Christians are leading the charge to deny help to Syrian refugees

[beam me up scottie]

Christians are leading the charge to deny help to Syrian refugees
November 17, 2015 by Dan Arel





There is a funny thing that the #AllLivesMatter and Pro-Life movements have in common, they both refuse to help Syrian refugees in serious need of life-saving asylum.

What else do they have in common? They are both overwhelmingly Christian movements. Because if it’s racist and hypocritical in the United States, you can bet your bottom dollar it’s a Christian movement.

The All Lives Matter movement is nothing short of a white supremacist movement that spawned in response to the #BlackLivesMatter, fighting to claim that we should not be focused on only black lives, but all lives, ignoring that caring about the systematic slaughter and oppression of a particular race should and does require special attention. The lovechild of All Lives Matter is, of course, Blue Lives Matter, another white supremacist movement that attempts to equate police deaths to those of black men and women around the country.

Prolifers, on the other hand, only care about fetuses. This movement is generally filled with right-wing conservatives who oppose welfare for the poor, support the death penalty, support the endless “war on terror” and other systems of killing that take more lives every day than abortion does in a week.

Syrian refugees are fleeing a country torn apart and becoming increasingly dangerous as ISIS furthers its control of the country slaughtering men and women by the thousands.

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The truth is, of course, both Christian and Islamic terrorist groups exist, but the Christian right cares very little about the truth. They care about creating a culture of fear, because when you’re the GOP, fear equals votes.

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These are the new breed of American terrorists, using fear and public policy to make sure the nation remains the white, Christian utopia they believe it to be.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2015/11/christians-are-leading-the-charge-to-deny-help-to-syrian-refugees

[Lordquinton]

1. To be fair Gamers Gate is also there against refugees

And I think they lean atheist, but so does anonymous and they are leading the charge against the folks the refugees are running from.

[beam me up scottie]

3. Gamers Gate?

I don't associate them with atheism, just assholism.

On the other hand I do associate the KKK and Stormfront with Christianity.

The author has a point, the Christian right is full of xenophobic racists.

[Lordquinton]

5. It's true, they are very dishonest, and I wouldn't trust a word they say about themselves

just bringing it up cause it's gonna come up at some point. The obvious rebuttal that they don't do anything in the name of no god will, of course, fall on deaf ears.

[beam me up scottie]

6. You're right, it always does.

They keep using that canard even though atheism has nothing to do with GG.

[trotsky]

7. Precisely.

Christian who does something bad because of their Christian beliefs = not doing it because of their religion

Atheist who does something bad for no reason related to atheism = doing it because of their atheism

Religious logic - gotta love it.

[AlbertCat]

9. Christian right is full of xenophobic racists.

The Christian right is pissed off that other people live on the planet.

[beam me up scottie]

11. And refuse to be ruled over by them.

That's what they want, dominion. They believe it's their right.

[uppityperson]

2. Extremists trying to deny help to those fleeing other extremists

[beam me up scottie]

4. Exactly.

[onager]

8. Nailed it!

"Because if it’s racist and hypocritical in the United States, you can bet your bottom dollar it’s a Christian movement."

Uh-oh! I can hear the mighty army of liberal Xians stirring to arms over this article, even as I write. Some very stern e-mails and posts will be written. And much bloo...er, tea spilled at the Sunday socials.

[beam me up scottie]

12. I was informed that we were slacking in here lately.

I couldn't let our image be tarnished like that!

It is a good piece, someone had to say it and he said it well.

[onager]

16. As Atheist Vermin, I take the practical approach.

Some of those refugees were forced out of their homes by ISIS and were victims of their atrocities. They will want payback and can be tremendous assets in helping fight them.

Or we could just send out a bunch of tall muscular American "operators" speaking pidgin Arabic to infiltrate ISIS. That'll probably work.

[beam me up scottie]

17. Well that just makes too much sense.

Atheists are so irrational.

[AlbertCat]

10. Abrahamism

Those 3 religions (really sects from the same source) fighting each other while worshiping the same supposedly one and only god. Never concentrating of their similarities, but only on differences....usually not even found in the original texts.

I think all those centuries of theological baloney, volumes and volumes of it, are just to try to make, vague, and obsolete ancient guesses viable in whatever time frame and place came after.

Religion is just ancient government.... power and control. None of them can agree, even within their own sects.

Religion is ridiculous.

[beam me up scottie]

13. Well said.

Christians and Muslims hate their fellow Christians and Muslims almost as much as the other guys.

[LostOne4Ever]

14. Without Exception

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[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]Every single person I have seen who has posted an xenophobic anti-refugee or islamophobic memes have been religious right wing Christians.[/font]

[beam me up scottie]

15. That's been my experience as well.