MORE THAN EVER, TRANSFORMATION IS NEEDED.

Gavin Ashenden  09 February 2024 | 7:57 AM,/(Photo: Getty/iStock)

A historian named Tom Holland clearly points out that much of the good in our culture comes from a Christian vision. One of them is asylum.

The essential humanity of man is recognized and protected in the first or Old Testament, unlike the practices of the surrounding cultures. The concept and practice of slavery—“power is right”—was favored by the Babylonians, Assyrians and Egyptians.

Those who worship different gods see humans as expendable goods; this is very similar to communism and fascism in our context. Unique anthropology comes from the gods of Israel. Christendom is based on the idea that he has created all men in his image.

Under the First Covenant, Jewish culture provided exceptional compassion, reflecting human dignity and human worth, to refugees. There are cities that offer refuge to refugees fleeing accidental killings. In addition, they prohibited refugees from being abused or enslaved. In addition, the Jubilee Year is intended to save the family from debts that last from generation to generation.

However, all this has conditions. It depends on the implementation of laws and agreements. The whole covenant keeps this vision.

To this day, there is a fast track.

Satisfactorily and surprisingly, however, our culture holds on to the Judeo-Christian idea that human beings are not expendable commodities or unimportant parts of the market; rather, we are the last possible generation.

There is no philosophy that supports this opinion. In the religion of Islam, submission to Allah takes precedence, group identity takes precedence over individual thoughts, and strict punishment is provided for violations of faith. Wokery, or better known as "woke-alitarianism", sees only the collective in which a person is included; it does not allow forgiveness. Although the right of nationalism has been eliminated for a long time, it also subjugates the individual to nationality in its extreme form.

It is right and proper that Christian culture recognizes the humanity of refugees and provides an opportunity for protection.

However, the entire process is not value-free and not automated. Conditions must be observed for this to work. And they are abused in our own time.

Now we face an open distinction between faith and principle. At the end of the twentieth century, secular society liked the principles of Christianity, but they did not agree with the beliefs from which they came.

The first and most obvious problem with asylum is that in its form used in ancient Israel, the person granted hospitality must conform to the beliefs and religion of the host country. People can see the cause. The concept of asylum is threatened by alternative value systems if many immigrants change the culture of the country.

This is also true today. Migration Watch estimates that the UK population will increase to between 83 and 87 million by 2046 if net migration continues at the current record rate of 606,000 a year. This would constitute an increase of more than 15 million people, equivalent to fifteen new cities the size of Birmingham. Moreover, only 15 million people will agree with the principles of contemporary Britain.

The way we exercise individual freedoms and rights in this country has changed as a result of migration pressures. We are facing the paradox that the culture of the people who brought immigrants to this country-whether as economic or political refugees—denies the same freedoms to people. This is similar to the Batley teacher who was forced into hiding and given a new identity after showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in class. or Mike Freer, the Jewish MP from Finchley, who has been forced out of Parliament and away from public attention after repeated threats.

We can wonder who would give" asylum " to a Batley teacher or Finchley MP in their own community and culture?

This contradiction can be overcome if our society maintains its faith in Christianity and prioritizes Christian principles and ethics over progressive multiculturalism.

We are already aware that in reality, certain types of asylum seekers receive different priorities than others. The Home Office discriminated against Christian asylum seekers during the Syrian refugee crisis. Only two percent of Christians were allowed. It can be shown that ninety-eight percent of people who receive asylum are Muslims. The implications of Islamic immigration need not be debated.

The demographic balance of this nation will change permanently and increasingly, one of the real consequences of the development of current government Immigration, Refugee and asylum practices. This will probably make the existing human rights in our society even more complicated, as Batley teachers and Finchley MPs have ignored them. It is also one of the results of the growing divergence between values and beliefs that has arisen as a result of the elimination or reduction of the Christian faith in our society.

Although the anger that arose after the terrible attack on Clapham by Abdul Shokoor Ezedi is understandable, no one agrees on who is most responsible for the circumstances, except Ezedi himself. Commentators instead look for scapegoats—apparently found in Christian churches-instead of investigating the deeper reasons for differences in values or beliefs.

Undoubtedly, the most effective way to overcome the decline of the Christian faith is to seek to evangelize immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.

We can also identify three types of Christian communities or churches that reach asylum seekers: Catholics, Baptists, and Anglicans. Both Catholics and Baptists (who tell us that there are more than 40 refugees in Bibi Stockholm) are very concerned about church membership.

Inevitably, keeping an eye on commitments after conversion will become more difficult due to the established church culture, in which membership is fluid. Moreover, the desire for protection in liberal churches is often due more to political reasons than to spiritual ones.

At this point, the only conclusion that can be made is that political reasons will not help correct or mitigate the growing disparity between Christian beliefs and values.

Indeed, the "phenomenon of false repentance" indicates a failure of secular authority. It was they who made the religious category the basis for seeking refuge, but they did not know how to judge it. The sentence handed down to Ezidi for two sexual assaults in Newcastle was hardly credible by the asylum court; they chose to grant his application based on what turned out to be false repentance.

It goes without saying that if Ezidi really finds the love of Christ, the women and children for whom he took revenge will be protected from his anger and revenge for a long time.

Churches in this country may be able to find the confidence not only to defend themselves from accusations of naivety in dealing with asylum seekers, but also to remind our society that if we want to be good neighbors, love of strangers, respect for the rule of law, protection of conscience, respect for the individual, and, in particular, the practice of forgiveness and reconciliation, we must be part of a good society.

News Sources : https://www.christiantoday.com/article/conversion.is.needed.now.more.than.ever/141359.htm