Illegal Immigration a Mortal Sin

[catharina]

But be prepared for the consequences.

One of the “consequences” should never
be that others will declare you guilty of mortal sin!

Really, horrifying.

 

[RandDguy]

I’m with you here brother. The person who wrote this is a person guided by the flesh and not the spirit. Allow me to point out that Mary, Joseph and Jesus were “illegal” aliens in Egypt. Let us hear the scriptures:

“‘When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. 34 The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 19:33-34

Peace,
David

Yes … let us hear the scripture … you quoted it correctly “alien” not illegal alien. My wife is a legal alien, not an illegal alien. Scripture does not indicate that Mary, Joseph and Jesus were “illegal”. Scripture definitely does not support your statement. That would have meant that the Mother of God was breaking the law. There is also no scriptural support of that assertion as well.

Try again …

 

[RandDguy]

Your conclusion about the state of another’s soul is erroneous.
You’ve gone even further and decided that you know the state of
the souls of many many many others. Lean on your cavemen,
if you wish, but you and they are simply WRONG.

No one knows the true state of another’s soul.
Pretending that you do know - that’s deplorable.

It is possible to objectively recognize a sin as mortal or venial without knowing the state of another’s soul. If I witness someone shoot an innocent person ‘for fun’ and then laugh about it, I can know little about the state of that person’s soul and even whether or not they will go to Heaven or Hell, but I can objectively state they committed a mortal sin and should they die in that state they will definitely go to hell, notwithstanding the intervention of the Blessed Mother or some other highly unlikely event. Nothing deplorable about the statement at all.

 

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