[finnbow]

It seems that white Evangelicals don't take the Bible very seriously when it comes to the plight of refugees (many of whom are the long-term victims of Dubya's ill-fated Iraq War that they strongly supported).

Polling from Pew Research Center showed that about 56 percent of Americans believed that the United States had a responsibility to welcome refugees into the country. In the year since, that figure has dropped and is now at a bare majority, 51 percent.

But Pew’s new research includes a fascinating detail: No group agrees less with the idea that the United States has a responsibility to accept refugees than white evangelical Protestants.

Only 25 percent of evangelicals told Pew that they believed the United States has such a responsibility, half the percentage of Catholics who said the same thing and substantially lower than the religiously unaffiliated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-evangelicals/

I guess their Bible-thumping, holier-than-thou hypocrisy allows them to support a vile cretin like Trump while ignoring a few key Biblical passages:

“Treat refugees the way you want to be treated,” (Leviticus).
“Invite the stranger in.” (Matthew)
“Open your door to the traveler” (Job).