LOL. Well there is nothing inherently wrong with having a firearm for protection. But there is something wrong with a religion that promotes death and intolerance.Have you noticed that we are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged TO judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how things are working. Am I missing something?
What do you think????????
I know it's English... I can read all the words, but I don't have a clue what you said... I guess I'm just a simple country hick...Your example is interesting and shall we encourage ourselves to judge neither
When Christ moved to the level-plain to deliver a message concerning attitude and punitive judgment, can we agree that he gave us no license to arbitrarily judge Muslims or gun owners unto compulsory punitive violence?
You bet society is affected by media... when journalists don't do their job and report facts, but skew them and give their opinion then you end up with a mentally lazy society that lets other think for themselves.Have you noticed that we are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged TO judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how things are working. Am I missing something?
What do you think????????
I know it's English... I can read all the words, but I don't have a clue what you said... I guess I'm just a simple country hick...
Indeed... sounds like America's vast array of lawyers... the untold damage they created and continue to create are immeasurable. It is why doctors don't want to be doctors any more, "Christ" is feared to be uttered in public schools or government quarters. I've hear it said that one of the founding fathers said in his departing speech that America would be destroyed, not by a foreign power, but by lawyers and banks. He was correct to a degree, but it's just the symptom of a bigger problem: rejection of Jesus Christ.My apologies
I am referring to the "Sermon on the Plain" in the gospel of Luke, when Christ taught regarding the beatitudes and warned of sentencing judgment and condemnation. My proffer is to consider that compulsory (legally mandated) judgment unto punitive measures (legally to punish or sentence) is laden with warnings from Christ, and is solely reserved for God regarding non-despotic sin.
However despotic sin should be judged on earth by mankind in order to separate the despot from the innocent, and also to intercede for the innocent, as Christ provided example many times.
Despotic action - To steal, kill and destroy or (Harm) - but also with "aggress" which is to initiate the hostile act of violence against a person or their property.
If two consenting adults gamble, then the "action" might be judged by an observer to be sin, yet the sin would be “non-despotic” with no act of violence (aggress) to person or property. However if one of the two people who are gambling then cheats by stealing the other persons money, or was to hit him on the head to take his money, then these acts (stealing and harming) would be “despotic”.
It is my inference by scripture that we address non-despotic sin using no punitive judgment? Can we agree that the church is wise to refrain from leveraging, supporting or creating punitive laws in our government that would incarcerate, penalize, fine or harm anyone who engages non-despotic sin?
However when brutes and thieves move to aggress and would steal, kill and destroy society, is it not then with sound demonstration that Christ would intervene quite often in behalf of the innocent and the non-despotic sinner? Yet to the pharisees and sadducees who would wield despotic law to plunder and condemn the innocent, were they not allocated as a bunch of vipers by Christ?
LOL. Well there is nothing inherently wrong with having a firearm for protection. But there is something wrong with a religion that promotes death and intolerance.
The rulers of wickedness in high places put most things backwards (but often with unseen motive)...
Did you ever read anything about the Brady-bill (the Gun control laws in America)? It is all seemingly reasonable, based allegedly on her pain over her husband being shot, right? Well this Democratic spokeswoman Sarah Brady, of the Brady Bill fame, chairman of Handgun Control Committee for the US Senate for a time...had an agenda and it was not her husband! In the article "Handgun Control Inc. Source" (The National Educator, January 1994, Pg.3) she publicly declared, "Our task of creating a Socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed."
Serpents speak with forked tongues...
I have not noticed this. Who is advising it?Have you noticed that we are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged TO judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how things are working. Am I missing something?
What do you think????????
I have not noticed this. Who is advising it?
I'm not against guns, and don't think any of our American rights should be taken away. However, when I think about Christians, and having guns, I think about what Jesus said to Simon Peter. “Put your sword back in its place, for all who draw the sword will die by the sword"
Do we as Christians really need guns, when we have the holy spirit as a weapon?
I think some of you missed the point of the question totally. It was nothing about religion at all. It was an example of a "Conundrum"
and what did you think? It was meant to show us all about the direction of our government and cultural environment.
Here is another one.
We here all the time about how social security is running out of funding. Why is that we hear that but we never hear anything about welfare or food stamps running out of funding.
The interesting point here is that the first group worked for that money they are now receiving but the second group did not.
Do you find that interesting, depressing or do you simply not care?