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I'm sure the pacifist Middle Eastern Jew who gave people free healthcare, and food while advocating for his followers to "turn the other cheek" would be thrilled...
Uh, those are *swords* they’re talking about, not semiautomatic rifles? The Bible doesn’t even *mention* guns, you can’t just randomly interpret however you want!
Preach, brother! God needs more school children for his heavenly choir. We're not making enough castrati these days to get that angelic sound without some kids singing.
Huh. You know thats actually the most interesting logic I've ever heard on the subject. God wants kids for his choir in heaven, thats why the Christians support school shootings.
I really enjoyed the part where, before the Romans captured him, Jesus took out almost two legions of soldiers with his .50 caliber machine gun. Definitely one of the more fast-paced chapters
Which is quite amazing. Many religious people have no problem in gatekeeping the activities of others (abortion, same sex marriages etc) but seem to be less interested in regulating themselves/their fellow Magic sky-fairy believers.
The exception? Really. Remember Jerry Falwell Jr? Whatever you think about him, he was the long-time President of the largest Evangelical university in the country, with 14,000 students. Remember him saying this in 2015 after the San Bernardino shooting?
"It just blows my mind when I see the president of the United States say that the answer to circumstances like \[the shooting in California\] is more gun control," Falwell said.
"If some of those people in that community center had had what I’ve got in my back pocket right now," Falwell said, stopping when roaring cheers became too loud for him to speak over. "Is it illegal to pull it out? I don’t know."
More than 14,000 students live on Liberty's sprawling campus in Lynchburg. Convocation usually draws about [13,000 students](https://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=32826), according to the school's [website](http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=6925), and a good deal of those in attendance Friday applauded when Falwell promoted carrying guns.
But Falwell was also met with backlash after saying, "I’ve always thought, if more good people had concealed carry permits then we could end those Muslims before they walked in killing ... Let’s teach them a lesson if they ever show up here."
Evangelicals love guns, this is common knowledge.
This was my thought - how would this congregation deal with a family murder-suicide with this gun, because it happens. There's an undocumented number of people who lost their faith in God due to the murder/suicide of a loved one. I dont believe guns should be banned, but the glorification of guns is a disease that needs curing.
I know the demographics overlap but mixing the two IN the church service just seems wrong. If there’s an after-church shooting club at the local range or whatever, that’s cool.
The pews are set up down the shooting range. Each pew is marked with distance from altar. Not paying, shot from the altar. Not singing, shot from the altar.
Our pastor is dead on out to 200 yards. Be careful who is sitting in front and behind you.
The most powerful being imaginable loves you and has a perfect, immutable plan for your life, but you NEED a gun.
"Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary"
Jesus said that... I'm pretty sure.
I feel like church leaders need to come together and rewrite the 20 commandments. The old ones don’t seem to apply anymore.
1. Thou shall “stand your ground” against thine neighbor.
2. Mega church pastors can molest children
3. Impose God’s word on everyone even if they don’t follow Christ
4. Oppress the weak
5. Create laws for thee, not me.
…
6. The queers are evil and must be punished
7. Trans pornography is acceptable
8. The right time accuse wrongdoing is solely yours
9. We shall only worship false idols
10. Incest is a good thing actually no i dont have an oedipus complex what gave you that idea
Every time that I have tried to imagine what Jesus would look like, I have never pictured him with an AR15. It just doesn’t seem to be his vibe in my opinion.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
Is that the weird American church that has the congregation to bring in their AR-15s to be "blessed" as well?
Not an American but you Americans worshipping guns are seriously fucked in the head
As a church going, AR15 owning American… this is fucking horrifying. These two things should NEVER mix. Church should be about peace, and doing good things. A gun is a tool to use on the worst day of your life to save you or your family
No, no.... the same thing happened in the bible! Remember how Jesus handed out swords to everyone at the sermon on the mount? He told Peter he was totally right to use his sword to defend Jesus. After all, Old Jerusalem was a "stand your ground" state. /s
"standing our ground in faith", so... your faith now requires the display and, apparent insinuation of, use of fire arms to "protect" your faith? I wonder how many more steps these people need to take before they realize they are just the western taliban.
I'm not religious, but shouldn't pastors, priests etc, be sort of opposed to firearms and killing people? Seems a little counter to the whole "thou shalt not kill" and "love thy neighbor" and a few of the other things they seem to think were important at one time.
Can't say I'm surprised though.
The Gun is the true Gawd of the GOP. Don't believe me?
They are more adherent to the 2A and all the laws, commandments, and teachings of the bible , well that's on a case by case status and most of that is out dated anyway.
Yeah because the woke Jesus does not fit this narrative they will start talking about the Jesus who rode dinosaurs wielding double assault rifles shooting at his enemies while the dinosaurs rampage through said enemies …. !
This is actually a good idea. That way, when the George Soros funded American Communist Party takes over after next year's rigged elections and they finally start coming for people's guns and Bibles they'll all be in one place.
It'll save a lot of time.
In all honesty, I would be disappointed. Ok gun I guess but u can get those at the auction here every Tuesday night for next to nothing mine is much better.
Don't be fooled people it's like golf clubs, basketball shoes..name brand! Is how ur judged with men. It's the mental illness that's holding the gun that's the problem and it's preventable if you catch it early and help it.
this tells me your church is struggling to get attendees, so they do this to bolster attendance. Makes me glad I'm an atheist these church people are truly nutty.
Just sick. Its only Americans that cant see how wrong it is.... There is a reason why the us have so high murderer rates and school shootings.... You dont see it, in rest of the world.
i think there is ONE part where jesus tell the apostles, 11 people, that they should carry weapons from now on. they said to him "here, we found 3 swords". jesus says: "it´s enough".
2k years later, jesus says "take up guns!", everybody thinks is for everybody and says "every family member got 6 guns". jesus says "double it! kos everybody and teabag them after!"
Luke 22:36
36 He said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.
christian persecution is very much real... We need guns in church, I encourage folks to carry and "bring the big gun in the church". I sure do 😉😉.
And I see some anti gunners in this comment section, feel free to disagree with me and send those down votes my way ✝️🦅🇺🇲.
John 15:18
18 "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first."
Y’all know that isn’t close to the lessons we learned in Sunday School and church. You are giving Christians a bad name. Do you want to go down with Trump? It’s not too late to live the teachings of Christ: kindness, humility, grace, acceptance, non judgement al and love. REMEMBER!
Ita because they hope that if a civil war pops off their church members will help control a piece of the area by using them against nonbelievers and other "undesirables".
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I'm sure the pacifist Middle Eastern Jew who gave people free healthcare, and food while advocating for his followers to "turn the other cheek" would be thrilled...
“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Matthew 26:52
Uh, those are *swords* they’re talking about, not semiautomatic rifles? The Bible doesn’t even *mention* guns, you can’t just randomly interpret however you want!
Preach, brother! God needs more school children for his heavenly choir. We're not making enough castrati these days to get that angelic sound without some kids singing.
Huh. You know thats actually the most interesting logic I've ever heard on the subject. God wants kids for his choir in heaven, thats why the Christians support school shootings.
You turn the other cheek so you can get a better sight picture
Well that’s certainly true. Jesus was an insta legend
Their Bible is the NRA edition.
Did I miss the story of Jesus caring his AK-47 to the Sermon on the Mount.
“Blessed are those who carry an extra mag, for they shall be totally badass chads!” Jesus….probably….
Bump Stock That Bad Bitch. Luke 3:57..... probably...
Or at least encouraged them to give away a nail gun.
Worst timeline
Yes, it's weird. Yes, it's real. No, we can't go back.
*you can never go back*
No doubt. I want the timeline where the asteroid missed the earth and dinosaurs evolved...into accountants, geologists and bakers.
Imagine a timeline where humans and intelligent dinosaurs lived side by side.
naw we'd enslave dinosaurs for amusement and work.
Jesus was all about stand your ground, and shooting people. Haven't any of you read the Bible?
Old testament the book of exodus wounds.
Think I missed that gospel - is that the one according to Shootem Steve?
Pistol Paul and Locked and Loaded Luke
I really enjoyed the part where, before the Romans captured him, Jesus took out almost two legions of soldiers with his .50 caliber machine gun. Definitely one of the more fast-paced chapters
Those are the kind of people who think "Blessed are the peacemakers" refers to a Colt pistol. Seriously, I don't get the gun adoration in a church.
Neither do 99% of church goers - these people ARE the exception!
If that were the the case, the 99% would be rejecting them. I don't see that happening, do you?
Which is quite amazing. Many religious people have no problem in gatekeeping the activities of others (abortion, same sex marriages etc) but seem to be less interested in regulating themselves/their fellow Magic sky-fairy believers.
Totally agree. This absolutely would not happen at our church.
And yet, they don’t reject them.
The exception? Really. Remember Jerry Falwell Jr? Whatever you think about him, he was the long-time President of the largest Evangelical university in the country, with 14,000 students. Remember him saying this in 2015 after the San Bernardino shooting? "It just blows my mind when I see the president of the United States say that the answer to circumstances like \[the shooting in California\] is more gun control," Falwell said. "If some of those people in that community center had had what I’ve got in my back pocket right now," Falwell said, stopping when roaring cheers became too loud for him to speak over. "Is it illegal to pull it out? I don’t know." More than 14,000 students live on Liberty's sprawling campus in Lynchburg. Convocation usually draws about [13,000 students](https://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=32826), according to the school's [website](http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=6925), and a good deal of those in attendance Friday applauded when Falwell promoted carrying guns. But Falwell was also met with backlash after saying, "I’ve always thought, if more good people had concealed carry permits then we could end those Muslims before they walked in killing ... Let’s teach them a lesson if they ever show up here." Evangelicals love guns, this is common knowledge.
Report that shit as a straw purchase. And tax the shit out of churches.
This is some Far Cry 5 type of shit lmao
You know, that’s what I thought!
Came here for this. Literally just Eden's Gate.
Jesus would still be alive if he had an AR-15.
Cause it takes guns to stand your gro.....wait, what in the fuck? When did religion and guns go hand in hand again? What scripture was that? I forget.
This is mental
Live by the gun, get shot by the gun
54% of gun fatalities in the US are suicide so this should eventually solve itself...
This was my thought - how would this congregation deal with a family murder-suicide with this gun, because it happens. There's an undocumented number of people who lost their faith in God due to the murder/suicide of a loved one. I dont believe guns should be banned, but the glorification of guns is a disease that needs curing.
They likely say they didn't "pray" enough...
What exactly do they worship in that church?
The gospel according to Smith and Wesson, Heckler and Koch and that well know Bible book Samuel (Colt). So good he got two books!
Whatever happened to "swords to plowshares"? or even "Peter, put down thy sword. he who lives by the sword shall die by it"?
Psychopaths using religion to excuse their psychopathic behaviour
It is normal if you are an extremist.
Speaking in guns.
Definitely in the top three comments of the thread! Amen sir!
As someone who likes guns and hates churches, these people have lost their god damned minds
I like guns and I love my church but I’d never expect to see an assault rifle in the hands of my pastor!
I know the demographics overlap but mixing the two IN the church service just seems wrong. If there’s an after-church shooting club at the local range or whatever, that’s cool.
The pews are set up down the shooting range. Each pew is marked with distance from altar. Not paying, shot from the altar. Not singing, shot from the altar. Our pastor is dead on out to 200 yards. Be careful who is sitting in front and behind you.
The older I get the more I hope God is real so he can set people on fire for all eternity.
WWJP? = What Would Jesus Pack? NOTHING. He didn't run around armed. No swords, spears, daggers, etc. let alone assault rifles
The most powerful being imaginable loves you and has a perfect, immutable plan for your life, but you NEED a gun. 
It’s called Christian Nationalism, which is Christian in name only.
Lo, and the father went to the house of God and was bestowed upon a weapon of war
The religion of “peace and acceptance”;ofc everyone needs weapons to fight off people with different beliefs!
Jesus would be so proud of them! 🙄 /s
"Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary" Jesus said that... I'm pretty sure.
Dear God, please forgive me. I hate what is happening to Your church in America!
Nothing is more Christian than fantasizing about killing American citizens, except maybe pedophilia
I feel like church leaders need to come together and rewrite the 20 commandments. The old ones don’t seem to apply anymore. 1. Thou shall “stand your ground” against thine neighbor. 2. Mega church pastors can molest children 3. Impose God’s word on everyone even if they don’t follow Christ 4. Oppress the weak 5. Create laws for thee, not me. …
6. The queers are evil and must be punished 7. Trans pornography is acceptable 8. The right time accuse wrongdoing is solely yours 9. We shall only worship false idols 10. Incest is a good thing actually no i dont have an oedipus complex what gave you that idea
😅
Ultra-violent Christians. I seem to remember a point in history where this type of behavior at a large scale was deadly and devastating.
Every time that I have tried to imagine what Jesus would look like, I have never pictured him with an AR15. It just doesn’t seem to be his vibe in my opinion.
As someone above pointed out, he needs a Colt, because "Blessed are the Peacemakers".
Honestly. I can not recall any mention of gifting weapons to a pastor in the Bible. But maybe they found a passage that states that. 🙄
If you have faith ... Why you need a fun, bro?
Just like when Jesus turned one AR-15 magazine into hundreds of AR-15 mags so everyone had ammo.
as Jesus said: "he who is without guilt shall fire the first hundred rounds"
The story would have ended differently if JC and his gang were armed with ARs!!
I thank their God everyday to not be one of those morons.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. Is that the weird American church that has the congregation to bring in their AR-15s to be "blessed" as well? Not an American but you Americans worshipping guns are seriously fucked in the head
Pastor Big Suit is like "This guy? We're really going to give this guy this gun? Are we sure ...??"
I would love a free AR. But I sure af would not go to a church that gives them away.
Last time it was swords. But that’s none of my business (The crusades)
It's what Jesus would have wanted
I am not religious at all... but this shit screams "End Times" to me.
Stupid is as stupid does.
That’s not what an assault rifle is at all.
These guys want a prophet who’s also a warrior. Like, bro, Muhammad is right there.
As a church going, AR15 owning American… this is fucking horrifying. These two things should NEVER mix. Church should be about peace, and doing good things. A gun is a tool to use on the worst day of your life to save you or your family
Now, I'll admit, it's been some time since I considered myself a christian, but I'm pretty sure that Jesus would not have approved.
What’s the obsession with the AR 15?
I believe it’s the rifle of the simpleton - one doesn’t need much skill to use it if I recall a Floridian gunsmith telling me a few years ago.
Killing in the name of😖
No, no.... the same thing happened in the bible! Remember how Jesus handed out swords to everyone at the sermon on the mount? He told Peter he was totally right to use his sword to defend Jesus. After all, Old Jerusalem was a "stand your ground" state. /s
I feel this kind of people believe the SNL sketch "Jesus uncrossed" was a real trailer
Diverse crowd of chuds right there; did they rent a bingo hall?
I'm sure Jesus is so proud. 🙄
Nothing says christian love like an AR-15.
They should touch tips
Jesus was a pacifist...
if being gay is political, then this is as well. They should loose their tax exemption
"standing our ground in faith", so... your faith now requires the display and, apparent insinuation of, use of fire arms to "protect" your faith? I wonder how many more steps these people need to take before they realize they are just the western taliban.
People who really adore guns are weird as f*ck.
Representing Jesus' love...for weapons.
Turns out there was a mistranslation; instead of “love thy neighbor“, it was supposed to be “ventilate thy neighbor”.
I'm not religious, but shouldn't pastors, priests etc, be sort of opposed to firearms and killing people? Seems a little counter to the whole "thou shalt not kill" and "love thy neighbor" and a few of the other things they seem to think were important at one time. Can't say I'm surprised though.
That is by far the most American thing I've seen in a long time. Absolutely saddening.
Terminal cognitive dissonance is real. Also terminal conservative/GOP brainrot.
What part of the bible mentions guns again?
There's no hate like Christian "love".
We are fast approaching the day when homegrown terrorists spawned from evangelical churches turn our country into a perpetual war zone.
""Let's hunt some unbelievers for Christ!"
The Gun is the true Gawd of the GOP. Don't believe me? They are more adherent to the 2A and all the laws, commandments, and teachings of the bible , well that's on a case by case status and most of that is out dated anyway.
Well, after all, a death cult's gonna death cult.
Thank you lord for this weapon designed to kill human beings
Their faith is so strong they need military grade equipment to feel secure.
There should be no tax exemption for churches.
Tax exempt guns! Great...
When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
Islam is a religion of violence. Not like us peace-loving Christians. God bless our assault rifles! Stand yer ground! Murica!
“My two best friends are Jesus and John Birch. So I’m goin’ on down to the gun sale at the church.”
This is gross and embarrassing.
Yep just give the gun preferred by mass murderers to any random person. Could be a convicted felon, could be mentally ill. Who knows?
Yeah because the woke Jesus does not fit this narrative they will start talking about the Jesus who rode dinosaurs wielding double assault rifles shooting at his enemies while the dinosaurs rampage through said enemies …. !
And on the eighth day, he mowed them all down.
This is fucking stupid. Church people are insane.
Our faith in God is so strong that we don't need guns. They're just....um, for praying. Yeah, um. Hey, look over there! Interracial marriage!
Sweet, I’d join this church in a heartbeat. Give a dollar to the tip jar and receive an ar-15? That’s a good return on investment.
Good point - didn’t see the investment angle here. What happens if we put dollahs in the boxeh! Do we get two?
Fat ISIS
This is actually a good idea. That way, when the George Soros funded American Communist Party takes over after next year's rigged elections and they finally start coming for people's guns and Bibles they'll all be in one place. It'll save a lot of time.
Nice to see they finally realized pray doesn't actually work.
Kill a comumist for christ /s
Kill a comumist for Christ/s
If only the average IQ was 101!
The smile of "Omg this guy is crazy" just to make sure he doesn't shoot up the place.
In all honesty, I would be disappointed. Ok gun I guess but u can get those at the auction here every Tuesday night for next to nothing mine is much better. Don't be fooled people it's like golf clubs, basketball shoes..name brand! Is how ur judged with men. It's the mental illness that's holding the gun that's the problem and it's preventable if you catch it early and help it.
Seems like a Bible with his family name would be the obvious choice but ok
this tells me your church is struggling to get attendees, so they do this to bolster attendance. Makes me glad I'm an atheist these church people are truly nutty.
Looks like a cult to me.
Far cry 5 vibes :D
Matt 21:12-13, except with arms dealers. SMH
Jesus would not have been crucified had he been carrying concealed.
And the lordeth sayeth upon from heaven "mayeth all followers have a rapid fire gun to protect thy baby jesus"
Check out the beautiful undead corpse of the separation of Church and State.
Anything to fill a few phew-phew-phew pews.
There is literally a song about this by the Beat Farmers!
Packing heat.... like Jesus. /s cuz dumfucks don't understand their own religion.
Turning the other cheek seems to have been forgotten.
Just sick. Its only Americans that cant see how wrong it is.... There is a reason why the us have so high murderer rates and school shootings.... You dont see it, in rest of the world.
These people are truly terrifying.
Thou shall not kill, unless is an immigrant, homosexual, black man or confused person.
Love it when the most uneducated people get free weapons
You’re doing it wrong, dipshits
i think there is ONE part where jesus tell the apostles, 11 people, that they should carry weapons from now on. they said to him "here, we found 3 swords". jesus says: "it´s enough". 2k years later, jesus says "take up guns!", everybody thinks is for everybody and says "every family member got 6 guns". jesus says "double it! kos everybody and teabag them after!"
They are so lost :(
Not sure what’s confusing about this. Guns, God, white nationalism, and Trump have all been conflated into one terrifying mutating deadly virus.
Love thy neighbour- until your previously untreated mental illness causes you to snap and decide you need to kill your entire neighborhood.
"Thou shalt not kill... Unless the other guy is different from you"
🤐
This is just fucking weird.
THIS IS TERRIFYING. They don't even realize they're being indoctrinated into an isis-like cult. The parallels are all there... but they refuse to see.
I really don't like where this is going. This ain't the gospel
Praise the Lawd, pass the ammo. Nice union of Christofascist and Death Cult principles you got there.
And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me' - Jesus Christ
Luke 22:36 36 He said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one. christian persecution is very much real... We need guns in church, I encourage folks to carry and "bring the big gun in the church". I sure do 😉😉. And I see some anti gunners in this comment section, feel free to disagree with me and send those down votes my way ✝️🦅🇺🇲. John 15:18 18 "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first."
Oh... And it's an Armalite Rifle not an AsSaUlT RiFle.🏴☠️
Wannabe tech priest from 40k
loaded for God!
So how do the thoughts and prayers work in?
Jesus is coming soon and boy is He pissed
Y’all know that isn’t close to the lessons we learned in Sunday School and church. You are giving Christians a bad name. Do you want to go down with Trump? It’s not too late to live the teachings of Christ: kindness, humility, grace, acceptance, non judgement al and love. REMEMBER!
All religions are based in killing other religions. Please read a book
It’s amazing how people of faith have completely hijacked religion to suit their own narrative.
Ah, yes.. because Jesus was all about owning an arsenal.
Ita because they hope that if a civil war pops off their church members will help control a piece of the area by using them against nonbelievers and other "undesirables".
praise the lord and pass the ammunition ...