Wonder what kind of Christian you are? You might want to see where you fall in this argument.
A church in Massachusetts had its own take on the traditional nativity scene.
St. Susanna Parish, a Catholic church in Dedham, reportedly first put up the display shortly after Thanksgiving. In lieu of the standard image of Mary, Joseph, shepherds, farm animals and wise men, the church had two simple signs: One reads “ICE was here” and another letting parishioners know “The Holy Family is safe in The Sanctuary of our Church” and advising them to contact the hotline for LUCE, an immigrant justice network.
“These displays feel like churches are actually remembering who Jesus was and how he came into the world — among the oppressed, which is who he ended up advocating for,” Hale said. “Jesus was an immigrant. His family fled state violence. They crossed borders without permission. They sought safety in a land that wasn’t their own.”
“It forces people to see Jesus the way the world saw him: as poor, displaced, brown-skinned refugees seeking protection from an empire that wanted them dead,” she continued.
Now I am not a believer and have no stake in this race but I am a bit of a historian and cultural anthropologist and have read the entire bible multiple times.
It seems to me that the church strikes closer to the original narrative here than the MAGA version. Have some people failed to see or truly understand his message? Or am I the one who is off base?
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