Hi! Religion reporter here.
Christians who argue Jesus was a refugee are typically referring to what happened AFTER Jesus was born, when Mary, Joseph, and the newborn child fled to Egypt.
This exegesis is easily Google-able. Or you could just, you know, read it in the Bible.
Christians who argue Jesus was a refugee are typically referring to what happened AFTER Jesus was born, when Mary, Joseph, and the newborn child fled to Egypt.
This exegesis is easily Google-able. Or you could just, you know, read it in the Bible.
E.g., here’s @JamesMartinSJ’s take —> americamagazine.org/faith/2017/12/…
Also: this is not generally how the term refugee works.
Although I suppose, from one perspective, that you could argue Jesus was an Internally Displaced Person?
Which seems like a particularly odd hair to split.
Although I suppose, from one perspective, that you could argue Jesus was an Internally Displaced Person?
Which seems like a particularly odd hair to split.
Also, in case anyone is curious, Pope Benedict XVI was reportedly calling Jesus a refugee back in 2011.
That’s relevant, as last I checked Matt Walsh identifies as Catholic: catholicnews.com/services/engli…
That’s relevant, as last I checked Matt Walsh identifies as Catholic: catholicnews.com/services/engli…
