"Christian Nationalists" came to Gloucester again, so this year's sign had to be a bit less subtle.
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@simoncozens is it true 'though? I don't have a clue about the bible but my search yields three instances of 'love the foreigner'
@pluto Yes. "As the rabbis noted, the Hebrew Bible in one verse commands, “You shall love your neighbour as yourself”, but in no fewer than 36 places commands us to “love the stranger”." (Rabbi Sacks, The Dignity of Difference, p. 58)
@simoncozens @pluto That's great if your target audience is Jews.
I don't even know if you're correct or not. This is silly. You're saying you're arguing with Christians and then you insist the conversation be about the Hebrew "Bible" (do you mean the Torah?). I guess if you want to feel smug that people don't buy your reasoning this is a good way to do it.
And fuck 'em. They deserve the frustration.
@crazyeddie @simoncozens @pluto If you look at the Biblical justifications for the things Christian Nationalists want, they skew pretty heavily toward the Old Testament (and, of course, even those are cherry-picked). You really don't hear right-wing Christians quoting Jesus very often.
@simoncozens I'm glad to see this, but I'm not optimistic. If it was going to work, it would have worked long ago.
@Steve Yeah, I know. Still worth my while pointing out their hypocrisy to others though.
