No way should they be ALLOWED to SQUARE this CIRCLE

[Soph0571]

One might suggest that looking at the unwillingness of those on the right wing to effectively tackle immigration reform, the isolationist and xenophobic stance taken and the hate filled rhetoric and use of dog whistles by those in the GOP in the US, or UKIP/Brexit Party and the Tories in the UK, that there is a fundamental failure on the part of those on the right to live up to Christ’s commandment to love thy neighbour as thyself, or they are not seeking to follow the example of the Good Samaritan, in helping foreigners down on their luck.

I don’t see how it is possible for you to be a Christian and vote for a right-wing candidate. If Christians find themselves voting for these people, fundamentally they are on very shaky doctrinal ground. Now we know that the right-wing claims Christianity for themselves. They wear it on their sleeves while advocating hate for other; they will claim their dissenters are demonic in their policy and practice. If one examines political parties that self-identify as Christian, they are overwhelmingly parties of division. LGBT rights, the rights of immigrants, woman’s rights, policies on people of colour, all have their rights diminished in the name of the right-wing God.

The right-wing exploit policies areas that divide society. By exploiting division in society they are pushing us back to a time when acceptance was a dirty word. Surely however Christ’s teaching is about love and acceptance to name but a couple of his attributes.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8: Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.

The right-wing is neither patient or kind, the right-wing is arrogant and rude. The right-wing insist that only its way is the RIGHT way. The right-wing is resentful and mean to anyone who challenges them and their belief systems. The right-wing would not know the truth if it jumped up and bit them on the proverbial.

Right-wing hate. Square. Christs teachings. Circle. Does not compute.

[saidsimplesimon]

1. Poetic verse

that Christians claim was written by Paul. It holds the ring of truth, regardless of author.

[Soph0571]

2. It is my favourite scripture

Not sure Paul could ever have written anything so beautiful

[Mc Mike]

3. They prefer two corinthians.

Two corinthians are better than one.

If love never ends, and they're self-defined as 'not love', that's good news.