I’m not even a believer but I recently followed this channel because you guys give me hope. Y’all are thoughtful and compassionate, just like Jesus. Your content is awesome, and important. Thank you for existing ❤
Thank you for saying this! I am exactly the same as you and feel the same way. Love is the answer. Not much love from the wildest of the flock right now. 😔
Count me out, Islam is a religion of hate and death, I know I grew up in it. So immigrants that subscribe to it are not friends. Also, leftism is wholly un-Christian, and the founders of every branch of leftism, openly hated Christianity. So siding with them on the issues is hardly advisable for a Christian.
"I’ve spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don’t know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That’s how I saw it, and see it still." When even Ronald Reagan is too liberal for you, your party has gone off the deep end. He would be called a RINO today.
@@kenlandon6130 So we are done? You have one policy which per Kamala Harris she is against along with the Democrat party platform but lets give you that one even though they are not for that. What else do you have that would support what this video selling Or should I say, thanks for proving my point.
I remember being very afraid of Somali refugees when I moved to Minnesota. They were Muslim, of course, and I had been taught that Muslims were not just wrong, but that they were evil. They believed in killing non-Muslims. Then I started working for a nonprofit in town that served some Somali families and I learned that many of the people that I feared were actually American citizens. They were born here, spoke English, and were more like me than I realized. It takes personal interactions with those that are different than us to help us get over the fear that we have. Hopefully more from the church recognize that these immigrants coming here are an amazing opportunity to show Christ’s love and to welcome more people into the family!
And, since Islam is a false religion like Mormonism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Atheism, Wicca, etc.) you loved them enough to share the gospel with them, correct?
@@MbisonBalrog That’s more because Minnesota is an extremely left wing state and, like it’s neighboring state of Illinois, led the charge to eliminate cash bail and defund the police. It’s not a legal immigration matter.
I want my dad to watch this channel. he is evangelical Christian and its making me begin to fear for his soul with the hate thats being spread by extremists on that end. This content verges on BORING and thats GOOD. You arent yelling and using strong language and theatrics to try and get people to follow you. Its actually thoughtful, honest, well researched, and reasonable Christian content. Its content that is more inline with Christian values.
I bet your Dad says this crap is too woke because it is, its pushing ideology of the left which is anti American to begin with. They don't mean white conservatives in this video, they mean democrats. This is just an anti-white democrat channel. Get real and learn your history.
I know what you are going through. You try to reach them with scripture, warning of the false prophets and teachers. They don't want to listen. Statism is a dangerous religion.
I love how you say people were "freaked out". Just like today, there were probably a lot of people back then who wouldn't have admitted to being racist, but that's what was fueling a lot of their anxiety.
He also failed to disclose that it was the democrats aho imposed racist white supremacy policies and still do till this day. I haven't seen democrats so mad since republicans freed their slaves.
I love how thoughtful, honest, well-researched, Christian, and reasonable this video is. I especially appreciated the George Washington quote toward the end. So inspiring!
Not really, this is just leftist ideology disguised as Christianity. Hes not even quoting history accurately, it was the democrats who imposed all those policies, not conservatives. This channel is not a conservative channel at all. Its leftist propaganda piggybacking off of the name of God
As a white Christian, who's family immigrated from the UK, thank you for this message. This is incredibly helpful, insightful, informative, challenging, and beautiful. Thank you.
I read the news today -- oh boy. We're rapidly finding out how many holes are filling our country. I couldn't help but despair. But Skye, with this video you brought tears to my eyes and hope again to my heart. Thank you.
This is great content. I was hoping you would mention the Chinese Exclusion Act, but maybe this will be a whole series? Other policies/agendas by the U.S. to Latin America caused a lot of the immigration we have had in recent decades. Those deserve a video too. Please!
I thought of that also. I would like to mention that African Americans did a lot of work for the civil rights of potential immigrants and international citizens. Specifically I recall a group of African Americans petitioning Congress and the President to end the Chinese exclusion Act
A lot of our foreign policy decisions especially in South America have made things worse for the residents of those countries. They're simply immigrating to the United States in the hopes of achieving a better quality of life for themselves and their families. Those who are opposed to such immigration are totally unaware of the myriad of hardships and dangers that many of these migrants have faced just on their journey to make it to the United States only to be treated like this by some within the American population and especially an entire political party that places maintaining political power and profits for themselves over the value of human life. I guess human life means absolutely nothing to the republican party unless it's a white unborn fetus.
that policy is also the reason the entire middle eastern population has been effectively erased by becoming technically "white enough" to not be exiled through Arab people trying their best to bot literally get deported, but also brown enough for none of the benefits to ever apply, and this makes the destabilisation of the middle east even more depressing and nothing can be done when effectively decades of erasure and the war on terror have basically wiped out the social power of the middle eastern bloc i hope they make a video on the impacts of the asian exclusion act on east and western asians
Great summary of US immigration policy, Skye! I am a historian who specializes in US immigration and ethnic history. I would add that Asian immigrants were barred entirely by law, and those already living in the US were not allowed to become citizens. Their US-born children, however, were citizens by birth under the 14th Amendment. Not until 1952 were Asians allowed to immigrate and become citizens; however, the quotas for Asian countries were miniscule. By replacing the quota system with hemispheric ceilings and adding the family reunification preference, the 1965 law finally allowed Asian immigrants to come in large numbers. The current "visa lottery" system still greatly restricts immigration, though, and probably limits Asian immigration the most.
Very well done, Skye. I am sure some will label you as being "WOKE" for this presentation. Truth does not need defending, it will bulldoze those who try and suppress it.
OH MY GOD I don’t know how this channel ended up in my TH-cam recommendations since I’m an atheist, but I am so glad it did! I’ve watched a few of them and I’ve been impressed with the amount of history I’ve learned about topics I already knew quite a bit about. Each video makes a case with numbers, stats, evidence. For days I’ve been watching a Christian channel where the presenters aren’t preaching - they’re teaching. While I seriously doubt anything can make me believe in the existence of a supernatural being at this point, this channel almost has me ready to become a Christian despite my non-belief. The part in this video where the presenter explained “where they grow white people” just about made me want to join his church! This channel rocks! I’m so glad I found it (or I should say, TH-cam found it for me!).
I love your honesty. As a Christian who used to identify as more right wing this is what a love about this channel & all the material Holy Post media has to offer. It attracts people like yourself with its well written and thoughtful material devoid of “Christianese” cliches that I find nauseating and embarrassing to hear.
As an atheist, I can truly say that this channel blows me away and encourages me about the future of our country and the potential for growth and righteousness from a community that has often scared me. Well done again!!
This a lot Skye. I have a MA in Ele Ed and in the late 80's took American History 201 and 202... I really liked after the Civil War at the time it was taught. I do have some Schema ... Background knowledge for this teaching. I did know some of the facts but about 40% is new knowledge for me. I dont know if they teach all of this in AP History or Hs history now or not. You need to make more videos like these and longer. I have probably asked top HS teachers and College ones to please do a review of American History several times, since 2016 and so many times Ive heard things that people really just didnt know or remember. Well this is great! Keep it up!!
So some Christians read: 'go forth and make disciples of all nations' and then add their own addendum 'as long as they stay where they are and don't come here'.
Thanks Skye. You are the right person to deliver this message. I, and many others, appreciate your work in this important area. You're make a difference for good. John 1:5. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Good morning from the beautiful SF Bay Area. Really well said, Skye, thank you for putting it all out there in a plain and simple way that people can understand it. The history of American Christian racism is shameful and everyone needs to stop it.
Thank you for not being afraid to speak the truth. The most mind twisting thing I will never be able to understand is evangelicals supporting the opposite of Jesus and so many obvious teachings. None of it makes sense and has really made me question why I am in this religion.
I appreciate the history lesson. I live in Houston, which is one of the most diverse cities in the country. I love the diversity. I’m not even sure what being an evangelical Christian means to most people. I was adopted by Jesus in 1985. None of my Christian friends have any problems with people legally immigrating into our country. As someone who lives on a border state, I know firsthand the horrors and atrocities that happen because of illegal immigration. These horrors and atrocities are happening to the people trying to come here illegally. We need our government to fix the immigration system so that it is much easier to get here legally. In the current system, human trafficking, illicit drugs and potential other dangers are real. It is heartbreaking to hear of a stories of abuse to women and children. Open boarders are not the solution. For too many reasons to share. By the way, border security is an important issue. Last month alone, 30 Iranians were caught illegally crossing the border. Some were on the terror watch list. So yes to legal immigration and vetting of those desiring to seek a better life, but realize it’s not so simple. Write your representatives to get them to overhaul the whole system.
Can you name one terrorist in the past 50 years who entered the US illegally and killed one or more people in a terrorist attack? A few people have brought up concern over terrorism, but the concern seems to be vastly disproportionate with the risk.
@@shadowxaf I know a lot of people in the intelligence community who say it’s a matter of time and time is running out. They say we are at the highest risk ever for a terrorist attack and the border is part of the problem. I hope they are wrong. However, There have been many people murdered by illegal aliens. There are many women and children being trafficked and abused. Approximately 800 people died trying to cross the border last year. In other words, there are so many reasons to overhaul our immigration system. I care about immigrants. Illegal and legal. The illegal ones are in the most danger. And yes, it introduces danger or our own citizens. I’m in Texas. I have some Hispanic friends and acquaintances who didn’t get here legally. Some managed to become legal citizens. I’m glad they made it.
"However, There have been many people murdered by illegal aliens." In Texas, illegal/undocumented immigrants commit homicide at a significantly lower rate than natural-born citizens. It's also lower for sex crimes and larceny.
@@shadowxaf Sex crimes “against” illegals is extremely high. That’s the point. Under the current system, too many are abused. I feel like you’re debating me as if I am against allowing people to come over here. I’ve made it obvious that’s not the case.
@@martyc4906 I didn't address all your claims. I was countering your claims about the threat to American lives posed by illegal/undocumented immigrants. I'm not unconcerned about the abuse that happens to immigrants, but I'm unsure how Republican priorities of a more secure border and more deportations will address the abuse. If anything, the threat of deportation makes the abused less likely to report abuse to the police. And yes, I know that immigrants are also abused on their way to the US. Maybe your ideas about reforming immigration don't line up with the prevailing Republican views, but you are using language that is more common in that party, such as "illegals".
Thanks, Skye! I'm really sad that there were a couple of things you mentioned that I never learned in school...and it should have been (or maybe so downplayed I've forgotten it since). Eye opening, for sure!
Book recommendation to go with the video- "White Borders." It's a look at American history and who was considered "white" throughout and who was excluded. The Holy Post didn't touch on the Chinese Exclusion Act, but it was a huge disruption in our American dream and a very violent time that often gets overlooked. I live in a small town that expelled their Chinese citizens in the late 1800s. Sometimes, people find evidence of this history as broken pottery in their gardens.
Blah blah blah not interested in Immigrant Invaders when the indigenous people are being slaughtered. Those demon Chinese weren't interested in helping the "Indians" and"Negroes" being oppressed, just like all Colonizer scum. Check Australia, Brazil, Jamaica, Kenya and South Africa for more proof. Save it.
Yeah the 1924 law banned MENA immigrants completely and the supreme court ruled that Christians from the region where eligible for us citizenship not Sephardics, mizrahim or Muslims @@BighomieRich
@@KipTran-jo5jj You obviously didn't bother to watch this video all of the way to the end. If you watch the video all the way to the end you will see that at around 14 minutes and 40 seconds it is also about quoting scripture Matthew 25:40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."
This video would get ripped to shreds by any actual Bible believing congregation. Any Church worth their 2 cents would see that this is just a leftist democrat propaganda channel.
When muslims finally gain total power over you and tell you to submit to Allah and obey Sharia law or lose your head, you will realize where you went wrong in your thinking. And if you think this is a far fetched scenario, look at Minneapolis and Detroit...already almost under Muslim control. England, France, Germany,Netherlands, Sweden, and now even Iceland, started out with your thinking...they think the opposite now..now that muslims are not assimilating but are actually colonizing and making demands for free housing, free medical, the right to bring in all their family members...or else they will protest violently in the streets.
Imagine if they would have had to try to come to America as middle Eastern refugees today. They would be killed long before the paperwork had even begun processing
I grow up being told that I was a slave in Egypt I grew up with a God who told me that if I mistreated the alien the widow or the fatherless that the Lord would avenge them and punish me for doing so I Miss The God Who said I am father to the fatherless and friend of widows who loves the alien
If you are white and American, you need to retell yourself the narrative. You are the Egyptian holding the whip. You are the one mistreating the alien. You are the one withholding the food from the widow and the fatherless. Until white people in America (myself included) stop stealing other people's stories and seeing ourselves as the princess in the story, the hero and the rescuer, we won't root out the evil in our nation and in our hearts.
Thank you for this! So many of the thoughts swirling around in my head these days that I could not match with words, facts, or history. I found myself in tears throughout. But as today I just read a post by John Pavlovitz that 'hope is irrational-choose it anyway'. I continue to hope. And to be thankful for true Christian voices. I also had a thought in this video that perhaps the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 was due to not wanting them to come to America. ???
The Supreme Court had to pass a law in 1967 (Love vs Virginia) so that it became legal in all states to have interracial marriages. About 20 years ago, I recall my mother, a Southern Baptist from southern MO, asking me to find a nice white girl to marry... This was when I was studying Japanese and was dating a Japanese gal. I loudly told her, "I will not tolerate such racist crap from you!" And that was the end of that dinner time discussion. Later, I married that gal.
Yeah well there used to be a reason for the prohibition that has been forgotten since. A white couple in my church who were married, had a baby. It was black as the ace of spades. The husband accused his wife of infidelity, but she denied it. They ended up separating and were about to get divorced when a wise person told them to put that on hold while he checked into their family history. It turned out that about six generations previously , one of their ancestors ( I forget if it was the husband's or wife's) had married a black person. And the genes were carried down until the result was this black child. Was this a very disruptive and awkward thing? You bet. That's why I don't think interracial marriage is wrong...but it can result in some nasty situations down the line. My personal policy is no splicing!
Slight correction: the case is Loving v. Virginia. At the time 24 states still made it illegal for a White person to marry a Black or Native American person, and 13 states still made it illegal for a White person to marry a person with Asian ancestry. In some cases, those laws are still on the books, and following the Dobbs decision 2 years ago there has been a movement in several states including Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, and Florida to overturn both Loving, Obergfell (gay marriage) and Lawrence (the ability for gay people to freely associate). So whatever you think of abortion rights, the decision to overturn Roe means that your marriage is now on the table if you aren't in a marriage that is to someone of your own race.
Leviticus 19:33-34 (NIV) - “‘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." Seems pretty straightforward to me, but you'd be surprised how much this passage makes most of my fellow white evangelicals prevaricate on its meaning.
They usually try to make some excuses about “legal” immigration as if passport control was a thing in the ancient world. They’re not against immigration, just illegal immigration (which is conveniently so wrapped up in legalities that it’s basically impossible unless wealthy or connected).
Uhm...did you read the rest of the Old Testament...the parts where the strangers among them had to also obey the commands and ordinances God gave to Israel??? And if not, they were to be seen as a "pollutant" and destroyed. Make sure when you quote the Bible that you quote ALL of the relevant verses.
@@markanthony3275 Your comments here perfectly illustrate the problem of how most American evangelicals want to be protected by the law, but not bound by it, while they want anyone else who doesn’t look, speak, worship, or love like they do to be bound by the law, while never protected from it. Anyway, yes, I have read the entire Old Testament as well as the New Testament (which, let’s not forget, doctrinally supplants much of the OT through the work of Christ crucified) and which includes Galatians 3:28 - “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you all one in Christ Jesus.” meaning: Using one’s earthly citizenship as a basis by which to refuse to extend love, kindness, and service to others _regardless_ of where they come from is cruel, idolatrous, and not Christ-like in the slightest.
@@Pantechnicon Is that so ? Then explain to me how Jesus Christ's use of a whip on the moneychangers at the temple fits into your "extending love, kindness and service to others"? When you love someone, you tell them the truth, and sometimes you have to call them out , like when Jesus called the pharisees "You Brood of Vipers!" . Stop looking at the Holy word of God through the lens of socialism. As for quoting chapter and verse, I have no need, because if you read the Bible like you claim, then you would know that God called Israel to be a Holy people separate from the polluted idolaters around them...and that includes foreigners in their midst and even the children jewish exiles from Babylon had with pagan women they took for wives like in Ezra ch 9 where it says "The people of Israel have not kept themselves separate from the neighbouring peoples with their detestable practices like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians and Amorites. They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and have mingled the Holy race with the people around them. The point relevant to this video is that only an idiot would destroy his own christian history by flooding the country with people who insist that you accept THEIR cultural heritage and religion. It's not kind and , and loving to destroy your own peoples future to show kindness and love towards those who will destroy it. This channel sees everything through the lens of socialism, including Christianity, is that what you do also?
@@markanthony3275 Since you keep gravitating back towards the Old Testament to rationalize your bigotry, I'd really like to hear you reconcile Leviticus 19:34 into your exclusionary, segregationist, isolationist view of the Bible, or would you rather keep pretend that command doesn't exist? (and yes, it's a command, as evinced by "I am the Lord your God" at the end of it). As for Jesus using a whip on the moneychangers, what's the relevance of this? And since you're raising the bugaboo of "socalism", take note that Jesus drove moneychangers from the temple for desecrating it and ask yourself what is more purely capitalist in its essence than currency markets? As the Son of God, Jesus was well within his authority to drive the moneychangers out of the Temple for profaning it. It does not follow from this that you have a God-given right to use a whip to drive immigrants from your country. You're weighing one isolated incident of Christ acting in righteous anger against the whole of his preaching in the Beatitudes, and against his self-sacrificial atonement on the cross and saying that violence is more Christ-like than an open, loving hand? Openly wanting to hurt immigrants: This is the best you can do as a professing Christian? Let me give you some non-blblical words to consider as well: "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!" It's written on the Statue of Liberty...but to you I bet it sounds like a bunch of "woke socialist nonsense".
I remember in the late 1970s, the Vietnamese Boat People and our govenment's attempt to settle them throughout the US. My home region of Northeastern PA was among those areas that was selected. My neighbors absolutely freaked out over the possibility of 'Asians' being allowed to settle among them. This was the first time I ever saw racism and prejudice.
Where in Northeastern PA? I'm from Luzerne county and don't remember that situation, but no doubt it happened because of the racism in the area. Even from the Catholics, Southern Italians and Eastern Europeans that live in the area. Total Trump area.
Great video, as usual! My only criticism is that either your green screen setup isn't properly lit or the editor just needs to watch some more tutorials on how to correctly chroma key the footage. Nothing is easier to chroma key than footage of a man with a shaved head, but the fuzzy, grey, wiggling borders around Skye here are a bit distracting.
I have ancestors in what would become the United States, both sides well before the Revolutionary War. I knew most of what this clip presented. It is weird , I am not fearful or resentful that our country is becoming diverse. It seems most of the people I know who want to keep America White, what ever that means, ancestors came here during the great wave this clips reports. BTW I am a white Evangelical, but now go to a Church that is diverse and also Evangelical. Got tired of being shun in the previous church because I advocate to actually follow Jesus. As far as non-christen immigrant goes, I may not be able to travel to his country of origin to preach the Gospel but I can love on him and lead him to Christ, this is an opportunity.
It' not about white, it's about having the little Christianity that remains being replaced with Islam , like is happening in France, Germany, England and Scandinavia. This guy doesn't seem to get that immigrants are no longer coming here because they want to be "American". They come here because they know that the idiots running the country will hand everything over to them and they can colonize...they have no intention of assimilating. Look at Minneapolis and Detroit...Muslims are taking over. Look at the muslim reps they elected to congress one of which said her boss was the president of Somalia .
"It is not our business to become involved in #slavery. Those are #social issues. We have been called to #preach the #gospel. We must deliver the Word. We must save people's #souls. We must not get involved in the issues of liberating people from the chains of slavery. If they accept #Jesus #Christ as their Savior, by and by they will be free - over there." - Tom Skinner quoting "the [strangely #silent ] #evangelical, Bible-believing, #fundamental, #orthodox, #conservative church" (from keynote address at #InterVarsity #Christian Fellowship's 1970 Urbana Conference) 🛐✝
I cannot convey how much a appreciate the "Explainers", incldg this one. I hope this is an on-going & frequent thing, even though i can only TRY TO imagine the time & research it takes to bless us with these, so I dont imagine it's very sustainable.
Most of what conservatives consider "illegal" immigration is desperate people presenting themselves at the border points to try to apply for asylum and wait 5 years for that process. Just like the 1/4 of Jews that died thanks to America being racist and non welcoming of refugees, most of those trying to escape the same fate don't have a lot of legal options
Do you think legal v. illegal immigration a distinction drawn by those on the right who are outraged by immigration and claiming it is "replacing" legacy Americans" (AKA white Christians? Tucker Carlon has put a spotlight on this and they don't even try to deny it anymore.
@@TheScumAlsoRises Illegal Immigration is a state man issue that the Extreme Right likes to use to make poor white people forget about how much rich white people steal from the poor. As Voltaire once said -" The comfort of the Rich depends on the abundance of the Poor.".
Problem is, it's not universal in Canada. Not to say it doesn't exist everywhere, but it is far worse in Sask. where my in-laws live than on the East coast where I live. I'm not sure how you would do a video that would speak equally to the various historical and current differences with looking at the problem. Besides, as Americans, they wouldn't be the best people to do it...especially if they think we only "grow white people" in Canada, LOL.
Having Americans talk about Canadian issues is always… weird. There are so many bizarrely pro-American Canadians and bizarrely anti-American Canadians.
@@macdriI grew up in Saskatchewan, very white place, but also a lot of overseas (Asian, Indian etc) immigrants. Most of the doctors that treat my family are not white or Canadian born. I'm disappointed when I hear the prairies are more racist (I have never lived in the east or west so I don't know how to compare). My brother and I had best friends from Vietnam and Pakistan growing up. I didn't see a lot of anti immigrant sentiment, but I think it has gotten worse as Trumpism came along and fear about immigrants driven on right wing media. That's sad to see. As kids we never really cared who was what race or from where and just accepted it as the melting pot Canada was.
My wife and I are in the middle of leaving the county we tried to live in because of harassment by law enforcement and vandalism (thank you Parke Co. Indiana). There's absolutely been a spike in antagonism.
And given what we know about what Reagan thought of the African immigrants he welcomed to this country, calling him a "liberal" is a bit of a stretch. Until you consider that Woodrow Wilson called himself a "progressive."
Ronald Reagan was very socially liberal. Both as President and (especially) Governor. Woodrow Wilson is one of the worst presidents in our nation’s history.
@@BighomieRich Being a racist is not a “conservative” issue when on the topic of race. Being a racist is an unbiblical, sinful trait that will send someone to Hell if they do not repent. There is actually no scientific evidence that has ever surfaced for “race”. It does not exist. Certainly there are different ETHNICITIES and NATIONALITIES. But correct, Wilson was certainly a leftist on the issue of federalism, as well as the direct cause of America becoming involved in World War I. He was certainly a very wicked, hateful, morally bankrupt man. Oddly, he was also the only President who obtained a doctorate. Just a side note that I always found interesting.
I am as conservative as it gets and absolutely do not believe that America should be anti immigrat. If they do they need to repent. Each and every legal immigrant should be welcomed, respected and seen as an image bearer of God whom is loved enough to be given the Gospel. “Being nice” to them (if they are indeed not saved) is just making their journey to Hell more comfortable. A major reason why I am pro immigrant is due to the fact that, by and large, Americans will jump through hoops to seek out excuses not to work. A labor shortage, which our nation is witnessing right now, hurts everyone as it drives the cost of literally everything up. We spend less because we can’t afford it, then businesses in turn suffer. I will give one random example: I live in suburban Buffalo, and there is a small business which manufactures and distributes briquettes, for BBQ sets. They have literally been displaying a “Help Wanted” sign which includes that: -They will not drug test -They will not do a background check -They will pick the applicant up Literally pleading for workers. Now granted, I have no idea what exactly this job is, what it pays, etc.
@@jdtreharne 👍. Lovely, humble, hardworking people, by and large. My maternal grandparents were from Italy, my personal doctor is British-Indian, and my wife and I have dear friends/brothers & sisters in Christ from India and from Nepal.
I noticed the caveat of 'legal'. That word the world over has implications of exclusion for 'protection' of a country that strips safety seekers of their God bearing image.
@@russellcharlton7814 I mean, I wasn’t hiding that. Yes, LEGAL immigrants should absolutely be biblically welcomed and seen as image bearers of God to America, or to any country they seek to relocate to. Illegal immigrants should also be seen as image bearers of God, but that does not negate the fact that they broke federal law and will need to face the legal consequences. And yes, in some cases that means criminal prosecution at worst or deportation at best. I will say this, and I honestly don’t think many would disagree with me: The SOLE exception I would say is permissible is in the scenario where a person, or a family, somehow, someway, made it across our national borders in an escape from a country to which if they were to return would literally kill them, say, for religious reasons, political reasons, etc. (Obviously, North Korea would be the big one that immediately comes to mind). In that narrow set of circumstances, yes, I absolutely would support and would say that person or persons should be allowed to stay here. Whether Christian or not Christian, conservative or liberal, almost all people acknowledge that they vast, vast, vast majority of immigrants come to, or want to, come to America for a better life and better future. They simply have to do it the legal way. Deuteronomy 27:19. Exodus 12:49.
@@patrickc3419 Laws can and have been easily manipulated to prevent entry to foreigners/immigrants. That was a huge callout in this video when they discussed the Immigration Restriction Act of 1924 preventing specific people from entering the US. The idea that so many victims of the holocaust were turned away from entry to the US is appalling to me, and many attempting entry today are escaping something themselves. "Love thy neighbor" is to simply accept those in need, rather than forcing them to jump through a dozen hoops in order to gain access to this the safety they seek in this country. The story of the Good Samaritan was not one where the Samaritan first verified if there was any legality they needed to consider before helping. Instead, the Samaritan simply provided clothing, food, shelter, and aid, and used money from his own pockets to do so. There's a reason many of these illegal immigrants attempt to enter illegally. The laws and processes in place prevent very little chance for many to seek the refuge they are looking for, and many will risk death trying to cross rather than risk being returned to their home country. Living in by far the wealthiest country in the world, I believe we have not only the means but the responsibility to aid others in their time of need, regardless of the whether they've all jumped through the appropriate legal hoops.
Fun fact: a large number of those Klansmen who influenced the Immigration Act of 1924 had a political slogan we are all familiar with. “America First”. They made sure to wrap their hatred and racism in “patriotism” and “virtue”. Thank you so much for this video.
@@shanteladams7613 Exactly. America First wasn’t their only slogan. They also used things like “100% American”. They blamed “new” immigrants for crime, and eroding social standards.
The Democrats started the KKK after the civil war, but it was confined to the southern states. The Republicans put an end to it. But in the 1920's progressive Democratic president Woodrow Wilson revived the KKK and it spread to almost every state. It even spread to the central prairies in Canada where the province of Saskatchewan had 20,000 KKK members. Every Jim Crow law was passed by a Democratic legislature, signed into law by a Democratic govenor and enforced by Democrat officials...there are no exceptions. Critical Race Theory is merely the modern Democrats trying to blame all of America for the crimes THEY committed against Black people.
Another dreadfully familiar slogan: "Make ____ Great Again" is a direct translation of a stump speech from a certain little corporal in Germany in the interwar years. the only thing that changed was the name of the country. In case you are wondering which little corporal, in the Sound of Music, one of the von Trapp children describe his flag as the red flag with the "ugly black spider."
Because the concern isn't blind bigotry as this progressive argues. The concern is driven mostly by economics and cultural preservation. Poor, uneducated immigrants put strain on welfare programs and compete for jobs with working class Americans. Immigrants with different cultures threaten our customs and traditions, especially when they don't assimilate well.
It's important to note that the civil rights movement was an active part in the changing of all of these attitudes. It wasn't just the propaganda of the Soviets and embarrassment it caused in the world stage.
To become U.S naturalized citizen it needs to be based on merit. Like an entrepreneur, paying Taxes and committing crimes. Based on family doesn't work.
My people first came over on the Mayflower, Then the Scot-Irish trickled in later from Canada over the potato famine but the majority came over steerage from Germany before WWI.
My maternal grandparents, Catholics from northern Europe, arrived during the Great Wave., My wife's family traces back to the American Revolution, and many of her ancestors in east central Pennsylvania were members of the KKK who, lacking Jews and blacks to hate, took it out on Catholics. Now she's married to one, And we live in a multi-racial, multi-ethnic neighborhood. The only problem we've ever had was a block family that dressed up and went to church on Sunday, and then forgot everything the minister told them that day; fortunately, they've moved out.
I love this video. Only you left out the very first immigration law passed was the racist Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. This highlights that US immigration policy was always racially motivated.
Eugenics, the 'natural' outgrowth of an elaborate but untestable theory called evolution. The history of immigration across the western hemisphere raises some serious questions, especially about the controllers of the many policies and the outcomes of those policies. It's interesting to see some of the quotes from some highly influential individuals in the UK in the late 1800's before looking at the shameful episodes of ships being turned around.
Thank you for sharing great and informative content. I do agree we need to make it easier to immigrate her and for refugees. My husband family immigrated and I can see all the benefits. At the same time, I live in NYC and there is another conversation about the illegal immigrants. I almost feel like they are two different conversations but connected because if we made it easier to come people wouldn't come illegally. We are not prepared for this many people in NYC. I wish we were, we make food, my kids and brought coats as so many from. southern countries aren't prepared for this winter and at the same time how does this end. I hope this is a series because it seems a lot more complicated than this video
Obama is mixed too He's the son of an African man and a European American woman. My European American maternal grandmother was related to his European American mother through some European American ancestral families.
I don't care about people's race or skin color, I care if they share my values. I live in a wealthy area of a massive city and the white population here is relatively unpleasant and rude (especially while driving), and I've found the Hispanic people here to be much friendlier; they are very religious (Catholic) and hard-working. When I lived in South Dakota, however, there was a town that had taken in a lot of southeastern Asian refugees that absolutely destroyed the town and terrorized the people. I don't want a whitewashed nation; I want a nation of hard-working, kind, generous and loving people who look out for one another. Race and skin color don't matter, all people are capable of goodness.
Decades upon decades go by, knowledge and technology increases, but in the end, nothing really changes. People are just as ignorant, fearful, and hateful as ever.
I’m not even a believer but I recently followed this channel because you guys give me hope. Y’all are thoughtful and compassionate, just like Jesus. Your content is awesome, and important. Thank you for existing ❤
Thank you for saying this! I am exactly the same as you and feel the same way. Love is the answer.
Not much love from the wildest of the flock right now. 😔
Count me in that number. I feel the same!
Count me out, Islam is a religion of hate and death, I know I grew up in it. So immigrants that subscribe to it are not friends. Also, leftism is wholly un-Christian, and the founders of every branch of leftism, openly hated Christianity. So siding with them on the issues is hardly advisable for a Christian.
That is great! I like Holy Post. You can really learn things too...❤
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"I’ve spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don’t know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That’s how I saw it, and see it still."
When even Ronald Reagan is too liberal for you, your party has gone off the deep end. He would be called a RINO today.
Not to mention Jesus, the woke socialist...or whatever term they come up with.
Which policies would Reagan be on the left now?
Please list them out
@@robertfetrow4612 Immigration. Look up his amnesty bill.
@@kenlandon6130 So we are done? You have one policy which per Kamala Harris she is against along with the Democrat party platform but lets give you that one even though they are not for that.
What else do you have that would support what this video selling
Or should I say, thanks for proving my point.
I remember being very afraid of Somali refugees when I moved to Minnesota. They were Muslim, of course, and I had been taught that Muslims were not just wrong, but that they were evil. They believed in killing non-Muslims. Then I started working for a nonprofit in town that served some Somali families and I learned that many of the people that I feared were actually American citizens. They were born here, spoke English, and were more like me than I realized.
It takes personal interactions with those that are different than us to help us get over the fear that we have. Hopefully more from the church recognize that these immigrants coming here are an amazing opportunity to show Christ’s love and to welcome more people into the family!
And, since Islam is a false religion like Mormonism, Catholicism, Buddhism, Atheism, Wicca, etc.) you loved them enough to share the gospel with them, correct?
@patrickc3419 all religions are false. But we allow them due to freedom of religion. We don't need you nutcases forcing one on us.
Lol how high has crime soared since?
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That’s more because Minnesota is an extremely left wing state and, like it’s neighboring state of Illinois, led the charge to eliminate cash bail and defund the police.
It’s not a legal immigration matter.
@@MbisonBalrog actually crime isn’t bad here at all. No worse than in other places.
I want my dad to watch this channel. he is evangelical Christian and its making me begin to fear for his soul with the hate thats being spread by extremists on that end.
This content verges on BORING and thats GOOD. You arent yelling and using strong language and theatrics to try and get people to follow you. Its actually thoughtful, honest, well researched, and reasonable Christian content.
Its content that is more inline with Christian values.
Boring, terrifying, and frustrating at the same time.
I bet your Dad says this crap is too woke because it is, its pushing ideology of the left which is anti American to begin with. They don't mean white conservatives in this video, they mean democrats. This is just an anti-white democrat channel. Get real and learn your history.
I know what you are going through. You try to reach them with scripture, warning of the false prophets and teachers. They don't want to listen. Statism is a dangerous religion.
This channel is a bunch of false teachings and revisionists
You dad is right!!! I’d like to meet him.
I love how you say people were "freaked out". Just like today, there were probably a lot of people back then who wouldn't have admitted to being racist, but that's what was fueling a lot of their anxiety.
He also failed to disclose that it was the democrats aho imposed racist white supremacy policies and still do till this day. I haven't seen democrats so mad since republicans freed their slaves.
Or history caused the anxiety
I love how thoughtful, honest, well-researched, Christian, and reasonable this video is. I especially appreciated the George Washington quote toward the end. So inspiring!
There are so many people that need to hear this. Thank you very much for putting in the work on this.
Not really, this is just leftist ideology disguised as Christianity. Hes not even quoting history accurately, it was the democrats who imposed all those policies, not conservatives. This channel is not a conservative channel at all. Its leftist propaganda piggybacking off of the name of God
As a white Christian, who's family immigrated from the UK, thank you for this message. This is incredibly helpful, insightful, informative, challenging, and beautiful. Thank you.
I read the news today -- oh boy. We're rapidly finding out how many holes are filling our country. I couldn't help but despair. But Skye, with this video you brought tears to my eyes and hope again to my heart. Thank you.
Lucid is this Skye with diagrams.
@@brianwells990 is that from the Sgt Pepper album?
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This is great content. I was hoping you would mention the Chinese Exclusion Act, but maybe this will be a whole series? Other policies/agendas by the U.S. to Latin America caused a lot of the immigration we have had in recent decades. Those deserve a video too. Please!
Immigrants being White Supremacist wish needs to be addressed. Them being INVADERS needs to be addressed also.
I thought of that also. I would like to mention that African Americans did a lot of work for the civil rights of potential immigrants and international citizens. Specifically I recall a group of African Americans petitioning Congress and the President to end the Chinese exclusion Act
A lot of our foreign policy decisions especially in South America have made things worse for the residents of those countries. They're simply immigrating to the United States in the hopes of achieving a better quality of life for themselves and their families.
Those who are opposed to such immigration are totally unaware of the myriad of hardships and dangers that many of these migrants have faced just on their journey to make it to the United States only to be treated like this by some within the American population and especially an entire political party that places maintaining political power and profits for themselves over the value of human life.
I guess human life means absolutely nothing to the republican party unless it's a white unborn fetus.
that policy is also the reason the entire middle eastern population has been effectively erased by becoming technically "white enough" to not be exiled through Arab people trying their best to bot literally get deported, but also brown enough for none of the benefits to ever apply, and this makes the destabilisation of the middle east even more depressing and nothing can be done when effectively decades of erasure and the war on terror have basically wiped out the social power of the middle eastern bloc
i hope they make a video on the impacts of the asian exclusion act on east and western asians
Great summary of US immigration policy, Skye! I am a historian who specializes in US immigration and ethnic history. I would add that Asian immigrants were barred entirely by law, and those already living in the US were not allowed to become citizens. Their US-born children, however, were citizens by birth under the 14th Amendment. Not until 1952 were Asians allowed to immigrate and become citizens; however, the quotas for Asian countries were miniscule. By replacing the quota system with hemispheric ceilings and adding the family reunification preference, the 1965 law finally allowed Asian immigrants to come in large numbers. The current "visa lottery" system still greatly restricts immigration, though, and probably limits Asian immigration the most.
Why did you not note African immigration was almost nonexistent, !!!!
Very well done, Skye. I am sure some will label you as being "WOKE" for this presentation. Truth does not need defending, it will bulldoze those who try and suppress it.
OH MY GOD
I don’t know how this channel ended up in my TH-cam recommendations since I’m an atheist, but I am so glad it did! I’ve watched a few of them and I’ve been impressed with the amount of history I’ve learned about topics I already knew quite a bit about. Each video makes a case with numbers, stats, evidence.
For days I’ve been watching a Christian channel where the presenters aren’t preaching - they’re teaching. While I seriously doubt anything can make me believe in the existence of a supernatural being at this point, this channel almost has me ready to become a Christian despite my non-belief. The part in this video where the presenter explained “where they grow white people” just about made me want to join his church!
This channel rocks! I’m so glad I found it (or I should say, TH-cam found it for me!).
I love your honesty. As a Christian who used to identify as more right wing this is what a love about this channel & all the material Holy Post media has to offer. It attracts people like yourself with its well written and thoughtful material devoid of “Christianese” cliches that I find nauseating and embarrassing to hear.
Here is a pastors Pastor! He spoke the truth in a Godly manner and allowing one's own heart to convict them allowing God and the Holy Spirit to work.
Wow. Thank you for posting this video. I think we all needed to hear this message.
My father taught me to find out the truth. I’m doing just that. Thanks.
As an atheist, I can truly say that this channel blows me away and encourages me about the future of our country and the potential for growth and righteousness from a community that has often scared me. Well done again!!
This a lot Skye. I have a MA in Ele Ed and in the late 80's took American History 201 and 202... I really liked after the Civil War at the time it was taught. I do have some Schema ... Background knowledge for this teaching. I did know some of the facts but about 40% is new knowledge for me. I dont know if they teach all of this in AP History or Hs history now or not. You need to make more videos like these and longer.
I have probably asked top HS teachers and College ones to please do a review of American History several times, since 2016 and so many times Ive heard things that people really just didnt know or remember. Well this is great! Keep it up!!
So some Christians read: 'go forth and make disciples of all nations' and then add their own addendum 'as long as they stay where they are and don't come here'.
I guess if the Bible says to "go forth" they obviously aren't in your own country are they?
Thanks Skye. You are the right person to deliver this message. I, and many others, appreciate your work in this important area. You're make a difference for good.
John 1:5. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
This video legitimately made me cry…thank you for speaking truth
Thank you for this wonderful video and for not fearing the white evangelical backlash that, sadly, continues! This is what integrity looks like.
Good morning from the beautiful SF Bay Area. Really well said, Skye, thank you for putting it all out there in a plain and simple way that people can understand it. The history of American Christian racism is shameful and everyone needs to stop it.
This was very well said.
Thank you for not being afraid to speak the truth. The most mind twisting thing I will never be able to understand is evangelicals supporting the opposite of Jesus and so many obvious teachings. None of it makes sense and has really made me question why I am in this religion.
I appreciate the history lesson. I live in Houston, which is one of the most diverse cities in the country.
I love the diversity.
I’m not even sure what being an evangelical Christian means to most people. I was adopted by Jesus in 1985.
None of my Christian friends have any problems with people legally immigrating into our country.
As someone who lives on a border state, I know firsthand the horrors and atrocities that happen because of illegal immigration.
These horrors and atrocities are happening to the people trying to come here illegally.
We need our government to fix the immigration system so that it is much easier to get here legally.
In the current system, human trafficking, illicit drugs and potential other dangers are real.
It is heartbreaking to hear of a stories of abuse to women and children.
Open boarders are not the solution. For too many reasons to share.
By the way, border security is an important issue. Last month alone, 30 Iranians were caught illegally crossing the border. Some were on the terror watch list.
So yes to legal immigration and vetting of those desiring to seek a better life, but realize it’s not so simple. Write your representatives to get them to overhaul the whole system.
Can you name one terrorist in the past 50 years who entered the US illegally and killed one or more people in a terrorist attack? A few people have brought up concern over terrorism, but the concern seems to be vastly disproportionate with the risk.
@@shadowxaf I know a lot of people in the intelligence community who say it’s a matter of time and time is running out. They say we are at the highest risk ever for a terrorist attack and the border is part of the problem. I hope they are wrong.
However, There have been many people murdered by illegal aliens. There are many women and children being trafficked and abused. Approximately 800 people
died trying to cross the border last year.
In other words, there are so many reasons to overhaul our immigration system. I care about immigrants. Illegal and legal. The illegal ones are in the most danger. And yes, it introduces danger or our own citizens.
I’m in Texas. I have some Hispanic friends and acquaintances who didn’t get here legally. Some managed to become legal citizens. I’m glad they made it.
"However, There have been many people murdered by illegal aliens."
In Texas, illegal/undocumented immigrants commit homicide at a significantly lower rate than natural-born citizens. It's also lower for sex crimes and larceny.
@@shadowxaf Sex crimes “against” illegals is extremely high. That’s the point. Under the current system, too many are abused. I feel like you’re debating me as if I am against allowing people to come over here. I’ve made it obvious that’s not the case.
@@martyc4906 I didn't address all your claims. I was countering your claims about the threat to American lives posed by illegal/undocumented immigrants.
I'm not unconcerned about the abuse that happens to immigrants, but I'm unsure how Republican priorities of a more secure border and more deportations will address the abuse. If anything, the threat of deportation makes the abused less likely to report abuse to the police. And yes, I know that immigrants are also abused on their way to the US.
Maybe your ideas about reforming immigration don't line up with the prevailing Republican views, but you are using language that is more common in that party, such as "illegals".
Thanks, Skye! I'm really sad that there were a couple of things you mentioned that I never learned in school...and it should have been (or maybe so downplayed I've forgotten it since). Eye opening, for sure!
Book recommendation to go with the video- "White Borders." It's a look at American history and who was considered "white" throughout and who was excluded.
The Holy Post didn't touch on the Chinese Exclusion Act, but it was a huge disruption in our American dream and a very violent time that often gets overlooked. I live in a small town that expelled their Chinese citizens in the late 1800s. Sometimes, people find evidence of this history as broken pottery in their gardens.
Yes I wish he included that here. Great recommendation!
There’s so much they could talk about especially the idea of who is white and how that’s had to explain sociologically
Yea again, you're talking about democrat policies which is what this channel is pushing. Democrats are always the antichristian politico regime.
Blah blah blah not interested in Immigrant Invaders when the indigenous people are being slaughtered.
Those demon Chinese weren't interested in helping the "Indians" and"Negroes" being oppressed, just like all Colonizer scum. Check Australia, Brazil, Jamaica, Kenya and South Africa for more proof. Save it.
Yeah the 1924 law banned MENA immigrants completely and the supreme court ruled that Christians from the region where eligible for us citizenship not Sephardics, mizrahim or Muslims @@BighomieRich
This video should be played to every Christian congregation here in the USA at least once instead of a traditional sermon.
@@KipTran-jo5jj You obviously didn't bother to watch this video all of the way to the end. If you watch the video all the way to the end you will see that at around 14 minutes and 40 seconds it is also about quoting scripture Matthew 25:40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."
This video would get ripped to shreds by any actual Bible believing congregation. Any Church worth their 2 cents would see that this is just a leftist democrat propaganda channel.
When muslims finally gain total power over you and tell you to submit to Allah and obey Sharia law or lose your head, you will realize where you went wrong in your thinking. And if you think this is a far fetched scenario, look at Minneapolis and Detroit...already almost under Muslim control. England, France, Germany,Netherlands, Sweden, and now even Iceland, started out with your thinking...they think the opposite now..now that muslims are not assimilating but are actually colonizing and making demands for free housing, free medical, the right to bring in all their family members...or else they will protest violently in the streets.
No thanks. I can watch mainstream media and get this nonsense.
Let's remember Jesus, Mary and Joseph were refugees too when they fled into Egypt to escape Herod.
Imagine if they would have had to try to come to America as middle Eastern refugees today. They would be killed long before the paperwork had even begun processing
Great video! Thank you for educating all of us!
This is by far the best explanation I've seen regarding American immigration history. And I learned a lot. Thanks
I grow up being told that I was a slave in Egypt I grew up with a God who told me that if I mistreated the alien the widow or the fatherless that the Lord would avenge them and punish me for doing so I Miss The God Who said I am father to the fatherless and friend of widows who loves the alien
If you are white and American, you need to retell yourself the narrative. You are the Egyptian holding the whip. You are the one mistreating the alien. You are the one withholding the food from the widow and the fatherless. Until white people in America (myself included) stop stealing other people's stories and seeing ourselves as the princess in the story, the hero and the rescuer, we won't root out the evil in our nation and in our hearts.
This is an informative and eye opening video. Good stuff Skye!!!
WOW!!! Only 2 videos I watched from this channel, this and the rapture not biblical and I’m hooked! Facts and history!!! New subscriber here!!!! 😛
Thank you for this! So many of the thoughts swirling around in my head these days that I could not match with words, facts, or history. I found myself in tears throughout. But as today I just read a post by John Pavlovitz that 'hope is irrational-choose it anyway'. I continue to hope. And to be thankful for true Christian voices. I also had a thought in this video that perhaps the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 was due to not wanting them to come to America. ???
The story of the MS St Louis didn’t help.
Jews should be safe everywhere, not need to have their own state to be protected from antisemitism.
Agreed. Holy Post is a blessing in today's cultural landscape.
This isn't history, this is liberal leftist propaganda. Everything he is talking about didn't come from shite conservatives, it came from democrats.
The Supreme Court had to pass a law in 1967 (Love vs Virginia) so that it became legal in all states to have interracial marriages. About 20 years ago, I recall my mother, a Southern Baptist from southern MO, asking me to find a nice white girl to marry... This was when I was studying Japanese and was dating a Japanese gal. I loudly told her, "I will not tolerate such racist crap from you!" And that was the end of that dinner time discussion. Later, I married that gal.
Good for you!
Yeah well there used to be a reason for the prohibition that has been forgotten since. A white couple in my church who were married, had a baby. It was black as the ace of spades. The husband accused his wife of infidelity, but she denied it. They ended up separating and were about to get divorced when a wise person told them to put that on hold while he checked into their family history. It turned out that about six generations previously , one of their ancestors ( I forget if it was the husband's or wife's) had married a black person. And the genes were carried down until the result was this black child. Was this a very disruptive and awkward thing? You bet. That's why I don't think interracial marriage is wrong...but it can result in some nasty situations down the line. My personal policy is no splicing!
Slight correction: the case is Loving v. Virginia. At the time 24 states still made it illegal for a White person to marry a Black or Native American person, and 13 states still made it illegal for a White person to marry a person with Asian ancestry. In some cases, those laws are still on the books, and following the Dobbs decision 2 years ago there has been a movement in several states including Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, and Florida to overturn both Loving, Obergfell (gay marriage) and Lawrence (the ability for gay people to freely associate). So whatever you think of abortion rights, the decision to overturn Roe means that your marriage is now on the table if you aren't in a marriage that is to someone of your own race.
@@markanthony3275yeah, you're racist
You are Indian, speak to the anti BLACK/ AFRICAN hatred by America
Leviticus 19:33-34 (NIV) - “‘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."
Seems pretty straightforward to me, but you'd be surprised how much this passage makes most of my fellow white evangelicals prevaricate on its meaning.
They usually try to make some excuses about “legal” immigration as if passport control was a thing in the ancient world.
They’re not against immigration, just illegal immigration (which is conveniently so wrapped up in legalities that it’s basically impossible unless wealthy or connected).
Uhm...did you read the rest of the Old Testament...the parts where the strangers among them had to also obey the commands and ordinances God gave to Israel??? And if not, they were to be seen as a "pollutant" and destroyed. Make sure when you quote the Bible that you quote ALL of the relevant verses.
@@markanthony3275 Your comments here perfectly illustrate the problem of how most American evangelicals want to be protected by the law, but not bound by it, while they want anyone else who doesn’t look, speak, worship, or love like they do to be bound by the law, while never protected from it.
Anyway, yes, I have read the entire Old Testament as well as the New Testament (which, let’s not forget, doctrinally supplants much of the OT through the work of Christ crucified) and which includes Galatians 3:28 - “There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you all one in Christ Jesus.” meaning: Using one’s earthly citizenship as a basis by which to refuse to extend love, kindness, and service to others _regardless_ of where they come from is cruel, idolatrous, and not Christ-like in the slightest.
@@Pantechnicon Is that so ? Then explain to me how Jesus Christ's use of a whip on the moneychangers at the temple fits into your "extending love, kindness and service to others"? When you love someone, you tell them the truth, and sometimes you have to call them out , like when Jesus called the pharisees "You Brood of Vipers!" . Stop looking at the Holy word of God through the lens of socialism. As for quoting chapter and verse, I have no need, because if you read the Bible like you claim, then you would know that God called Israel to be a Holy people separate from the polluted idolaters around them...and that includes foreigners in their midst and even the children jewish exiles from Babylon had with pagan women they took for wives like in Ezra ch 9 where it says "The people of Israel have not kept themselves separate from the neighbouring peoples with their detestable practices like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians and Amorites. They have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, and have mingled the Holy race with the people around them. The point relevant to this video is that only an idiot would destroy his own christian history by flooding the country with people who insist that you accept THEIR cultural heritage and religion. It's not kind and , and loving to destroy your own peoples future to show kindness and love towards those who will destroy it. This channel sees everything through the lens of socialism, including Christianity, is that what you do also?
@@markanthony3275 Since you keep gravitating back towards the Old Testament to rationalize your bigotry, I'd really like to hear you reconcile Leviticus 19:34 into your exclusionary, segregationist, isolationist view of the Bible, or would you rather keep pretend that command doesn't exist? (and yes, it's a command, as evinced by "I am the Lord your God" at the end of it).
As for Jesus using a whip on the moneychangers, what's the relevance of this? And since you're raising the bugaboo of "socalism", take note that Jesus drove moneychangers from the temple for desecrating it and ask yourself what is more purely capitalist in its essence than currency markets?
As the Son of God, Jesus was well within his authority to drive the moneychangers out of the Temple for profaning it. It does not follow from this that you have a God-given right to use a whip to drive immigrants from your country. You're weighing one isolated incident of Christ acting in righteous anger against the whole of his preaching in the Beatitudes, and against his self-sacrificial atonement on the cross and saying that violence is more Christ-like than an open, loving hand?
Openly wanting to hurt immigrants: This is the best you can do as a professing Christian?
Let me give you some non-blblical words to consider as well: "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!" It's written on the Statue of Liberty...but to you I bet it sounds like a bunch of "woke socialist nonsense".
Can you imagine how many people would have been saved from the holocaust if the Quota Act hadn’t been passed? Talk about heartbreaking.
This is like Prager U, except it's good
And educational…
On top of being actually factual, actually biblical, being raciall tollerent and not pushing an evil conservative agenda
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Facts
And actually Christian
By the time I was 9 years old I learned all of Americas hypocrisies.
Good stuff.
As a Native American, do you have any views/video of the original immigrants?
Great video Skye!
I remember in the late 1970s, the Vietnamese Boat People and our govenment's attempt to settle them throughout the US. My home region of Northeastern PA was among those areas that was selected. My neighbors absolutely freaked out over the possibility of 'Asians' being allowed to settle among them. This was the first time I ever saw racism and prejudice.
Where in Northeastern PA? I'm from Luzerne county and don't remember that situation, but no doubt it happened because of the racism in the area. Even from the Catholics, Southern Italians and Eastern Europeans that live in the area. Total Trump area.
Great video, as usual! My only criticism is that either your green screen setup isn't properly lit or the editor just needs to watch some more tutorials on how to correctly chroma key the footage. Nothing is easier to chroma key than footage of a man with a shaved head, but the fuzzy, grey, wiggling borders around Skye here are a bit distracting.
Wow! Powerful! Thank you! A breath of fresh air and clarity!
I’m so happy I found your channel. Very spiritually sobering ✨🫴👏 thank you! Subscribed
I have ancestors in what would become the United States, both sides well before the Revolutionary War. I knew most of what this clip presented. It is weird , I am not fearful or resentful that our country is becoming diverse. It seems most of the people I know who want to keep America White, what ever that means, ancestors came here during the great wave this clips reports. BTW I am a white Evangelical, but now go to a Church that is diverse and also Evangelical. Got tired of being shun in the previous church because I advocate to actually follow Jesus. As far as non-christen immigrant goes, I may not be able to travel to his country of origin to preach the Gospel but I can love on him and lead him to Christ, this is an opportunity.
It' not about white, it's about having the little Christianity that remains being replaced with Islam , like is happening in France, Germany, England and Scandinavia. This guy doesn't seem to get that immigrants are no longer coming here because they want to be "American". They come here because they know that the idiots running the country will hand everything over to them and they can colonize...they have no intention of assimilating. Look at Minneapolis and Detroit...Muslims are taking over. Look at the muslim reps they elected to congress one of which said her boss was the president of Somalia .
"It is not our business to become involved in #slavery. Those are #social issues. We have been called to #preach the #gospel. We must deliver the Word. We must save people's #souls. We must not get involved in the issues of liberating people from the chains of slavery. If they accept #Jesus #Christ as their Savior, by and by they will be free - over there."
- Tom Skinner quoting "the [strangely #silent ] #evangelical, Bible-believing, #fundamental, #orthodox, #conservative church"
(from keynote address at #InterVarsity #Christian Fellowship's 1970 Urbana Conference)
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I cannot convey how much a appreciate the "Explainers", incldg this one. I hope this is an on-going & frequent thing, even though i can only TRY TO imagine the time & research it takes to bless us with these, so I dont imagine it's very sustainable.
It would be interesting if you addressed the issue of legal vs. illegal immigration.
Most of what conservatives consider "illegal" immigration is desperate people presenting themselves at the border points to try to apply for asylum and wait 5 years for that process. Just like the 1/4 of Jews that died thanks to America being racist and non welcoming of refugees, most of those trying to escape the same fate don't have a lot of legal options
No one is illegal on Stolen Native Land !
It would be.
Do you think legal v. illegal immigration a distinction drawn by those on the right who are outraged by immigration and claiming it is "replacing" legacy Americans" (AKA white Christians?
Tucker Carlon has put a spotlight on this and they don't even try to deny it anymore.
@@TheScumAlsoRises Illegal Immigration is a state man issue that the Extreme Right likes to use to make poor white people forget about how much rich white people steal from the poor. As Voltaire once said -" The comfort of the Rich depends on the abundance of the Poor.".
Well spoken and well done. So educational.
Makes me sad, but, it's the truth...
Happy Sunday friends! We might not be quite there, but I think this is the right direction! 💯
Love his post they're so informative and accurate I love it.
This is good stuff. I wish you did something like this for Canada, where we have our own racism towards immigration.
Yeh right Canada one of most diverse places on Earth unless you mean lack of Euro immigration.
You would be surprised in how much imbedded, systemic racism we still have. @@MbisonBalrog
Problem is, it's not universal in Canada. Not to say it doesn't exist everywhere, but it is far worse in Sask. where my in-laws live than on the East coast where I live. I'm not sure how you would do a video that would speak equally to the various historical and current differences with looking at the problem.
Besides, as Americans, they wouldn't be the best people to do it...especially if they think we only "grow white people" in Canada, LOL.
Having Americans talk about Canadian issues is always… weird. There are so many bizarrely pro-American Canadians and bizarrely anti-American Canadians.
@@macdriI grew up in Saskatchewan, very white place, but also a lot of overseas (Asian, Indian etc) immigrants. Most of the doctors that treat my family are not white or Canadian born. I'm disappointed when I hear the prairies are more racist (I have never lived in the east or west so I don't know how to compare). My brother and I had best friends from Vietnam and Pakistan growing up. I didn't see a lot of anti immigrant sentiment, but I think it has gotten worse as Trumpism came along and fear about immigrants driven on right wing media. That's sad to see. As kids we never really cared who was what race or from where and just accepted it as the melting pot Canada was.
Excellent video. I love the George Washington quote. Very insightful.
I like this one issue focused kind of presentation.
My wife and I are in the middle of leaving the county we tried to live in because of harassment by law enforcement and vandalism (thank you Parke Co. Indiana). There's absolutely been a spike in antagonism.
Thanks Skye for the wonderful history lesson.
And given what we know about what Reagan thought of the African immigrants he welcomed to this country, calling him a "liberal" is a bit of a stretch. Until you consider that Woodrow Wilson called himself a "progressive."
Ronald Reagan was very socially liberal. Both as President and (especially) Governor.
Woodrow Wilson is one of the worst presidents in our nation’s history.
Wilson was a progressive in the sense of federalism and internationalism…but he was in fact very conservative on race/a foaming racist
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Being a racist is not a “conservative” issue when on the topic of race. Being a racist is an unbiblical, sinful trait that will send someone to Hell if they do not repent. There is actually no scientific evidence that has ever surfaced for “race”. It does not exist. Certainly there are different ETHNICITIES and NATIONALITIES.
But correct, Wilson was certainly a leftist on the issue of federalism, as well as the direct cause of America becoming involved in World War I.
He was certainly a very wicked, hateful, morally bankrupt man.
Oddly, he was also the only President who obtained a doctorate. Just a side note that I always found interesting.
@@BighomieRichWilson was a eugenicist which was and still is a progressive position.
@@jdtreharne by what standard? The fact that it’s new-ish?
Amen and amen again!
Great video, thank you for explaining all of this in such great detail!! 😊
I am as conservative as it gets and absolutely do not believe that America should be anti immigrat. If they do they need to repent. Each and every legal immigrant should be welcomed, respected and seen as an image bearer of God whom is loved enough to be given the Gospel. “Being nice” to them (if they are indeed not saved) is just making their journey to Hell more comfortable.
A major reason why I am pro immigrant is due to the fact that, by and large, Americans will jump through hoops to seek out excuses not to work. A labor shortage, which our nation is witnessing right now, hurts everyone as it drives the cost of literally everything up. We spend less because we can’t afford it, then businesses in turn suffer.
I will give one random example:
I live in suburban Buffalo, and there is a small business which manufactures and distributes briquettes, for BBQ sets. They have literally been displaying a “Help Wanted” sign which includes that:
-They will not drug test
-They will not do a background check
-They will pick the applicant up
Literally pleading for workers.
Now granted, I have no idea what exactly this job is, what it pays, etc.
I’m also conservative and very pro immigrant (high five!).
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Lovely, humble, hardworking people, by and large. My maternal grandparents were from Italy, my personal doctor is British-Indian, and my wife and I have dear friends/brothers & sisters in Christ from India and from Nepal.
I noticed the caveat of 'legal'. That word the world over has implications of exclusion for 'protection' of a country that strips safety seekers of their God bearing image.
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I mean, I wasn’t hiding that.
Yes, LEGAL immigrants should absolutely be biblically welcomed and seen as image bearers of God to America, or to any country they seek to relocate to.
Illegal immigrants should also be seen as image bearers of God, but that does not negate the fact that they broke federal law and will need to face the legal consequences. And yes, in some cases that means criminal prosecution at worst or deportation at best.
I will say this, and I honestly don’t think many would disagree with me: The SOLE exception I would say is permissible is in the scenario where a person, or a family, somehow, someway, made it across our national borders in an escape from a country to which if they were to return would literally kill them, say, for religious reasons, political reasons, etc. (Obviously, North Korea would be the big one that immediately comes to mind).
In that narrow set of circumstances, yes, I absolutely would support and would say that person or persons should be allowed to stay here.
Whether Christian or not Christian, conservative or liberal, almost all people acknowledge that they vast, vast, vast majority of immigrants come to, or want to, come to America for a better life and better future. They simply have to do it the legal way.
Deuteronomy 27:19. Exodus 12:49.
@@patrickc3419 Laws can and have been easily manipulated to prevent entry to foreigners/immigrants. That was a huge callout in this video when they discussed the Immigration Restriction Act of 1924 preventing specific people from entering the US. The idea that so many victims of the holocaust were turned away from entry to the US is appalling to me, and many attempting entry today are escaping something themselves. "Love thy neighbor" is to simply accept those in need, rather than forcing them to jump through a dozen hoops in order to gain access to this the safety they seek in this country. The story of the Good Samaritan was not one where the Samaritan first verified if there was any legality they needed to consider before helping. Instead, the Samaritan simply provided clothing, food, shelter, and aid, and used money from his own pockets to do so. There's a reason many of these illegal immigrants attempt to enter illegally. The laws and processes in place prevent very little chance for many to seek the refuge they are looking for, and many will risk death trying to cross rather than risk being returned to their home country. Living in by far the wealthiest country in the world, I believe we have not only the means but the responsibility to aid others in their time of need, regardless of the whether they've all jumped through the appropriate legal hoops.
Good recap. Thx.
Well researched and explained. Thank You
Fun fact: a large number of those Klansmen who influenced the Immigration Act of 1924 had a political slogan we are all familiar with. “America First”. They made sure to wrap their hatred and racism in “patriotism” and
“virtue”. Thank you so much for this video.
That's extremely sad 😢 You would think the world would evolve in 100 years. And somehow people on that side think they aren't encouraging racism
@@shanteladams7613 Exactly. America First wasn’t their only slogan. They also used things like “100% American”. They blamed “new” immigrants for crime, and eroding social standards.
The Democrats started the KKK after the civil war, but it was confined to the southern states. The Republicans put an end to it. But in the 1920's progressive Democratic president Woodrow Wilson revived the KKK and it spread to almost every state. It even spread to the central prairies in Canada where the province of Saskatchewan had 20,000 KKK members. Every Jim Crow law was passed by a Democratic legislature, signed into law by a Democratic govenor and enforced by Democrat officials...there are no exceptions. Critical Race Theory is merely the modern Democrats trying to blame all of America for the crimes THEY committed against Black people.
Funner fact, they were and are Democrats
Another dreadfully familiar slogan: "Make ____ Great Again" is a direct translation of a stump speech from a certain little corporal in Germany in the interwar years. the only thing that changed was the name of the country. In case you are wondering which little corporal, in the Sound of Music, one of the von Trapp children describe his flag as the red flag with the "ugly black spider."
Have you ever notice that there is no xenophobia directed to rich immigrants?
Or even poor white immigrants.
Because the concern isn't blind bigotry as this progressive argues. The concern is driven mostly by economics and cultural preservation. Poor, uneducated immigrants put strain on welfare programs and compete for jobs with working class Americans. Immigrants with different cultures threaten our customs and traditions, especially when they don't assimilate well.
@@TylerLinneburcultural and economic motivations are what led so many Germans to support the Nazi party as well.
Using the Reagan quote was quite clever
Wonderful presentation, perfect message! ❤
Hey man. You're a really cool guy! Thanks for the lesson!
This is so interesting and educational! Thank you!
Hebrews 7:11-12; Matthew 5:44; John 13:34; Luke 5:36-39.
The one who has ears, let him hear.
This is really good.
Great video!
It's important to note that the civil rights movement was an active part in the changing of all of these attitudes. It wasn't just the propaganda of the Soviets and embarrassment it caused in the world stage.
Thanks for the post
Love this ❤. I pray more and more people see this and those with hate in their hearts realize that hate doesn't get you into heaven
To become U.S naturalized citizen it needs to be based on merit. Like an entrepreneur, paying Taxes and committing crimes. Based on family doesn't work.
Amen and amen and amen. Thank you! We all need to hear this❤😂🎉 be more like Jesus
My people first came over on the Mayflower, Then the Scot-Irish trickled in later from Canada over the potato famine but the majority came over steerage from Germany before WWI.
Thank you!
Well done, Skye!
Thank you for that inciteful message.
Great information!
Thanks for this and very appropriate for the times. 🙏
My maternal grandparents, Catholics from northern Europe, arrived during the Great Wave., My wife's family traces back to the American Revolution, and many of her ancestors in east central Pennsylvania were members of the KKK who, lacking Jews and blacks to hate, took it out on Catholics. Now she's married to one, And we live in a multi-racial, multi-ethnic neighborhood. The only problem we've ever had was a block family that dressed up and went to church on Sunday, and then forgot everything the minister told them that day; fortunately, they've moved out.
I love this video. Only you left out the very first immigration law passed was the racist Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. This highlights that US immigration policy was always racially motivated.
Excellent video ❤
That’s good stuff!👍
Incredible 👏🏽
This is great info … I would also add that the same time white people were reacting to the post Civil war changes also… keep this conversation going
Eugenics, the 'natural' outgrowth of an elaborate but untestable theory called evolution. The history of immigration across the western hemisphere raises some serious questions, especially about the controllers of the many policies and the outcomes of those policies. It's interesting to see some of the quotes from some highly influential individuals in the UK in the late 1800's before looking at the shameful episodes of ships being turned around.
Thank you for sharing great and informative content. I do agree we need to make it easier to immigrate her and for refugees. My husband family immigrated and I can see all the benefits. At the same time, I live in NYC and there is another conversation about the illegal immigrants. I almost feel like they are two different conversations but connected because if we made it easier to come people wouldn't come illegally. We are not prepared for this many people in NYC. I wish we were, we make food, my kids and brought coats as so many from. southern countries aren't prepared for this winter and at the same time how does this end. I hope this is a series because it seems a lot more complicated than this video
Obama is mixed too
He's the son of an African man and a European American woman.
My European American maternal grandmother was related to his European American mother through some European American ancestral families.
Still and all, it's not healthy or good to have an uncontrolled southern border.
Don’t forget about the Chinese exclusion act!!
I don't care about people's race or skin color, I care if they share my values. I live in a wealthy area of a massive city and the white population here is relatively unpleasant and rude (especially while driving), and I've found the Hispanic people here to be much friendlier; they are very religious (Catholic) and hard-working. When I lived in South Dakota, however, there was a town that had taken in a lot of southeastern Asian refugees that absolutely destroyed the town and terrorized the people. I don't want a whitewashed nation; I want a nation of hard-working, kind, generous and loving people who look out for one another. Race and skin color don't matter, all people are capable of goodness.
Decades upon decades go by, knowledge and technology increases, but in the end, nothing really changes. People are just as ignorant, fearful, and hateful as ever.
Great info please add Hispanic and NA