"Guns are so much important to being a christian today because there is no other way to show people that you are filled with the love of lord Jesus other than having a big gun collection" - Rev. Billy Ray Smallcock
OK, this may be satire too, but you can never tell these days.
Ever think you may be taken for a ride while all these people who are telling you Bullshit are having a laugh at your exepense? Then again, I know someone who loves for us to have a laugh at his expense since he keeps posting comments.
Laci, you should try a title by one of your favorite authors, Robert Heinlein, "Job, A Comedy of Justice"
ReplyDelete"The story examines religion through the eyes of Alex, a Christian political activist who is corrupted by Margrethe, a Danish Norse cruise ship hostess — and who loves every minute of it. Enduring a shipwreck, an earthquake, and a series of world-changes brought about by Loki (with Jehovah's permission), Alex and Marga work their way from Mexico back to Kansas as dishwasher and waitress."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job:_A_Comedy_of_Justice
There is nothing wrong with self defense in the eyes of Christianity IMHO. Though if you don't approve of it, there's likely some facet of various Christian denominations that will accommodate you.
Actually Laci, there is significant biblical support for self defense. Luke 22:36, Matthew 10:34, Romans 13:4 and exodus 22:2-3 are all supportive of self defense, and the use of weapons.
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Right, Jesus is just rooting for the next 30,000 dead from gun shot.
DeleteNaturally, MikeZ likes to argue gun rights based on biblical quotes. How about killing homosexuals, Mike, you go for that one too. I'm sure you've completely forgotten about "turn the other cheek," and "swords into plowshares."
DeleteThe only thing worse, in my opinion, than a MAN pontificating about women's issues like abortion, is a gun-nut cherry picking biblical quotes to support owning a particular inanimate object.
MikeB, I havent at all forgotten about turning the other cheek, the verse you refer to is Isah 2:3 and if you read the context is a prophetic verse regarding Gods judgement, If we want to go that route we can go to joel 3:10 which says beat your plowshares into swords. And I disagree with your view on abortion as solely being a woman's issue, I see it, much as i do the 2nd amendment as a human rights issue. To you its a healthcare choice seeming no different than getting a mole removed to me its a life or death issue. and i firmly believe in the right to life and the right to protect life. You can pick apart the bible in any way you want in order to satisfy your own bias.
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You're the one cherry picking the Bible to support your positions. What did you say about capital punishment, I couldn't hear you?
DeleteIs that any worse than a man reducing the right to life to a "healthcare" choice?
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