Gunning for Christ - Baptist churches give away guns in US

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Gunning for Christ - Baptist churches give away guns in US
AFP | 04 March, 2014 09:52

Baptist churches in Kentucky are giving away guns as prizes in the southern US state in hopes of drawing wayward rednecks to Christ.
Lone Oak First Baptist Church is hosting the next "faith and firearms" event on Thursday and has invited the townsfolk of Paducah to come by for a free steak dinner and a chance to win one of 25 handguns, long guns and shotguns which have been donated as prizes.

The purpose is to "point people to Christ" while also celebrating gun rights and the great outdoors, the church said.

Preacher Chuck McAlister -- who used to host a popular hunting show on the Outdoor Channel and is a member of the Kentucky Baptist Convention's executive team -- will be the guest speaker.

McAlister's ministry "revolves around God, guns, good ol' boys" and has helped more than 3,000 people find Christ in the past two years, the convention said in an article on its website.


Read more: http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/2014/03/04/gunning-for-christ---baptist-churches-give-away-guns-in-us

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[cosmicone]

1. Take away their tax exemptions

because they're engaging in politics.

[SoapBox]

2. +1,000,000

[Niceguy1]

3. reprehensible

But not politics. .. just like non profits they can advocate for causes, or ideals but not specific politicians.

In this case giving guns away is neither.

[Lost_Count]

9. In what way?

[gerogie2]

35. Churches can engage in politics

They just can't endorse or promote a candidate for political office.

[nolkyz]

4. Yeah, because nothings says "Turn the other cheek" like a Ruger

[ManiacJoe]

36. The Ruger comes in after

you have turned the left cheek and your assailant has gone from insult to fight.

[Deep13]

5. Geez, and to think I settled for donuts.

Let me know when they start giving away heroin.

[ladjf]

6. Do any of these people ever read and honestly discuss the New Testament? nt

[MisterP]

29. "but literalism means you DON'T have to do any reading!"

[ladjf]

34. Yes, just make things up out of your beautiful mind.

The Existentialists made the same mistake. Who needs Science, we'll just write some intellectual woo to explain everything.
(Also, the 12 tone serialist composers)

[Diclotican]

7. Judi Lynn

Judi Lynn

I think my father would have been turning around in his grave, is he had known that a Baptist shurch acted that way.... He was baptist, even though a somewhat liberal one for the most part - he seldom talked about his faith at all in fact....

And he was somewhat of a pacifist also....

Diclotican

[Judi Lynn]

23. He would have had nothing in common with these aggressively hostile "Christians."

It appears he actually took seriously the teachings and principles, and made them real in his life.

He also appears to have respected Christ's admonitions to not flaunt his beliefs publicly, and loudly.

The world needs people like that now, more than ever!

[Diclotican]

25. Judi Lynn

Judi Lynn

He did took it seriously and tried his best to made them real in his own life - he had a challenging life - but he kind of stood it out anyway... Hopefully he also was able to learn me that you do not need to flaunt your belief publicly and loudly but rather quiet in your own life as best as you is able to do it..

He was a good man, who tried his best to do things the right way - he was never rich - never powerfully - but he lived by his principles steadfast - something that is properly more powerfully than the ones who is rich, and powerful..

I think the world need people who do as the teaching of christ was - not as some "fundies" want to translate it into, hate bigotry and violence...

Diclotican

[FailureToCommunicate]

8. Takes 'rice Christians' to a new level

[tanyev]

10. Keep giving away those guns, and some people will "find Christ" even sooner than they expected.

[Judi Lynn]

24. They'll be heartbroken they can't take their guns with them. n/t

[yuiyoshida]

11. I don't believe

Buddhists ever gave away Guns before. Than again, I doubt Christ carried a weapon either. Not even a switchblade.

[Xyzse]

20. He made a whip to spank people in a Church

I find it kinda funny.

Though you're right, I don't understand how "Turn the Other Cheek" became "A Life for an Eye".

[EC]

12. Here's what I think of with this

Smackwater Jack for your entertainment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YNXClKAohMA

[tosh]

17. Oooh! Thanks for that.

I'll be singing that one for the rest of the day!

[EC]

32. no problem

[yellowcanine]

13. Great - they should join up with the Creation Museum and give guns as door prizes.

Then the winners could shoot an Ark animal and take it home and eat it. ("Clean" animals only of course, would not want run afoul of Leviticus).

[sakabatou]

14. Registered or do they give them away willy-nilly?

[Orsino]

15. If Jesus cannot cure your profound feelings of lassitude, Mandrake...

...guns and gun-oriented sermons may do the trick.

[tosh]

16. "...in hopes of drawing wayward rednecks to Christ. "

Gawd I LOVE that line.

[QuestForSense]

18. I'd have thought a free steak dinner would be enough of an attraction.

Although NASCAR tickets might have been a better choice than guns.

[SwankyXomb]

19. Who Would Jesus Shoot? n/t

[father founding]

21. Have you heard of the seventh commandment, Skeeter ?

If these people don't drop dead immediately, there is no GOD.

[spin]

28. What does your seventh commandment state? ...

Different religious traditions divide the seventeen verses of Exodus 20:1–17 and their parallels at Deuteronomy 5:4–21 into ten "commandments" or "sayings" in slightly different ways, shown in the table below. The number ten seems to be a choice to aid memorization rather than a matter of theology.[15][16]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments

[PghTiny]

22. Landover Baptist is supposed to be parody, people!

n/t

[Thinkingabout]

26. I guess they worship the man with the guns, wow, wonder which bible reference are they using to do

This. I guess next they can start passing moonshine, something to get members.

[bowens43]

27. sick a**holes

Death lovers and fetishists...they're all potential murderers and should be treated as such

[NickB79]

30. A few thoughts that came to mind

[Initech]

31. Dost thou feeleth lucky, dost thou, punk????

[lancer78]

33. Don't you know

Jesus and Moses used guns to fight the Romans.

[billh58]

37. Just another right-wing gun nut

perverting the Second Amendment and religion: God, guns, and gays are the rallying cry of asshats everywhere.