Not of it means putting our lives and our children’s lives at risk with terrorist attacks.
These terrorists want us dead. They can stay home or head over to one of the border countries instead.
Martyrdom should be a choice we make ourselves…not something that is forced upon us by someone else.
This has already happened.
The Tsarnaev brothers were refugees from the Chechen conflict.
They thanked us for our hospitality by bombing the Boston marathon and killing/injuring scores or people.
You want this to happen again? It is not an if…it’s a when.
You are assuming we have the ability to thwart the actions of ISIS. This is a different kind of war we are in. It is being waged via the internet, recruiting people from within their own home borders. It is not the refugees and immigrants we need to focus on, it is the terror cells already active.
What’s with the ‘should’? Martyrdom is the result of someone else imposing their will upon the victim. The victim doesn’t get a choice. Your Boston marathon example proves that. 9/11 proves that. None of those people choose to die for their faith, they were selected to die for their faith, basically for believing in anything other than Islam.
Doesn’t matter what I ‘want’ to happen. The bigger picture is not within my realm to control. I can only deal with that which is before me. Right now God is providing those who claim to be His this opportunity to live according to His teachings.
Since you value ‘choice’ as much as you do, here are your options:
Accept the refugees into your country, your town, your home, whatever applies. Treat them as God’s children, with care, kindness, love, mercy.
Refuse the refugees entrance, protect your own home, town, country. Leave them to seek help elsewhere, or to starve, fall victim to thieves, rapists, or just angry scared people who look at them and see only ISIS, not God’s creation. They persecute them, imprison them, beat them up.
Terrorists attack. You die. In which scenario would you die a martyr?
I’d even venture to say that if the terrorist happened to be the very person you cared for directly, all the more would God be pleased with your choice. Is this not what he demonstrated when he was given up to Pilate?
If we act according to His will we do not need to be afraid. It’s that simple.