Gun issue divides religious community

[SecularMotion]

Washington (CNN) -– There is a split in American pews over gun control. In the weeks since the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, many Christians are wrestling with gun control, an issue they once held as a sacred, untouchable right.

For years gun control was championed by Catholic and mainline Protestant churches, but now many evangelicals are joining the growing choir of Americans asking what can be done.

“Maybe the most interesting meeting we had was with the interfaith group,” Vice President Joe Biden told reporters after meeting with a wide range of interest groups on guns. Biden was tasked by President Barack Obama to head up a task force to provide recommendations to reduce gun violence.

Biden said he was surprised to see a new face at the table: “evangelical groups, who generally have been reluctant to engage in this, because it's been viewed as maybe an attack on cultural norms relating to rural communities and gun ownership.”

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/01/12/gun-issue-divides-religious-community/

[cantbeserious]

1. About Time That The Christian Pacifism Message Participated In The Debate

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[cbayer]

2. I've seen quite a bit indicating some pretty radical change in position among

some pretty conservative religious groups.

And that's very good news, imo.

Some evangelical groups have also begun focusing on environmental issues, also great news.

We could see a swing in a significant number of voters, but will need to make them feel welcome and refrain from mocking/belittling/attacking them.

[ZombieHorde]

3. Turn the other cheek = horde guns.

Conservative Christianity has some interesting interpretations. I know the one in my subject line is hyperbolic, but that is what I think when I think of Christian gun owners, including soldiers.

[cbayer]

4. Obama's guns and religion statement was rather prophetic in some ways.

The good news is that some are turning away from the guns.

[Fumesucker]

5. The first paragraph threw me for a loop

Gun control is a sacred untouchable right?

Would it be too much to expect writing that makes actual sense?

[dimbear]

6. Many Americans, faced with a choice between their guns and religions, will choose their guns.

Could get messy.

[cbayer]

7. Or, more likely, they will find a way for their religion to further increase their

claims on guns.