Migrants In Sweden Suspected Of Converting To Christianity To Get Asylum

Jim
Society & Culture
Immigration
The Swedish migration agency is handing out pop quizzes on the Bible to make sure migrants aren’t converting to Christianity to receive asylum. Risk of persecution because of one’s religious faith can boost a person’s chances of gaining asylum. The Swedish migration agency is making unannounced visits to asylum seekers to quiz them on the Bible and make sure their conversions are genuine.

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Bert Perry
Mon, 05/15/17 12:44 pm

One wonders how many fundagelical Christians in the U.S. would fail these tests……especially the question about differences between Protestant and Orthodox Christianity. Lessee….Orthodox priests have better beards than all but neo-Calvinist Protestants? :^)

(seriously, I know about the Orthodox position on tradition, faith plus works, and the like, too, but I’m guessing a lot wouldn’t even be able to get that much)

You can make the claim that it’s well intentioned, but I would dare suggest it’s going to operate a lot like the poll taxes and voter questionaires in the Jim Crow South. Or….given that similarity…maybe it’s not so well intentioned after all.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

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TylerR
Mon, 05/15/17 1:25 pm

I can see it now - would-be insurgents studying the Belgic Confession so they can pass their test!

Tyler is a pastor in Olympia, WA and works in State government.