Agreed that "Christians" can, and do, kill people with guns. I was really just fervently agreeing with David, and not really disagreeing with you. :)
-Kevin On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 9:32 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Kevin : > Sure, you are correct. The point I was making was simply that , > much as the BJP is sometimes off the deep end, maybe there > really is merit in some of their charges about Christians with guns > in their neck of the woods. > > I'd bet that the BJP is more often the actual source of problems there, > but it would be nice if good Christians admitted once in a while that > there also are some bad characters who say they are Christians > but who, with their guns, cause really bad stuff to happen . > > Maybe BJP will never admit to a single wrong by their people. > This isn't out of then realm of possibility. But it just might be all > for the good for Christians to identify others who take the name > and do things for which actual Christians take the blame > and maybe even get killed. > > Having firearms may be a constitutional right, but guns aren't exactly > in the same category as flower pots or hubcaps. > > Thought I'd be sarcastic for effect. > > Cheers > Billy > > ===================================================== > > > > In a message dated 1/23/2010 9:16:40 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Hear, hear. Guns don't kill people, etc. > > But more importantly, *Second Amendment rights*. Because we have the right > to protect ourselves from tyrannical government. Anyone who says we don't > need that protection is ignorant of history and doomed to repeat it. > > -Kevin > > On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 9:10 PM, David R. Block <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Britain has strict gun control. It is almost to the point that only >> criminals have guns. >> >> That is the problem with most "gun control." The ones who abide by >> registration, permits, etc, are NOT the ones you need to worry about. Which >> is why it does not make sense. The people who have guns that you need to >> control aren't going to cooperate, no matter what you do. They're going to >> break the law, and what's breaking one more law to them? It's not like they >> care or something. :-) >> >> David >> >> "Suppose you were an idiot; and suppose you were a member of >> Congress...ah, but I repeat myself."*—Mark Twain* >> >> >> >> On 1/23/2010 5:55 PM, Dr. Ernie Prabhakar wrote: >> >> Hi Billy, >> >> On Jan 23, 2010, at 2:44 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Well, yeah. I agree about self defense. Still, running around with guns, >> uhhh, >> the potential to use them in other circumstances isn't academic. When a >> population >> gets into the militia habit, maybe 100 % justified at first, that means >> trouble. >> And, face it, some % of "Christians" simply identify with their community >> and that's mostly the whole schmeer for them. We see this in the USA >> all over the place. It wouldn't be different elsewhere. >> >> If we could say "genuine Christians" and know how to distinguish them >> from " identity Christians," all would be well, but how are you - >> how is anyone- going to be able to do that ? >> >> >> Genuine or not, I agree with you, armed populations tend to create a lot >> of mischief. Then agree, I think DRB would argue that is overall a *good* >> thing. :-) >> >> >> Billy >> >> ==================================================== >> >> >> >> In a message dated 1/23/2010 2:25:51 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> A sad development, but arguably justified. Heck, I think DRB was >> planning something similar in Texas us Health Care passed. :-/ >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 23, 2010, at 12:04, [email protected] wrote: >> > Rogers added that resistance groups were fighting to defend their >> > people. >> > >> > “Individual Christians who have joined the armed ethnic groups do so >> > out of a perfectly biblical concept of just war, the right to defen >> > d your people from gross injustice.” >> > >> > Added an FBR source, “In Burma, no one protects except the pro-democ >> > racy resistance groups, and all relief inside the country is only po >> > ssible because of them.” >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Centroids mailing list: [email protected] >> http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com >> Archives at >> http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Centroids mailing list: [email protected] >> http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com >> Archives at >> http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Centroids mailing list: >> [email protected]http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com >> Archives at >> http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Centroids mailing list: [email protected] >> http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com >> Archives at >> http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Centroids mailing list: [email protected] > http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com > Archives at > http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Centroids mailing list: [email protected] > http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com > Archives at > http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ >
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