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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
I don't keep any pistol at all. I don't allow guns in my house. I have no problem with other people allowing guns in their houses. I don't approve of guns. But I live in a country where guns are allowed, and as an American, I accept that.
Guns are not allowed to be used to attack other people, however. No weapon is allowed to be used to attack other people. But the #1 tool used to kill people - is a gun. A gun can kill more people in a short period of time than a knife, or car, or ice pick, or your fists.
God didn't create guns, god didn't create idiots who reject accountability and responsibility. God didn't create people who blame god for bad things, offer thoughts and prayers instead of taking steps to prevent bad things from happening again, and god didn't create people who - instead of acknowledging that bad things happen when bad people have guns - focus on their rights to have guns. That wasn't god. That was 100% man-made conspiracy, manipulation, influence of the NRA, which also was not created by god.
God did, however, order the first-born male to be slaughtered. God also ordered Abraham to murder his son. God has a lot to say about a lot of things:
Proverbs 30:17 states, "The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures".
I'd suggest a careful and thorough read of the Book of Deuteronomy if you want to know what God thinks about most behaviors.
As for Jesus - he died for the sins of the past. It was basically a pardon for crimes committed, not for future crimes.
As for the evangelicals who only abide the New Testament - they are very quick to remind us about the Ten Commandments. But those were written for the Old Testament, which their Jesus said they could disregard since he died for their sins.
God - has no place in discussion about Constitutional rights. At all. We even have an amendment about that, the whole separation of church and state thing. It's the amendment that comes right before the right to keep and bear arms.
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In reading comprehension, one would understand that you cannot ban people from their belief in God and how the lack of faith and condemnation of God is the discussion here. It absolutely belongs in this discussion. It is my belief, no matter how hard you stomp your foot, that the loss of faith, the every man for himself and hate in this world are the step stones to violence, crime and lead to the need for self-protection.
The right to bear arms is for everyone's freedom to protect themselves and their family against the vile, godless actions of the evil prowling the earth.