AR-15s for Jesus!

[sheshe2]

These are the same people who got mad at President Obama for saying they cling to their guns and Bibles!

Mr. Obama was spot on with this group of weirdos.

Cuz nothing honors "The Prince of Peace" like blessing a weapon responsible for the slaughter of hundreds of babies, children, men, and women.



CBSNEWS.COM
Hundreds gather at church for blessing ceremony featuring AR-15s

https://progressiveerupts.blogspot.com/2019/03/ar-15s-for-jesus.html

Dear Goddess, I can't even. They are wearing crowns on their heads and dressed in virginal white while their assault rifles are blessed. Who are these people?

[MineralMan]

1. Moonies. Unification Church.

Christians? Not in the usual sense.

[Ilsa]

6. I suspect that some non-moonies

showed up to get their guns blessed as well.

A nearby school cancelled classes that day.

[Wounded Bear]

2. IIRC, it was Hillary who made the Guns and Bibles comment...

[sheshe2]

4. here.

It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations. Barack Obama
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/barack_obama_409149

[Patterson]

13. It was Obama.

[mcar]

3. Holy jumping Jayzus!

WHat loons.

[sheshe2]

5. No shit.

Crazy as a loon, mcar.

[dlk]

7. A Uniquely American Form of Insanity...

[GemDigger]

8. Nothing says Pro-Life better than an AR-15. nt

[sheshe2]

10. Sad, isn't it. GemDigger.

I want to weep.

[GemDigger]

12. And when you try to explain to them that a real pro-lifer feeds the poor, houses our vets,

takes care of our 9/11 first responders, doesn't put kids in cages, doesn't protect priests/pastors and on and on I could go. It is heartbreaking sheshe.

[aikoaiko]

9. Well, if your religion blesses objects, why not an AR?

I like that Carolyn used her labeler to put her name on her AR.

[JHB]

11. Just to note, the original story is over a year old...

The ProgressiveErupts blog post is from 3/4/2019, but it references an AP article from 2/28/2018.

Also note, these are Moonies. From https://www.sanctuary-pa.org/:

Our pastor, Rev. Hyung Jin Moon, and his wife Rev. Yeon Ah Lee Moon, are the appointed heir/successor couple carrying on the providential work of his father, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, whose encounter with Jesus at age 15 led to his six-decade worldwide ministry to fulfill Christ's mission, based on the Bible and the Divine Principle.

But, also also note (yes, two "also"s, not a typo), Rev. Moon spent a lot of cash ingratiating himself into conservative circles, funding the Washington Times, bailing out Je3rry Falwell's Liberty University, among many other things.

[Niagara]

14. Step right up, Carolynn Burkholder (name is on the gun)

We will bless your clock for the low price of being in the Republican cult!

Praise God for making a beautiful piece of machinery that can kill hundreds of people in just a few minutes.

[CatWoman]

15. that's just fucking sick

[Sinistrous]

16. Instant response:

[Stuart G]

17. I second that motion.

[hack89]

18. They are Moonies. Craziness is to be expected. Nt

[Atticus]

19. This is reminiscent of "Kill A Commie For Christ'", a slogan used in the Sixties to support

the Viet Nam war.

Our response was "Killing for peace is like fucking for chastity."