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I know I'll expect resistance, given the nasty things I've said before. I know I may be mocked, ridiculed, and sidelined. But I don't care. I have a strong opinion and I want to share it.
We've had five shootings in the last five days. Christians, when are we gonna get serious about this beyond "thoughts and prayers?" Thoughts and prayers are meaningless without action. Something needs to be done.
Don't discount thoughts and prayers, they've helped a lot of people through the most difficult times in life. You say action is needed. Great!! Let's start with enforcing the laws on the books. Then we can look into mental health issues. And possibly most important we can look into fatherless homes. 26 out of 27 shooters had no fathers in the home. So along with thoughts and prayers we can act on these things.
Maybe less guns won't solve the problem, but more certainly won't help either.
Well stats don't back that up. Since the problem isn't guns but who is shooing the guns. That's called personal responsibility. Law abiding citizens have a right to defend themselves.
Should we just sit back and let the nation become a terrorist state? Should gun violence only be stopped by making sure the good guy has the bigger gun? You know something is terribly wrong when shootings become a matter of "when" rather than "if."
Actually mass shootings are rare. Are you as upset by the people that are killed weekly in Chicago and Baltimore? Why are there no protesters there? Why no news teams? 293 people were killed in Chicago so far this year. Crickets from the liberals.
If Christians want to be part of the solution, we can't just pray, we need to do something. Then again, according to a lot of evangelicals, the world is going to be consumed by fire anyway so why bother doing jack?
Doesn't matter what evangelicals say or what your church says, what does the Bible say? Do you know? Evil is a choice, there is not one thing you can do if someone is determined to kill people. And taking guns from responsible people isn't the answer.
I'm honestly ashamed to call myself a Christian now, not because I'm ashamed of Jesus, but because I'm ashamed of my fellow Christians who've all but sold their souls to political power.
Can you expand on what you mean by that? That's a broad accusation.
The past few years have proven to me that most Christians aren't much different, if at all, from the world. We're sloppy with grace and don't teach people to be responsible for their actions.
Can't see anything there to disagree with. I think that we could agree on.
There are people in this world who are evil and do not deserve our sympathy. I do not feel one bit sorry for all these mass shooters and all those youth teachers who turned out to be pedophiles. There are normal people, and then there are the depraved. Do not tell me there is not a difference. Do not tell me that the only unforgivable sin is "blasphemy." Blasphemy takes many forms.
I do understand your anger. When I hear an evil person is taken down I believe they got what they deserved. But when we look into the background of a lot of these shooters and how they were raised we see its not as simple as we think. We are at a point in life where young men are being left to raise themselves. They are told they are toxic, that being masculine is wrong, while also being told to "man up". I'm honestly surprised there aren't more mass shootings.
But whatever, it's not like anyone truly cares.
Well that's an emotional opinion, but it's not true, nor is it fair.
Even I prefer to isolate myself because I know that I can only take so much empathy. I can only weep with so many others who weep. This is why so many people my age are so disillusioned. We were prepared for a world that no longer exists, where people are content to hate each other rather than get over themselves and work together.
I agree we need a revival. But there is a great struggle in this country right now. We are coming near the end times and satan is trying to get every soul he can.
I'm sick of theology that tells me to hate people based on their skin color, religion, sexual orientation, or whatever. I want to judge people by their character, nothing else. Christians, the world is watching. We are called to a higher standard. And if I'm the only one willing to hold to it, then so be it.
Well the only ones that tell you to separate people based on race, sex and religion are the Dems. Republicans judge people by their character, just as MLK said. Yes, we are called to a higher standard, but it's not a standard of tolerance and secularism but of the truth of God's Word and that Christ died for our sins. Make sure the standard you're bearing is Christs standard.
We've had five shootings in the last five days. Christians, when are we gonna get serious about this beyond "thoughts and prayers?" Thoughts and prayers are meaningless without action. Something needs to be done.
Don't discount thoughts and prayers, they've helped a lot of people through the most difficult times in life. You say action is needed. Great!! Let's start with enforcing the laws on the books. Then we can look into mental health issues. And possibly most important we can look into fatherless homes. 26 out of 27 shooters had no fathers in the home. So along with thoughts and prayers we can act on these things.
Maybe less guns won't solve the problem, but more certainly won't help either.
Well stats don't back that up. Since the problem isn't guns but who is shooing the guns. That's called personal responsibility. Law abiding citizens have a right to defend themselves.
Should we just sit back and let the nation become a terrorist state? Should gun violence only be stopped by making sure the good guy has the bigger gun? You know something is terribly wrong when shootings become a matter of "when" rather than "if."
Actually mass shootings are rare. Are you as upset by the people that are killed weekly in Chicago and Baltimore? Why are there no protesters there? Why no news teams? 293 people were killed in Chicago so far this year. Crickets from the liberals.
If Christians want to be part of the solution, we can't just pray, we need to do something. Then again, according to a lot of evangelicals, the world is going to be consumed by fire anyway so why bother doing jack?
Doesn't matter what evangelicals say or what your church says, what does the Bible say? Do you know? Evil is a choice, there is not one thing you can do if someone is determined to kill people. And taking guns from responsible people isn't the answer.
I'm honestly ashamed to call myself a Christian now, not because I'm ashamed of Jesus, but because I'm ashamed of my fellow Christians who've all but sold their souls to political power.
Can you expand on what you mean by that? That's a broad accusation.
The past few years have proven to me that most Christians aren't much different, if at all, from the world. We're sloppy with grace and don't teach people to be responsible for their actions.
Can't see anything there to disagree with. I think that we could agree on.
There are people in this world who are evil and do not deserve our sympathy. I do not feel one bit sorry for all these mass shooters and all those youth teachers who turned out to be pedophiles. There are normal people, and then there are the depraved. Do not tell me there is not a difference. Do not tell me that the only unforgivable sin is "blasphemy." Blasphemy takes many forms.
I do understand your anger. When I hear an evil person is taken down I believe they got what they deserved. But when we look into the background of a lot of these shooters and how they were raised we see its not as simple as we think. We are at a point in life where young men are being left to raise themselves. They are told they are toxic, that being masculine is wrong, while also being told to "man up". I'm honestly surprised there aren't more mass shootings.
But whatever, it's not like anyone truly cares.
Well that's an emotional opinion, but it's not true, nor is it fair.
Even I prefer to isolate myself because I know that I can only take so much empathy. I can only weep with so many others who weep. This is why so many people my age are so disillusioned. We were prepared for a world that no longer exists, where people are content to hate each other rather than get over themselves and work together.
I agree we need a revival. But there is a great struggle in this country right now. We are coming near the end times and satan is trying to get every soul he can.
I'm sick of theology that tells me to hate people based on their skin color, religion, sexual orientation, or whatever. I want to judge people by their character, nothing else. Christians, the world is watching. We are called to a higher standard. And if I'm the only one willing to hold to it, then so be it.
Well the only ones that tell you to separate people based on race, sex and religion are the Dems. Republicans judge people by their character, just as MLK said. Yes, we are called to a higher standard, but it's not a standard of tolerance and secularism but of the truth of God's Word and that Christ died for our sins. Make sure the standard you're bearing is Christs standard.
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