Thread: [b]Southern Hospitality a hinderance?[/b]

This article, although slanted to the left by the L.A. Times, does bring up an interesting point here in the South:

http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=F ... ic&t=35531

As Southerners, we are taught to be gracious, kind and welcoming to the "stranger".

That's why "Southern Hospitality" is so famous.

I am a Christian who is against illegal immigration and want our laws enforced and our sovereignty protected now! But, what I see with a lot of people, who are leaders in our faith, is silence. Now, I don't agree with their silence at all. I think part of the reason they are silent is the conflict (or so they misatkenly believe) between helping the "stranger" and doing what is right for their family and country. They are scared to have Jesus "thrown" in their faces and called racists and bigots. What they forget is, there is such a thing as righteous anger (Jesus' anger that the temple had been turned into a corrupt market place of gambling and such).

I have seen fellow Christians "cringe" when this subject is brought up. They simply don't want to touch it. And, in the mean time, we watch the destruction of our culture.
D.W.

It definately rings true. Being raised very relegiously, this sort of thing was what turned me away. Or atleast had me doubt the churches view of what was ment. Being a subservient wife didn't mean it was ok for a man to beat her. When he said spare the rod and spoil the child he didn't literally mean use a rod and beat your children. etc. etc. He could have ment it literally but I don't think he ment to have people literally cut off their hand if they stole and there are people that do that today.

Finally I did start actually reading it myself and found Jesus did have a temper like the temple incident above. He wasn't just lay down, roll over and take any injustice comming your way. He admonished the Jews for taking certain things out of context and misusing them to their advantage. If rules weren't necessary why on earth were there so many? I'm refering to all the ones God left for the Jewish people beyond what was left with the 10 commandments. They were left for very real guidence in health, sexuality, food preperation, burial and on down the line, that protected them from many diseases and social problems that effected the rest of the world. Of which many we use still abide by today without really knowing it.

The deciples spent alot of time in prison. And somewhere it was said you are to obey the law of the land. I don't know if it was justly or unjustly that they were imprisoned but the laws were respected by taking the punishment. There were wealthy and poor, slaves and the whole nine yards and I don't recall any DEMAND that the rich just dump their wealth to the poor, or that the slaves take over and kill their master or anything like that or that there wasn't supposed to be a difference. It was more guidence about respect and not using your gifts or power to make life worse. If that makes sense. Wealthy people aren't evil unless they use their wealth against people. Poor people aren't less than anyone else unless they use that to manipulate for evil purposes or to justify wrong doing.