Now Bow Your Heads and Raise Your Glocks for Jesus.......

[MrsSmith]

marmar  (1000+ posts)        Fri Jun-26-09 10:11 PM
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Now Bow Your Heads and Raise Your Glocks for Jesus....... 
 
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Kentucky Pastor Tells Followers to Bring Guns to Church

Posted by Melissa McEwan, Shakesville at 4:00 PM on June 26, 2009.

"Guns and God were part of the foundation of this country," said Ken Pagano . "I don't see any contradiction in this."




If there's one question to which I've always longed for an answer, it's: Who Would Jesus Shoot?

Ken Pagano, the pastor of the New Bethel Church , is passionate about gun rights. He shoots regularly at the local firing range, and his sermon two weeks ago was on "God, Guns, Gospel and Geometry." And on Saturday night, he is inviting his congregation of 150 and others to wear or carry their firearms into the sanctuary to "celebrate our rights as Americans!" as a promotional flier for the "open carry celebration" puts it.

"God and guns were part of the foundation of this country," Mr. Pagano, 49, said Wednesday in the small brick Assembly of God church, where a large wooden cross hung over the altar and two American flags jutted from side walls. "I don't see any contradiction in this. Not every Christian denomination is pacifist."

…"When someone from within the church tells me that being a Christian and having firearms are contradictions, that they're incompatible with the Gospel—baloney," he said. "As soon as you start saying that it's not something that Christians do, well, guns are just the foil. The issue now is the Gospel. So in a sense, it does become a crusade. Now the Gospel is at stake."Louisville is less than four hours away from Knoxville, TN, where, less than a year ago, Jim Adkisson walked into a church and opened fire, killing two people and injuring six more, for which he is now serving life in prison. So maybe this whole God-'n'-Guns bravado is a wee bit, um, insensitive, apart from everything else wrong with it.

Just sayin'.

You've got to catch the "rationale" here...if people have guns, they will shoot other people.  Every time.  Even in church.  Especially in church.  Even their friends.  Especially their friends. 

How has the human race managed to survive the invention of guns??  "Logically," at least according to these "well-educated and rational people," we should have wiped out the entire human race by now.  Everyone knows that a person can't carry a gun without shooting everyone he/she sees!!!!!



You know, if gun use took anywhere near the number of lives taken by abortion every year, maybe they'd have a point.
 

[Chris]

[Airwolf]

Yeah they are the smart ones alright.

[whiffleball]

Have to chime in here.  Pagano shoots at Bluegrass Indoor Range which is owned by my frineds Win Underwood and Leslie Wallace.  Win was just interviewed by the NYT (we'll see which way that goes) and this good for business.

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Bust a Cap for Jesus......   Updated at 8:55 AM
   
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Kentucky Pastor Tells Followers to Bring Guns to Church

Posted by Melissa McEwan, Shakesville at 4:00 PM on June 26, 2009.

"Guns and God were part of the foundation of this country," said Ken Pagano . "I don't see any contradiction in this."




If there's one question to which I've always longed for an answer, it's: Who Would Jesus Shoot?

Ken Pagano, the pastor of the New Bethel Church , is passionate about gun rights. He shoots regularly at the local firing range, and his sermon two weeks ago was on "God, Guns, Gospel and Geometry." And on Saturday night, he is inviting his congregation of 150 and others to wear or carry their firearms into the sanctuary to "celebrate our rights as Americans!" as a promotional flier for the "open carry celebration" puts it.

"God and guns were part of the foundation of this country," Mr. Pagano, 49, said Wednesday in the small brick Assembly of God church, where a large wooden cross hung over the altar and two American flags jutted from side walls. "I don't see any contradiction in this. Not every Christian denomination is pacifist."

…"When someone from within the church tells me that being a Christian and having firearms are contradictions, that they're incompatible with the Gospel—baloney," he said. "As soon as you start saying that it's not something that Christians do, well, guns are just the foil. The issue now is the Gospel. So in a sense, it does become a crusade. Now the Gospel is at stake."

Louisville is less than four hours away from Knoxville, TN, where, less than a year ago, Jim Adkisson walked into a church and opened fire, killing two people and injuring six more, for which he is now serving life in prison. So maybe this whole God-'n'-Guns bravado is a wee bit, um, insensitive, apart from everything else wrong with it.

Just sayin'.


http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/140949/kentucky_past...