I don’t belong to any organised religions?? they cause division IMHO , but studied RE and Theology in school and for m y degree. My sister says she’s a Christian. We BEHAVE v differently! I try to explain feeling compassion is a precursor to action. The Good Samaritan didn’t just feel compassion and carry on walking by ,he put him self out on so many levels. He delayed his journey, he was out of pocket, he gave help to someone who was supposed to be his enemy. IE. He gave , not just felt I despair of how God is mentioned by MPs , and Theresa May is supposed to be a Christian ! Unless you really read and understand Jesus teaching , and I’m not talking from a religious point of view, I’m talking from humanity point of you ,I don’t see how you can pursue these Tory policies.
Studying for O level RE I had a lightbulb moment when I realised that Jesus was a socialist and that he was for a big society , where we look at and after each other , not a small society with business at the top of the list ! Needless to say my sister votes Tory , voted Leave and says she is not anti - immigration but every thing she says proves she is. Believes the Daily Mail, so is must be true! I really think she would have said ‘ oh look that poor man ‘ and walked past because......... choose any reason !! I don’t think many people think about what it must be like to leave your country, your family your friends , the climate , the food etc and risk your life and your children s to basically ask for help out of hellish situations. In short I think it’s always a good thing to be a good Samaritan We have the seventh largest economy in the world and one of the European countries that takes the fewest asylum seekers. I think the rhetoric at the moment is evil and lies Or as some would say fake new ( because statistically the numbers are wrong) and Study after study show immigrants contribute more to society rather than take from it . We are all human and global citizens , at this point in our history I think it is even more important to be united .