Wednesday, May 30, 2018

"America First" is a Theological Heresy

Look, we are supposed to love our neighbors. There isn't anything intrinsically wrong with loving your home. And that may be extended to include your community, city, and even state and country. 

But to consider yourself better than others by the shear chance upon which you were born, and others somehow less by virtue of their not sharing that chance in common with you is not only wrong, it's a sin!

And it's nationalism bordering on fascism. If you take a kind of hyper pride in where you are from, and consider yourself a Christian, you should probably read this article:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/freelancechristianity/america-first-is-a-theological-heresy/