>The issue was brought up during Good Morning Britain, and due to it being Easter Monday, Jesus was used as an example when host Adil Ray questioned Energy Minister Greg Hands.
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>”Mr Hands, here we are celebrating Easter this weekend, the life and times of Jesus Christ, who himself was a refugee,” Ray said.
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>He went on to point out that under the government’s plan, Jesus “would be sent to Rwanda” if he arrived in the U.K. today. “Is that right? Would you send Jesus to Rwanda?” Ray said.
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>Hands appeared a bit shocked by the question and let out a laugh, as Ray pushed him to answer what he said was a “simple question.”
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>”I’m sorry, I think it’s a ludicrous question,” Hands replied. “We’re 2,000 years later, there’s 28,000 people have made an illegal journey from France to the U.K., between two entirely safe countries, 27 people have died. It’s 2,000 years after the Easter story.”
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>In a tweet alongside a screenshot from an article saying Hands “struggled to say” whether the Conservative government would send Jesus to Rwanda, Hands wrote: “To be honest, I struggled with the question itself, not with providing an answer…”
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>> To be honest, I struggled with the question itself, not with providing an answer…
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>> — Greg Hands (@GregHands) [April 18, 2022](https://nitter.net/GregHands/status/1516013243684245520)
That awkward moment when they’d kill Jesus. . . again.
There’s real people threatened with this so why are these useless news knobs asking about some imaginary cunt?
That entirely depends on if it’s Brown Jesus, or White European Jesus.
The Tories would happily send Jesus to their concentration camps in Rwanda, yes.
Jesus was a baby when he was a refugee so the answer is obviously no.
A Middle Easterner who campaigns for economic redistribution and pacifism?
Yeah, I’m pretty sure they’d happily send him to Rwanda.
why not? what if he was in danger in his home country, and it was safe there?
How could you… Jesus didn’t exist. The bible is just a story, illegal immigrants dieing as a result of people trafficking is real don’t confuse the subject
I’m glad he cc’d JRM in the tweet. He’s my MP and he’s a poor excuse for a Christian. Here’s a verse I like (Matthew 25:36-40):
>36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,[a] you did it to me.’
Absolute opposite of what his values stand for.
>”Mr Hands, here we are celebrating Easter this weekend, the life and times of Jesus Christ, who himself was a refugee,”
Surely a nonsensical question? My understanding is that Jesus wasn’t a refugee, as he never tried to leave the Roman Empire – even when he knew he was to be killed.
>From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. Matthew 16:21
…yes?
I mean, is that not clear yet?
Jesus was a middle eastern man with socialist tendencies. There is no way he’d be welcome.
Yes… Yes I would. That guy has been nothing but trouble.
The question is, “Would you believe someone who claimed to be Jesus”
Because I bet the church will have times within their history where they didn’t believe someone claims….and we know how dark them dark ages were.
There were no Romans in Rwanda so it would have protected him from them.
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in case of paywall, etc.. Article mirror link: https://archive.ph/d1ABN
>The issue was brought up during Good Morning Britain, and due to it being Easter Monday, Jesus was used as an example when host Adil Ray questioned Energy Minister Greg Hands.
>
>”Mr Hands, here we are celebrating Easter this weekend, the life and times of Jesus Christ, who himself was a refugee,” Ray said.
>
>He went on to point out that under the government’s plan, Jesus “would be sent to Rwanda” if he arrived in the U.K. today. “Is that right? Would you send Jesus to Rwanda?” Ray said.
>
>Hands appeared a bit shocked by the question and let out a laugh, as Ray pushed him to answer what he said was a “simple question.”
>
>”I’m sorry, I think it’s a ludicrous question,” Hands replied. “We’re 2,000 years later, there’s 28,000 people have made an illegal journey from France to the U.K., between two entirely safe countries, 27 people have died. It’s 2,000 years after the Easter story.”
>
>In a tweet alongside a screenshot from an article saying Hands “struggled to say” whether the Conservative government would send Jesus to Rwanda, Hands wrote: “To be honest, I struggled with the question itself, not with providing an answer…”
>
>> To be honest, I struggled with the question itself, not with providing an answer…
>>
>> — Greg Hands (@GregHands) [April 18, 2022](https://nitter.net/GregHands/status/1516013243684245520)
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From [another article on this](https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tory-denies-claims-uk-is-outsourcing-migrant-responsibilities-to-rwanda-319769/), I noticed a change in language
>Hands said sending migrants to Rwanda will act as a “significant deterrent” to people **deemed** to be entering the UK illegally.
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>(emphasis added)
Which is basically saying that they aren’t even gonna bother anymore pretending the asylum seekers are “entering the UK illegally.”
Housing crisis and increasing poverty ,but progressives insist on putting their knees of the necks of poor with more mass immigration.
If we had our hands on Jesus I wouldn’t let him leave without answering a few important questions. Like why has god been silent for the past two thousand years, [are any of these you?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_claimed_to_be_Jesus) and most importantly, why did you get Saint Thomas to finger [your rib cage when you came back](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Caravaggio_-_The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas.jpg)? That’s pretty fucking weird dude and seemed somewhat needless.
More:
From the [Times](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/) this morning:
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[Vulnerable Rwanda refugees head to UK](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/vulnerable-rwanda-refugees-head-to-uk-wq7vq2njb)
([*mirror*](https://archive.ph/jcFG1))
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[Priti Patel hits out at Archbishop of Canterbury in Rwanda migrant row](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/priti-patel-hits-out-at-archbishop-of-canterbury-in-rwanda-migrant-row-hrlvbzfgp)
([*mirror*](https://archive.ph/BP55S))
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[No humanitarian nation can allow this deadly trafficking to continue – *By* Priti Patel and Vincent Biruta](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/no-humanitarian-nation-can-allow-this-deadly-trafficking-to-continue-d3cf2dgsz)
([*mirror*](https://archive.ph/yB9iC))
That awkward moment when they’d kill Jesus. . . again.
There’s real people threatened with this so why are these useless news knobs asking about some imaginary cunt?
That entirely depends on if it’s Brown Jesus, or White European Jesus.
The Tories would happily send Jesus to their concentration camps in Rwanda, yes.
Jesus was a baby when he was a refugee so the answer is obviously no.
A Middle Easterner who campaigns for economic redistribution and pacifism?
Yeah, I’m pretty sure they’d happily send him to Rwanda.
why not? what if he was in danger in his home country, and it was safe there?
How could you… Jesus didn’t exist. The bible is just a story, illegal immigrants dieing as a result of people trafficking is real don’t confuse the subject
I’m glad he cc’d JRM in the tweet. He’s my MP and he’s a poor excuse for a Christian. Here’s a verse I like (Matthew 25:36-40):
>36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,[a] you did it to me.’
Absolute opposite of what his values stand for.
>”Mr Hands, here we are celebrating Easter this weekend, the life and times of Jesus Christ, who himself was a refugee,”
Surely a nonsensical question? My understanding is that Jesus wasn’t a refugee, as he never tried to leave the Roman Empire – even when he knew he was to be killed.
>From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. Matthew 16:21
…yes?
I mean, is that not clear yet?
Jesus was a middle eastern man with socialist tendencies. There is no way he’d be welcome.
Yes… Yes I would. That guy has been nothing but trouble.
The question is, “Would you believe someone who claimed to be Jesus”
Because I bet the church will have times within their history where they didn’t believe someone claims….and we know how dark them dark ages were.
There were no Romans in Rwanda so it would have protected him from them.