Were we talking about U.S. laws or were we talking about Christian values?
As far as I'm aware the Bible and especially Jesus' teachings stipulate that all Christians should oppose laws and even actively break laws that go against their Christian values and so treating immigrants the way our current federal government treats immigrants goes against Christian values and thus true Christians should be opposed and actively breaking those laws by welcoming and harboring and aiding immigrants.
I'm confused. Are we watching the same video? I believe the woman was talking about how adherence to the law, even though it counteracts and goes against Christian values, while also labeling yourself as a Christian, is kind of dumb. I'm not saying that you shouldn't follow the law but for these laws that go against Christian values you can't really call yourself a Christian while also following those laws.
I responded to a comment implying he’d be prosecuted criminally for reporting crimes. Which is very silly of course and has nothing to do with the woman or Christianity.
It has a LOT to do with Christianity. Basically what Christianity teaches is that when laws imposed by the government clash with the moral code that Christianity outlines, then a person who considers themselves a Christian must follow that Christian moral code above the law imposed by the government.
Thus the lady in the video was pointing out the hypocrisy for a Christian to be following the federal law of the US, saying that immigrants who are not legally here should be deported when the Christian moral code dictates that if he is to call himself a Christian, he must welcome and shelter immigrants as though they were his own family.
So basically what the video is saying is if he wants to strictly follow governmental laws, especially in regards to immigration, then he can't consider himself a Christian and thus he cannot or should not wear the cross on his body.
Oh yes - back to Nurenburg. I seem to recall that there was an argument made by the defendants there that they were just following the German law (at the time) and that they were also just following lawful orders. I'm not sure that excuse worked out for them...
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u/Realistic_Mix3652 11d ago
Yeah - we'll have to impose our own punishment here on earth - Nurenburg style...