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Email from Paula White
Sep. 27th, 2024 09:16 pmI get unsolicited email from Democrats, Trumpublicans, and Libertarians, from assorted scammers and blatherskites. Recently, I received an email that might count as a new low, had I never received unsolicited child porn: it was from “Pastor Paula White,” Trump’s spiritual advisor. She wanted me to chip in to build the wall.
Building a wall along the border would not keep aliens from entering the country legally, and then overstaying their visas, and it would likely soon decay (the small parts that were actually built did) unless regularly manned and kept in good repair. Then, one might expect some Christians to ask whether, if poor people try to enter our country to provide for themselves and their families by honest work, those words about “as you have done unto the least of these” might apply. If Paula the prosperity gospel gal has thought about that, the matter was not mentioned in her email.
Building a wall along the border would not keep aliens from entering the country legally, and then overstaying their visas, and it would likely soon decay (the small parts that were actually built did) unless regularly manned and kept in good repair. Then, one might expect some Christians to ask whether, if poor people try to enter our country to provide for themselves and their families by honest work, those words about “as you have done unto the least of these” might apply. If Paula the prosperity gospel gal has thought about that, the matter was not mentioned in her email.
