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Gun-loving pastor to his flock: Piece be with you

- A Kentucky pastor is inviting his flock to bring guns to church to celebrate the Fourth of July and the Second Amendment.

New Bethel Church is welcoming "responsible handgun owners" to wear their firearms inside the church June 27, a Saturday. An ad says there will be a handgun raffle, patriotic music and information on gun safety.... Read full article »
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  • Art
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    +27 raves Art June 05, 2009 20:42:14
    Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

    praise lord pass ammunition
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  • BJ
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    [-] BJ June 17, 2009 01:55:06
    This guy is full of it. He promoting his church and using gun rights to do it. Church funding must be down in this economy and he figured out a gimmick to bring in the parishioners. Pass the collection baskets around a few times during the "celebration".
  • slim
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    [+] slim June 15, 2009 16:01:08
    moderated...
  • lina
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    [-] lina June 13, 2009 22:35:49
    Better tote em while we got em tote em em
  • peter
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    [-] peter June 13, 2009 17:45:40 (edited)
    Good for you Father!
    father
  • FitzRoger
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    [-] FitzRoger June 09, 2009 21:28:59
    Sounds like fun!
  • jellyfish
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    +2 raves [-] jellyfish June 09, 2009 18:49:55
    Hey, I'd rather guns be in the hands of a crazy bible-beater than some chump in the ghetto living off of my money. hey guns hands crazy bible-beater chump ghetto living money
  • LIL
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    [-] LIL jellyfish 6 days ago
    Oh my goodness I went to school with these nuns@ SNS the one at the end is Sister Salesia where did you get these pictures this is hysterical oh and by the way I agree!
  • KC
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    +1 raves [-] KC June 09, 2009 18:19:18
    Yeah! Great idea! Guns and religion, support your local American Taliban.
  • Byzantine_Catholic
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    [-] Byzanti... KC June 09, 2009 20:23:09
    I would love to have that job... Religious enforcer
  • KC
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    +1 raves [-] KC Byzanti... June 10, 2009 15:23:51
    You're too late. Somebody by the name of Bin Laden seems to have already taken it.
  • Byzantine_Catholic
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    [-] Byzanti... KC June 10, 2009 15:54:32
    maybe someday
  • Kühl
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    [-] Kühl June 09, 2009 02:13:00
    Somewhat odd.
  • rhee
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    +1 raves [-] rhee June 09, 2009 02:02:31
    If they really beleived what they preach ..Then they wouldnt be so afraid of the outside world ...they would just use the faith they claim to have ..Yes Im a christian ...No if i go to church I wouldnt carry a gun ..for me what better place to meet the maker than in church ...if someone came in shooting ....I guess it takes all kinds to make the world go around ..Even idiots have there place,
  • Jewels
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    [-] Jewels June 08, 2009 19:43:50
    I would say if everyone in the congregation and the pastor are ok with it, who are we too judge? There is way too much judging going on today.
  • Galileus
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    +1 raves [-] Galileus June 08, 2009 17:38:40 (edited)
    Another example of mixing religion with unrelated things. Another right wing loonie with followers

    Imagine Jesus and his apostles armed to the teeth and doing battles against the Romans and Israelites, or killing Pilate and the Priests with the latest in sword technology.
  • jeff
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    [-] jeff June 08, 2009 13:59:35
    some of the members of our church carry even at church, they are all law enforcement officers, they were asked to wear there private carry when off duty, as they normally do everywhere else.
  • AKgrandma
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    +1 raves [-] AKgrandma June 08, 2009 10:34:17
    Well even for an Alaskan like me this seems a little quirky, but hey, as long as the congregation has talked about this and agreed to this; who are we to say what they can or cannot do? I personally would have thought the event would have been more appropriately done separate from the day of worship. (I also think that guns in church have been fairly common in the past in parts of the country.) It has only been in the last 40 years that people have started to get squeamish about guns and attributing mystical powers to them. (Guns kill people---I can picture in my mind a bunch of lawless guns chasing people down dark alleys, running on two little feet stuck out of the stock, black hats perched precariously on the hammer---bad guns, bad!) As for me, I think we don't have enough gun training and instruction going on, and this guy seems to take that point to heart. Good for him.
  • jo
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    [-] jo AKgrandma June 08, 2009 16:45:12
    Guns and SUVs kill people, never mind the people operating them! If they didn't have a gun and they wanted to kill you, they'd just use something else as a weapon. Funny visual, Grandma! love the post
  • Tawana-
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    [-] Tawana- June 08, 2009 08:25:44
    My Kind of Church! I hope they have reloading classes. church hope reloading classes
  • LawMan5150
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    +2 raves [-] LawMan5150 June 08, 2009 06:48:19 (edited)
    I carry a gun all of the time (concealed as not to frighten the liberals). And if you look at the middle east most of the terrorist attacks are happening in holy places. It makes sense that the next round of attacks here will attack the nations faith. Peace though supperior fire power. holy places attacks attack nations faith peace supperior fire power <A
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