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Entry: Benedict on the Border--A Showdown over Church and Nation-State Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/benedict_on_the_border_a_showdown_of_church_and_nation_state#24970 Post contents: Mr. Zmirak, “Is there anybody out there who’d care to assert the contrary, that even when we are able—without destroying the wages of our native working class, or endangering our sovereignty—to welcome needy poor people who in fact “respect with gratitude” our heritage, obey our laws, and “assist in carrying civic burdens,” we still shouldn’t accept any immigrants? There might be a few folks out there who simply want to see America shrunk down to 100 million childless ex-Methodists, stoically driving their hybrids to spend Sunday mornings solemnly watching birds. Apart from them, I doubt there are too many people who want zero immigration, who oppose it on principle. Does “respect with gratitude our heritage” mean assimilation to our culture? If it does not mean assimilation, then I for one have no problem declaring my desire for zero immigration. The immigration debate must be framed within the context of civilizations which is to say that we must look at long-term costs as opposed to short-term gains. Whether or not we need immigrants to sustain our economy in the near term is of little importance if we lose our culture in the process. The greatest economic asset to a nation is its culture. Would these immigrants be coming here in the first place if our culture had not first built this great nation? It is time to recognize that immigrants who come here and refuse to assimilate are nothing more than scavengers of a civilization they could never build on their own. I find it ironic that our Christian religion was once used to justify our expansion and conquest of this land. It gave us a sense of superiority in both quality and value. We were “Christianizing” the savages. And now, sinister agents are manipulating Christianity against us by propagating it as a creed of universalism, equality and diversity. Nietzsche had it right. Christianity is slave morality. Sent at: 2008 07 06