We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Buck highlights the hypocrisy of sending missionaries to China while excluding Chinese people from the US.
- In plain terms
- It is hypocritical to send missionaries abroad but exclude people from home.
- What can you take from it?
- Check for hypocrisy in your treatment of others compared to your actions.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we distinguish between belief and policy?
- When does outreach become exclusion?
Another view
It does not address the complexities of national security or capacity.
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