Additional Random Thoughts
August 31, 2026
One:
If you don’t welcome foreigners you haven’t read your entire Bible.
If you haven’t read your entire Bible, you may have missed this excerpt: “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God. — Leviticus 19:33–34, NIV.
“Oh, but,” one might object, “That was Moses talking to the Jewish Nation. We are a ‘Christian Nation.’ “
Well, Jesus pointed out, For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in. — Matthew 25:35, ibid. In addition, Hebrews 13:2 has this: Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
Also, I should point out that our ancestors were the foreigners, immigrants from Europe who hungered for the freedom they could not find there under monarchial regimes.
I’d like to point out that the indigenous Nations that were already here welcomed us — even though we were strangers…
You might want to look up the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37).
It occurs to me that the current regime in this country is not acting like Christians ought… and likewise, “Christian Nationalists” are far, far away from the Christianity unveiled in the Bible.
How they can call themselves “Christian” escapes me.
Two:
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Instead of massive aid for multimillionaires, billionaires, and American Oligarchs, the U.S. Government should budget massive aid for, first of all, Farmers and Ranchers or ordinary folks will have nothing to eat. I mean, where do people think food comes from? Do they think food is produced magically in the back rooms of Supermarkets?
No. Foreigners and immigrants harvest the fields and butcher the meats that the farmers and ranchers produce, and let’s not forget the nutritional and medical aid we used to provide for strangers in dire straits around the world.
Three:
There are a relatively few reliable sources for substantiated factual news programs on TV. I mean, Walter Cronkite and his compatriots with that same stature sailed off into the blue ocean in the great beyond a long time ago. The only remaining reporters and anchors I do highly recommend are those on MSNow — from Rachel Maddow to Nicole Wallace, from “Morning Joe” to “The Weeknight,” from “Way Too Early with Ali Vitali to The 11th Hour with Ali Velshi” These folks are serious about events but don’t take themselves too seriously… and yes, I am sure that there are others of the same ilk who are providing reliable news and analyses…
Four:
Most level-headed practical people look askew, heads cocked, puzzled about the intransigence of the MAGA people who have somehow attached the value of their personal identities to such an immoral scoundrel as the current President of the U.S. Now, if all the talk and accusations about “The Swamp” were true, I might have voted for those jackasses myself.
Those politicians who led the uprising to save Amerika from itself — and I must note “led from the rear” — are the worst form of humans ever to exist, having no moral nor ethical underpinnings, but excel in corruption, deceit, and every kind of ungodliness ever known… It’s like they are made from a composite of all the evil leaders that have ever lived!
Five:
The TV con artists, those money-grubbing posers of righteousness. as well as those Nationalists who usurp the name “Christian” are all gonna get their “comeuppance” soon enough — not soon enough for me, but I ain’t the Judge… soon enough will have to do for now…
Six:
For there is no difference…The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:12–13, BSB.
Seven:
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. — Matthew 24:37–39, BSB.
