And fall on our knees to a Jesus who looks just like you
Virginia Republican Rep. Virgil Goode believes that immigration laws must be strengthened to prevent individuals like newly-elected Minnesota Democrat Rep. Keith Ellison from joining the Congress. Why? Because Ellison, a Muslim, has decided to swear his oath of office on the Qu’ran.
The comments to this post by Julia Neuberger, a rabbi and Baroness in the British House of Lords who writes for On Faith, were so ripe with antisemitic hatred, my blood curdled as I read them. Simply because, as she explained, as a Jewish woman, she does not believe Jesus to be the divine Son of God.
I took a quiz yesterday that found me to socially be in step with only 38% of Americans. But if believing in what these reports publish — and the responses to them — is what I have to do to be American, then I’ll start packing my bags for New Zealand. The downfall of our culture, our government, and our society is not going to be an external attack. We’re doing it to ourselves.
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Daniel Ross-Jones serves as Minister for Youth & Young Adults at First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, United Church of Christ. Living in the San Francisco Bay Area for a time still measured in months, he is frequently getting lost and discovering treasures of a landscape very different from his Upper Midwestern roots. Green Jello Hotdish is a blog exploring the intersections of his days. 
We are doing it ourselves… but you are not moving!!!!!!!!!!