On Christianity And Guns

[Apologiaphoenix]

How should we handle this issue?

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[Cow Poke]

I can think of one time when it didn't work, but that turned out pretty cool.

[Apologiaphoenix]

I can think of one time when it didn't work, but that turned out pretty cool.

Sounds like a virgin birth, which I do affirm.

[Cow Poke]

Sounds like a virgin birth, which I do affirm.

Amen.

[KingsGambit]

As I posted elsewhere online, we need to distinguish between guns and gun culture. Roger Olson wrote aboit how he saw somebody with a Guns and Gods bumper sticker and thought he needed to go under formal biblical church discipline. While I wouldn't go that far, I am concerned with how some Christians seem to have adopted some of the excesses of gun culture that go beyond biblically defensible self defense. I had one co worker who was a professing Christian who liked to talk about shooting liberals and obsessively posted memes about gun violence in general being good.

I made the analogy of alcohol and guns both being fine in their place but both having a sick culture grow up around them.

[Cow Poke]

As I posted elsewhere online, we need to distinguish between guns and gun culture. Roger Olson wrote aboit how he saw somebody with a Guns and Gods bumper sticker and thought he needed to go under formal biblical church discipline. While I wouldn't go that far, I am concerned with how some Christians seem to have adopted some of the excesses of gun culture that go beyond biblically defensible self defense. I had one co worker who was a professing Christian who liked to talk about shooting liberals and obsessively posted memes about gun violence in general being good.

I made the analogy of alcohol and guns both being fine in their place but both having a sick culture grow up around them.

I was always involved in competition shooting as a police officer. It was much more fun then, because they supplied all the ammo. I still enjoy competition shooting, but nowhere near like I used to.

So, for me, guns are not just about entertainment, but about hobby/competition -- which works out well, because if I ever had to use a gun for self defense, I'd say I'm a whole lot more proficient than a lot of people who have guns.

[KingsGambit]

I was always involved in competition shooting as a police officer. It was much more fun then, because they supplied all the ammo. I still enjoy competition shooting, but nowhere near like I used to.

So, for me, guns are not just about entertainment, but about hobby/competition -- which works out well, because if I ever had to use a gun for self defense, I'd say I'm a whole lot more proficient than a lot of people who have guns.

Just to be clear, that's not what I mean by negative gun culture. I'm thinking more of street gangs or people who think the idea of killing people is funny. I think shooting competitions are cool personally.

[Cow Poke]

Just to be clear, that's not what I mean by negative gun culture.

Yeah, I didn't think so, I just felt like posting.

I'm thinking more of street gangs or people who think the idea of killing people is funny.

And the whole rap/gansta music culture promotes that bigly.

I think shooting competitions are cool personally.

And I think somebody who's actually involved in something like that is going to be much more careful with handling guns in public, and storing them safely.