Americans aren’t responsible

I did not attend the recent refugee and immigrant welcoming rally at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Eau Claire.

Don’t get me wrong. I would like for the refugees affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban to find a safer place to live. But I do recognize that Americans (most of whom are yet Christian) are not responsible for problems created by Muslims in Muslimdominated nations.

The current refugee problem is one that should be shouldered by wealthy (and much closer) Muslim nations such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia and others. These can and should be taking care of their own. Their religious book, the Qu’ran, teaches this.

As a student of the Bible I’m familiar with what it says regarding relations between God’s people and those who follow other gods. Scripture labels them as “the heathen,” and it does this while warning against multiculturalism and religious pluralism. Most Christians are unaware of this, and as a result, are allowing a divide-and-conquer strategy to undermine Western Christian culture. Neither do most realize that the “hate” and “racism” accusations used against Christians who resist multiculturalism are bogus claims.

As a word, racism is a recent addition to our vocabulary; it cannot be found in the Bible. However, “hate” can, and it is often used in a context describing the motive behind those who oppose traditional Christian values. It is never used as in “hate has no home here,” the slogan used by those urging city government to declare Eau Claire a Welcoming City.

So take a stand against multiculturalism, and when those bogus accusations of “hate” and “racism” are hurled against you, consider it a badge of courage. You are being persecuted for the sake of righteousness.

Jaye Torgerson Eau Claire