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U.S. Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. wished her Twitter followers a Merry Christmas Tuesday by referring to the newborn Jesus as a "refugee."
"Joy to the World!" Ocasio-Cortez wrote. "Merry Christmas everyone - here’s to a holiday filled with happiness, family, and love for all people. (Including refugee babies in mangers + their parents.)"
Miss Cortez is not a Christian. Please do not lecture Christians on the Bible when you yourself are not a Christian.
Factually incorrect Miss. Cortez.
Egypt and Judea were all controlled by the Roman Empire at the time.
Someone fleeing California and moving to Ohio is not a refugee.
Miss Cortez is not a Christian. Please do not lecture Christians on the Bible when you yourself are not a Christian.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-says-jesus-was-refugee-in-christmas-tweet
Yeah, he pretty much was.
A. You're wrong yet again.
B. No one familiar with your history believes you're a Christian.
C. Pity you don't actually know the bible.
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/12/27/were-jesus-mary-and-joseph-refugees-yes
And as we all know, the Roman empire around the end of BC and the start of AD the Roman Empire didn't have infighting, revolts, and civil war. :roll: ****, Judea
And don't lecture history when you yourself don't know actual history.
Factually incorrect Miss. Cortez.
Egypt and Judea were all controlled by the Roman Empire at the time.
Someone fleeing California and moving to Ohio is not a refugee.
Miss Cortez is not a Christian. Please do not lecture Christians on the Bible when you yourself are not a Christian.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-says-jesus-was-refugee-in-christmas-tweet
However, in the Gospel of Matthew, Mary and Joseph flee into Egypt with the infant Jesus after King Herod of Judea orders the murder of every boy aged two and under in Bethlehem after the Magi ask him where to find the newborn "King of the Jews." The Holy Family escape the slaughter and are told by an angel to return to Israel once Herod is dead.
From your link:
What were they if not refugees?
As for your assertion that she is not a Christian, on what is that based?
She’s Catholic.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez
LOL! I don't need people that are a. Not Christians, b. do not read the bible. and c. Do not attend church to lecture me on biblical facts.
From your link:
What were they if not refugees?
As for your assertion that she is not a Christian, on what is that based?
She’s Catholic.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez
LOL! I don't need people that are a. Not Christians, b. do not read the bible. and c. Do not attend church to lecture me on biblical facts.
Jesus was not a refugee...Factually incorrect Miss. Cortez.
Egypt and Judea were all controlled by the Roman Empire at the time.
Someone fleeing California and moving to Ohio is not a refugee.
Miss Cortez is not a Christian. Please do not lecture Christians on the Bible when you yourself are not a Christian.
U.S. Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. wished her Twitter followers a Merry Christmas Tuesday by referring to the newborn Jesus as a "refugee."
"Joy to the World!" Ocasio-Cortez wrote. "Merry Christmas everyone - here’s to a holiday filled with happiness, family, and love for all people. (Including refugee babies in mangers + their parents.)"
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-says-jesus-was-refugee-in-christmas-tweet
*sigh*
Not that I want to see politicians bring bible stuff into what we do as a nation but I can point out when someone is wrong.
The OP is wrong.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/refugee
a person who leaves his or her home or country to find safety, esp. during a war or for political or religious reasons
Matthew 2: 13-15 (ESV)
13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Herod was a client king of Judea. Mary and Joseph fled to get away from Herod into Egypt. Thus they were refugees from their homeland.
Refugee status has nothing to do with citizenship or some such.
Jesus was actually a documented citizen. Read Luke 2:1-5
And I am reviewing the legal term of refugee. Just because someone flees a nation/territory, does not make them a refugee.
LOL! No, he wasn't and, no, that verse doesn't show that he was.
You should really consider reading the bible one day.
Jesus was actually a documented citizen. Read Luke 2:1-5
And I am reviewing the legal term of refugee. Just because someone flees a nation/territory, does not make them a refugee.
*sigh*
Not that I want to see politicians bring bible stuff into what we do as a nation but I can point out when someone is wrong.
The OP is wrong.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/refugee
a person who leaves his or her home or country to find safety, esp. during a war or for political or religious reasons
Matthew 2: 13-15 (ESV)
13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Herod was a client king of Judea. Mary and Joseph fled to get away from Herod into Egypt. Thus they were refugees from their homeland.
Refugee status has nothing to do with citizenship or some such.
Sigh.
Once again, I am talking about the legal term Refugee, and Jesus legally was no refugee.
Read Luke 2:1-5:
*And it came to pass in those days, that there went out aa decree from Caesar Augustus, that all bthe world should be ||taxed. 2 (And this ctaxing was first made when Cyrenius dwas governor of ddSyria.) 3 And all went to be ||taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also ewent up from fGalilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto gthe city of David, which is called Beth-lehem; h(because he was of the house and lineage of David5 To be ||taxed with Mary ihis espoused wife, being great with child.
Once again, Someone from Florida could flee Florida due to their oppressive laws. Fleeing Florida to Maryland does not make one a refugee.
Clearly you're laughably ignorant of the story in the bible. Yes, he was: an “angel of the Lord” comes to Joseph in a dream and warns him to leave Bethlehem for Egypt (Mt 2:12-15). Why? Because King Herod was planning to “seek out the child to destroy him.” Mary and Joseph do leave, along with Jesus, and, according to Matthew, make their way into Egypt. Afterward, King Herod slaughters all the male children in Bethlehem under two years of age
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees defines that group of people as follows:
A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war, or violence. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.
The Holy Family, as Matthew recounts the story, was fleeing because of a “well-founded fear of persecution” because of their “membership in a particular social group,” in this case people with young children living in Bethlehem. I am not sure how you could get any clearer than that."
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/12/27/were-jesus-mary-and-joseph-refugees-yes
IOW, a refugee.
You lose. Again.
Thanks for proving my point. Jesus didn't flee his country. Why is this so hard for you to understand?
I will admit when I am wrong however in this case, I am correct.
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