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TV preacher Pat Robertson on Tuesday argued that more guns in churches was a good idea to protect Christians because blessed are the fully armed. Its Sunday morning and they sing hymns and they praise the Lord and you listen to a sermon, good or bad, and you shake hands with your neighbors, and it seems like the one place in America youd think youd be safe: a church, Robertson explained to 700 Club viewers. But sadly, that isnt always true.
Violent attacks and even deaths on church property occur far more often than people realize, he continued. The good news: you can protect yourself. What are you going to do? You going to give church members AK-47s at the door to let them blow away those intruders? After showing a report about how some churches were forming armed eyes and ears teams to watch for trouble during services, Robertson suggested an approach slightly more measured than giving the congregation military-style assault rifles.
What is the new Beatitude? Blessed are the fully armed for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven, the CBN host laughed. I really believe that if the bad guys understand that the citizenry are able to react against them then they wont be as free to go into a crowded mall or a school or a church and start blowing people out.
I do believe that that if people are trained with firearms, and theyre able to protect themselves, I dont think it will lead to more violence, it will lead to less, he continued. The idea of having citizens who are trained or to have off-duty police in your church is not a bad thing. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/09/pat-robertson-blessed-are-the-fully-armed-in-church-theirs-is-the-kingdom-of-heaven/
Ilsa
(61,696 posts)jdadd
(1,314 posts)"Ya love Jesus? Your gonna meet Him!"
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)gun culture nuttery are married for ever.
If I ever needed a reason to stay out of churches, "blessed are the armed" is the best one I can think of.
strawberries
(498 posts)of an oxymoron if you ask me
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Pat, you realize that the killings in churches are carried out by right wing nut jobs, hostile to the notion that God might not be on the side of those who believe in the clean kill? Dr. Tiller was gunned down in the narthex of his church while he was greeting people. Or that Jim Adkisson targeted the Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville because he hated Liberals, Democrats, Black People and Homosexuals? Two people died there, including 61-year-old Greg McKendry, who purposely took a blast to save others. It seems to me the Bible has something directly on point about that (in case you're a little fuzzy on the Bible, Pat - and it sounds like you are - it's John chapter 15, verse 13).
I do believe that you have taken leave of your senses and should retire immediately before more people get killed following your lunatic advice.
Feral Child
(2,086 posts)SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)After all you don't become the Prince Of Peace without a few AR-15's on your back..
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)H.L. Mencken
Rex
(65,616 posts)Paladin
(28,269 posts)...you Gun Enthusiasts are so fucked.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)tanyev
(42,594 posts)louis-t
(23,296 posts)Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)I had no idea that churches were such dangerous spots.
PADemD
(4,482 posts)Why would anyone want to attend a church that allowed open carry?