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Those countries are awesome! Everyone wants to move there! Who else is going on vacation there this year? Can you share the audio where he said it? I know WaPo reported it and they are the bastion of truth, but I'd like to hear it too since he claims he didn't say it.(fwiw he shouldn't have said it about the people from those countries if he did, but I'm so used to these stories being refuted every single time that I just don't quite believe it yet)

That is, pastors often tailor toward the young, up-and-coming crowd Sure, in theory, we want EVERYONE, rich, poor, black, white, educated, not educated, etc. But the practice seems to decidedly come down on the side of those who have means, are educated, etc. I would imagine this is a practice of newer churches over older churches (which come with a built in crowd, whatever that crowd is).It's not inherently wrong to want to pick the best players for your team, is it? I do not like his language, but the point seems to be that America is taking in too many immigrants that bring little to the American table. YES, we should seek to watch out for such people, BUT look down the road 50 years....We bring in people who do not have a shared cultural history. We bring in people who have religions often anathema to Christianity. We bring in people who require massive amounts of government assistance. These things are not in themselves wrong, but remember something: America has a secular government that is not about building the Kingdom of God. Churches would likely welcome all sorts, but if America is to continue on, we have to think ahead.Does anyone get upset if a football team drafts the best players they can? No. We understand that this is not about making sure everyone gets to play NFL football. It's about winning.Anyone who is in mortal danger due to genocidal policies, corruption, war, etc., that's the sort of person--of virtually any stripe--that we should seek to harbor. But just because someone wants to do better for themselves--while that is an admirable goal--does not obligate us to, I don't think--to automatically take them in.

“Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

If he said it, it should have not been said. It is very easy to believe he said it because he says too many things that MANY PEOPLE 'ONLY THINK' INCLUDING POLITICIANS. We are in an 'accusatory' era. We are in an era where even intimate talks are published when they should not be. Once accused in this day, it is fact.I know I am guilty, and possibly you are guilty of making statements in a situation you would NEVER want to be published. I have a cousin whose ego is bigger than Georgia, he is a great guy. We all like him and he has been pretty successful. My sister who is computer illiterate, sent me an e-mail and mistakenly sent it to him also. She was talking to me and said he thinks he hung the moon! Truth, but it was between she and I. She did not mean for that for publication.Trump and evidently MANY people in the public's eye at time say something or tell a joke they should not have. BUT IT WAS MEANT TO BE PRIVATE. Or make a stupid statement like 'campaigning in all 57 states,' that is repeated over and over.If he said it, it is another 'mouth gaff' that should have not been made. And yes his mouth causes him multitudes of problems. Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/

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Yes, I imagine he would take issue with this to some extent. In fact, ALL OF US DO. Why? Because I doubt that anyone thinks it's a great idea to bring in only the unskilled, illiterate, etc. to our country. Shoot, we make a big enough stink about paying taxes to take care of the welfare for those who were born and raised here...let alone those who came later.In my original post (I must have erased it and began anew), I used huddled masses and stated that it was flawed in some way. In any case, while we should be a beacon of hope and liberty to the world, we also have to realize that we will one day no longer be ABLE to be a beacon...because we will have destroyed ourselves in the process. We ALREADY are deeply concerned about the Muslims in our midst. Consider what that may look like 40 years from now. Our children may very likely be around to see the fall of America as the leading country of liberty.While we should seek to rescue the needy, we have to also try to recruit/accept those who can make a strong contribution to our nation, those that will fit within the cultural framework that we operate within (for the most part, anyway).Indeed, it strikes all sorts of romantic chords and noble bells within our souls to think of how the world's poor, downtrodden, deeply needy folks can come here and have a new beginning. For every story that can be told of those who came with nothing and made something of themselves, there are likely a lot more stories of those who came with nothing...and navigated the system to their advantage.

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Perhaps it could be torn down and thrown where the 10 commandments plaques are all disposed of.I still believe that would work today - if we were still the melting pot. Where we all get tossed together and become one. That made us great.We don't teach becoming one anymore - everyone should be whatever they want to be. I don't think we can have it both ways. A house divided against itself can not stand. Politics of today want us to be divided because it guarantees votes. If Abe (and the Bible) are correct - the U. S. will fall - and it will be swift when it happens

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