This has got to be some of the most twisted logic I have read... from a debate on Georgia and the possibility of people packing heat:
An armed congregation keeps the peace against those who would harm.
By Jonathan Wilkins
As you may know, the Baptist Tabernacle in Thomaston is seeking an injunction against a provision in Georgia law that forbids its members from carrying guns to church.
The question asked by our critics is, “Why would any one want to have a gun at church?”
Folks are genuinely astonished that a pastor and his congregation would want to exercise such a right. Let me list several reasons why this is so.
Theologically, the critic objects by echoing the words of Christ in Matthew 5, “Blessed are the peacemakers”!
And yet Christ told us in Luke 11:21 the way to maintain peace was to arm oneself. “When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace.” It is the armed man who deters those who wish to disturb the peace.
On another occasion the Lord stopped in the middle of a sermon and said to his congregation, “he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.”
To this the disciples replied, “Behold here are two.” Rather than reprove them for surreptitiously bringing a weapon to “meeting” Christ said, “It is enough.” The lord of the church authorized and sanctioned the concept of “concealed carry.”
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Read the piece above for the opinion that guns should be banned in places of worship.
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1 comment:
It is twisted, isn't it? I thought I would receive nasty calls and e-mails from the gun nuts, but nothing so far. But apparently I am quite the topic of conversation at a website forum called "Glock Talk." Pretty creepy.
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