[re_nortex]

I wonder if this Church was a “Gun Free Zone” like my Church?

Maybe it's because of being Texas or it could be that the extremely Conservative church of Christ (small 'c' -- not Jeremiah Wright's lunatic asylum) just sees things differently but my congregation is far from a gun free zone. The preacher carries and, likewise, a good percentage of those of us worshiping on Sundays (and, of course, Wednesday night). Any thug trying to make off with the collection plate will be greeted with a hail of hot lead through the head just before he enters eternal damnation. The Second Amendment means a lot to us -- and is right up there with Acts 2:38 as far as most of us at the coC are concerned.

In my opinion, a church is definitely among the places where guns should be welcomed. America was built on a foundation of God and guns. They are absolutely inseparable.

[EODGUY]

Amen, my friend.

EODGUY

[Spktyr]

And even if it is about just God, if you pay attention to the Bible, it tells you not to be unarmed and that Jesus himself didn’t have a problem with self-defense or defensive preparations/arms.

Luke 22:35-38 comes immediately to mind.

[3722535r]

“In my opinion, a church is definitely among the places where guns should be welcomed...... America was built on a foundation of God and guns..... They are absolutely inseparable....”

I think about that often, how God looks at a situation where you might have to shoot and kill someone in self-defense....Is it a lack of faith that I wasn’t protected?....”There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling”.......I mean, there is such a thing as supernatural protection “He shall encamp angels about thee, to lift thee up, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone”.......One of the mysteries to be revealed at the last day.....