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Since When Did Jesus Get Connected to Guns?
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Mark A. Taff
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Since when did the gospel become associated with guns? Since when did the Christian faith become linked to the right to bear arms?
Lest I be misunderstood, this article is not about gun control, nor is it about the Second Amendment.
I am not asking whether Christians should serve in the military and I am not questioning our right to defend ourselves.
I’m simply asking why conservative Christianity – in particular, American evangelical Christianity – is so strongly linked with a passion for guns. There’s certainly no scriptural connection to be made. |
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PHORTO
(10/26/2017)
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Michael misses the forest for the trees. Our right to go peaceably armed is endowed by our Creator. If you accept Jesus as God on Earth, then you cannot separate the two. He either is our Creator and endowed us with this right, or He isn't, and He didn't.
Michael can't have it both ways. |
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wcgray_va@yahoo.com
(10/28/2017)
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| Jesus used violence when necessary as when He drove the money changers out of the temple with a whip. He spoke to his deciples after the Last Supper and told them to preach the gospel throughout the world. He also told them to buy a sword and sell their cloaks to do so if they had to. He knew the world is a dangerous place. The survival of the deciples was more important to His plan than their comfort. There is a scriptural connection to weapons for self defense and violence to protect what must be defended. Guns were not invented for another 18 centuries so saying they are not supported by scripture is silly. The first amendment did not consider computerized publications and email but they are covered as logical extensions. |
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