Can Christians own guns?

[irul&ublo]

About $1,600 plus the $200 transfer tax for the short barreled shotgun. Can't wait to get it home. Ten round mags run a little under $50 each. www.tromix.com

If you want one, you had better grab it before the Demo-carps take the helm.

BWAAAA:

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[Jer]

Can Muslims own footballs?

Can you make a shoe smell?

[Beder]

Jesus of Nazareth was a carpenter. If he were framing houses today he'd have a nail gun fo' sho'.

[SunCuntry]

HEY RETARD!!!! GUNS WEREN'T INVENTED UNTIL THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY BY THE CHINESE!!!! THATS WAY AFTER JESUS YOU RETARD!!!

MAYBE WE SHOULD ASK IF CHRISTIANS CAN FLY IN AIRPLANES BECAUSE JESUS WOULD NEVER HAVE FLOWN IN AN AIRPLANE!!!!!! JEEZZ!!!

haha troof

and yes, christians can own guns. I have many and I am a christian.

[Mhorton14]

As for the blood need I say more than the Spanish inquisition, crusades, death penalty supporting Christians and on and on.

I realize that this discussion is about Christianity, however, its hard to point out Christianity alone when when Christians were killed and persecuted by other religions that preach peace in a similar way. War is a part of most of the major religions' history.

The hypocrisy is mind boggling seeing that all of this comes from people and nations that claim to support a religion that says “it is harder for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God than a camel to go through the eye of a needle. etc etc etc..

If I'm not mistaken this passage ends in the phrase that everything is possible through God.

[steve]

I don't own a gun, but my initial answer would be it's fine for the same reason it's fine to own a playstation. the few times in my life i've used a gun, it was basically a means to enjoyment - a toy - as in, going to a shooting range and seeing how well you do, is fun. same thing would be true with a bow&arrow.

Also could come in handy with that whole protect your family thing. don't compare that to the death penalty, which is a whole other conversation altogether. there's a difference between punitive punishment and self defense.

[Crass3000]

the great majority of his claimed followers are personally rich beyond belief

Huhhh? I'm sure it's quite the opposite. People who don't have much going for them need to believe in something bigger than themselves that gives them hope that the next day will be brighter. Not that money cures all but look at a country like Mexico. It's probably not an exageration to say that more Mexicans are Christians than Americans per capita. Most people aren't rich in Mexico if you haven't noticed.

[mnflyfish]

Can Muslims own footballs?

Can you make a shoe smell?

I learned this from playing Trival Pursuit, footballs though referred to as pig skins, are made from cow hide. Now Hindus perhaps would have a problem with the football, not so much Muslims.

Jay

Oh, I'm a Christian and own a lot of guns. Mine mostly for filling the freezer, though there are a couple in case someone thinks coming in my house at 3am would be a good idea.

Jay

[coreshot-tourettes]

Pay money, not be a convicted felon or convicted of domestic assault, file a 4473, and take the bitch home. My new playtoy that should be here in 2-3 weeks. WOOHOO!

Ahh... The Saiga 12-gauge autoloading shotgun. Galil charging handle and foregrip, SAW pistol grip, SBR'ed to... looks like 10", HK drum sights, Russian 8rd magazine, Tromix folding stock, Tromix flashhider. Best fighting shotgun in the world, bar none.

I have one I converted myself. I'll likely bring it to the TGR shoot this spring. Did you know that they make 10rd magazines for them?

And if you think Christians owning guns is ironic, I'm more of a Buddhist.

[Parvo]

I have one I converted myself. I'll likely bring it to the TGR shoot this spring..

when & where is this shoot of which you speak?

[coreshot-tourettes]

when & where is this shoot of which you speak?

I'm thinking Gaper Fools' weekend in Summit County.

[summit]

The Jesus of the Christian bible had more power than we can imagine but simply chose not to use it. He could have turned wine into AK-47 and nuclear bombs if he wanted to. So your question is really: What need does a GOD, willing to let man torture and kill his mortal form in order to forgive man's misdeeds, have for a mundane weapon of any kind?

PS I think gun ownership is fine and I am not a Christian.

[steve]

The extent of christian hypocrisy has no limits. Guns and justification of violence are just two small examples.

I think we can agree that jesus would not have owned a baseball bat.
How can a Christian own a baseball bat?


And any christian with any understanding of his own theology whatsoever will readily admit that he's a hypocrite. so we're agreed.

[rideit]

Baseball is pretty much as boring as church.

[steve]

Would Jesus have owned a knife?

He owned a hammer (or whatever carpenters used in that period of time), so maybe all Christians should own hammers.


observations by non-christians about how christians should live can be amusing. I obviously can't speak for all christians but i'm personally not going to try to tell an atheist how to live.

[rideit]

ironic that he owned a hammer, given the method in which he was hung.

[steve]

ironic that he owned a hammer, given the method in which he was hung.

yes indeed.

[sftc]

Jesus probably carried a hammer because his Hell's Angles buddies told him that the cops don't consider a hammer to be a deadly weapon until you use it as one.

[rideit]

[mtbakersnow]

lol. First, let me be clear:
I have guns
I like guns
you too can have guns if you like, I don't care
and yes, I am a christian too.
We live in a complicated world ... example, what of all the "pro-choicers" (of which ironically I am one) who say pro-choice until actual birth, yet bad killers like Peterson was tried for two murders - his wife's and unborn baby, (how's that work), yet these same people may be against the death penalty - complicated world I say. We all try and justify our behavior and opininions I say, rightly so or not! My wife and I do a lot of volunteer work helping older people - always have, oddly enough almost across the board they are all quite religious, and oddly enough statistics show that as we all get older we begin to believe more ... closer to death I suspect. I'm not saying believe or not, it is your life, your choice ... do as you choose, but it is also odd that from almost the beginning man has believed ... it does go back a way, right or wrong, so perhaps be careful prior to condemning those that do, one never is certain, I should think. Lastly, what the f___ is this topic doing on this website anyway? lol