I received two E-mails today from a friend. This is the second one. After the E-mail is my Reply. *****************************************************

TOM:

This might even be true

This is TOO good!

5 million of our older Americans have not signed up yet for their

Medicare, Part D, drug plan------they are old and confused.

We are NOT going to grant them an extension.

However, 12 million illegal aliens are in our country and we are

going to allow them to stay, protest, procreate, receive support

monies, attend schools, avoid paying income taxes, have our

teachers take 300 hours of ESL(English as a Second Language)

training at our expense, etc.

WE MUST REALLY DISLIKE OUR OLD PEOPLE......

OR WE MUST REALLY LOVE TACOS!!!

If it ticks you off, pass it on!!

Don't forget to pay your taxes......

12 million illegal aliens are depending on you!

Dwain

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My Reply:

Dwain:

You sent me 2 E-mails this morning. One was about Jesus and started with the message: "When Jesus died on the cross, he was thinking of you! If you are one of the 7% who will stand up for him, forward this with the Title 7%."

The second one was this cute comparison of elderly people who are being abused by the Republican Medicare Rx program and Illegal Aliens. Read your Bible and you will find that Jesus talked about nothing more often than helping the poor. Yes, many of the elderly people (being abused by the Republican Medicare Rx program) are poor, but so are the "Illegal Aliens". Are they "Illegal" because they have broken laws other than trying to better their life and their family's life?

Would Jesus condemn a man for crossing a border to feed his family?

Wasn't Jesus an "Illegal Alien" as he crossed borders to teach his life's mission of forgiveness and COMPASSION?

Yes, Jesus taught about COMPASSION. COMPASSION for the sick, COMPASSION for the elderly and mostly, COMPASSION for the poor.

This e-mail does a great disservice to all that honer Jesus, especially those who use the name of Jesus at this time of year to Celebrate Christmas. What better gift could any of us give to Jesus than to share some COMPASSION with an Alien? They are aliens, yes, but they are only "Illegal Aliens" because they have walked across the borders established by man; not by Jesus, not by God. Show me where in the Bible that Jesus separated people by borders. Show me in the Bible where Jesus refused to heal or feed a sick or poor person because of borders.

Yes, my tax money is helping aliens, but I do not have the powers of Jesus to heal and feed the sick and poor, except by my tax dollars and my COMPASSION for all of God's children. Just about all of these so-called Illegals are Christians. Let us as Christians, try to act as Christians toward our fellow Christian brothers. Let us refer to them as "Christian Aliens" or better yet, "Our Poor Christian Brothers and Sisters" and let us give them what Jesus would have given them: COMPASSION.

It is easy to fall for these cutesy E-mails. We have to stop, think and realize that we are talking about people. I forgive all those who fall for these E-mails and I am sure that Jesus would also forgive anyone who falls for these E-mails. Our hearts must go out to the poor as we celebrate Christmas in the richest nation in the world. On Christmas day, 35,000 people will die world-wide of starvation. Very few will die of starvation in the USA. Isn't that a Christmas gift that you can be proud of sharing?

TOM

Are we all hiding out here?

I just left a google of Biblical Verses for Ron to justify. Why don't you guys look in on him while I watch "24".

Oh geez TOM, I did all the damage I could do for one day. Haven't gone there yet this AM. Was planning to avoid the whole thing today. Now you've gone and made me curious. :heh:

Although I am still reading avidly I am not contributing much at this moment. I am more interested in watching the Christians duke it out amongst themselves. I am sure that I will be jumping back in at some point.

I did appreciate your choice of verses, TOM.

Come back over soon. I have been at it again.

TOM: That other is all your fault. You gave me the strength.

Green: You did very well on your own! I loved your post about the value of R & R at LBT. And participating is a valuable learning experience for me too. Even if I take some lumps from time to time.

You guys were awesome over there...just have to say...keeps me from going off and getting ahead of my fingers trying to type mad...lol...

TBSue: You did awesome as well. I had a feeling you were holding back a little. I have too. I didn't at first because I was so angry, but then I realized that I was the one everyone was loving to hate. Changed my tune and now I'm having more fun.

Sometimes I was, and sometimes I jsut felt like the ignorance was beneath the time it would take me to notice it, ya know? Like I said, though, some of that crap got me so p/o'd that I couldn't type fast enough to keep up with my thoughts, and I would fubar it all up...and I most definately didn't want the typos to mar the argument.

Well nobody else was worrying about typos. Were they? Some of them were pretty amazing and gleaning the true meaning was difficult.

Well nobody else was worrying about typos. Were they? Some of them were pretty amazing and gleaning the true meaning was difficult.

yeah, yeah, but I have my standards...LMAO :heh:

Standards? What are standards? :nervous

Green has just jumped back into Shiloh's ville.:phanvan

Green, I'm here for you honey.

Thanx, grrlfriend. lol

Good to know some of us have each others' backs!