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Fred, I have read all of Christian Juggarnaut's posts and feel as though I know him well enough to apologize for him. Please forgive him. He does not seem to know any better than to speak that way to people. He is likely a Baptist or Apostolic. I know I shouldn't repeat myself but he likely...

Welcome to the faith! It always does my heart good to hear! In my humble opinion, read all the gospels. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John (again). Go straight for finding out what Christ said himself. It is a great place to start. We all follow Him, so I encourage new believers to first study what...

I understand better now. Thank you. I have been away for a day and put a good amount of time into thinking about this subject. I understand your position now and think we have enough in common on the subject to not squabble about. Anything done to a super extreme is generally not a good idea...

Purity, You and I seem to define a couple of things differently. Defense is not vengeance, it is defense. Vengeance is premeditated after the fact. Innocent blood does not include someone who is in the process of hurting or killing "my neighbor". "My neighbor" in that scenario is the...

I take that answer as a "I want you to keep walking". Your points are well taken. However I must point out that even in your synonyms attempt....none of them were defense related. I could go verse for verse with you on scripture, but at this stage of the conversation, I do not believe you are...

It makes more sense now. I understand your thinking better now from one direction. I am really not trying to be a "smarty pants" or "nit pick". I want to understand this point of view because I have never considered it. I am guilty. I equate literal with truth and would be hard pressed to stop...

Wormwood, As usual you have a very succinct, thoughtful, and instructive way of posting on issues. I wish I had your ability to communicate through writing, alas, I do not. I can agree with almost everything you said, and I do stand corrected on a number of important issues that you bring up...

Aspen, You said something a few posts ago that I would like further information on how you feel about it. It may be a key to this whole thing. You said "you are equating literal with true". I took it in the negative (you thought equating literal and true was bad), although maybe I am...

Yikes. Who said anything about vengeance? You kind of just poofed that into the conversation. Can you show me where I typed anything about vengeance? I believe I typed out the words defense and protection a number of times. You are getting into a whole different conversation. I have also stated...

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Merely owning a firearm does not make it premeditated in any way or under any circumstance. God does not expect me to allow my family to be the victim, that is what He put me there for. I have never made the argument and you will never hear or see me make the argument that a firearm should be...

Okay....yes....I get it. There are a couple nuances to it, but basically it is accurate. We could get into a word for word debate over it, but when it all boils down we are saying the same thing....I just thought it to be understood. When you teach something...or for that matter write something...

I put my faith in God. He will make me shoot straight and gave me the mandate as a Father to protect my family. What kind of example do you expect me to be to my children of who God is? Your earthly father is the first person that a child has in their life that represents their Heavenly Father...

Okay. I can appreciate your viewpoint on it, if it is indeed what God has lead you to believe for your life. I personally think maybe you have not thought it the whole way through. I am assuming you do not have children, maybe I am wrong, but I find that it is normally people who do not have...

Purity, You skip, passed my question. SL

I disagree with you. Maybe you are saying something you don't mean or could be more specific about what you do mean. A prophet is simply someone who proclaims what God has said...making you a prophet on this very board a few times. Or do I misunderstand something?

Purity, The title of the thread is Patriotism being an un-Christlike Philosophy, which I largely agree with depending on a few variables, but then you somehow tied it to firearm ownership and firearm statistics, this is where my confusion came in. If you would like to write about how being...

Purity, I am trying to decide if I should respond to this or not. A couple questions if I may: 1. Are you saying it is okay to have a firearm for hunting but not for anything else? 2. Are you suggesting that the only reason to own a firearm is to be patriotic? I am a little confused, pardon...

Ernest, i just got done studying, thinking, and praying over the subject. It is an interesting concept and was a very good study, but I am afraid that scripture just does not seem to support your assertion. I know you will not accept it, however the main point you can not avoid is Ephesians...

River, Again, I will bow out here. This time I will leave it alone. Thank you again for the good conversation! I will state for the record again.....you are not my enemy and I will not view you that way. I have enjoyed our conversations and I sincerely wish you the best in your studies. I...