 08:17  

#4  "Rev Karen Ristine of the Claremont United Methodist church,"

Formerly of Mission Hills and IIRC a L3sbian. SOoooo edgy
Posted by: Frank G   2019-12-11 06:13  

#3  Aren't they supposed to be calvinists ? Maybe that's why they're like this. The calvinism of yesterday has morphed into SJW idiocy mixed with deference for human deities today. Or maybe it's just a question of moolah for the chapter. Do they have a diocese ? I wouldn't know.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-12-11 05:47  

#2  How ?
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-12-11 05:41  

#1  ...Know how I know they've never read the Bible?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2019-12-11 05:30  

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