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LeftInTX

(34,209 posts)

14. I'm the same way

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 03:45 PM

Dec 2012

Isn't there a Commandment, "Though Shalt Not Murder"

And we also have laws against murder.

And weren't gun control laws originally to prevent murder?

The connection between Christians and the NRA has never made sense to me.

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To my Christian friends: [View all] Lesleymo Dec 2012 OP

Posting this on facebook ... Lesleymo Dec 2012 #1

I've mercuryblues Dec 2012 #2

FYI, some Christians are Pacifists. undeterred Dec 2012 #3

Yes, I know. Lesleymo Dec 2012 #4

Its time. undeterred Dec 2012 #6

Maybe 24 hours out of respect for the dead is a thought... but I do think rational gun control... Tigress DEM Dec 2012 #8

This Christian wants gun control. I never understood people who claim to believe in Jesus hrmjustin Dec 2012 #5

+ a brazillion undeterred Dec 2012 #7

I'm the same way LeftInTX Dec 2012 #14

Well said! hrmjustin Dec 2012 #15

I'm a Christian and I think this is the perfect time to talk about gun control Robyn66 Dec 2012 #9

I'm an agnostic and I agree with you. Jim Lane Dec 2012 #12

I think generality is wrong to begin with. Robyn66 Dec 2012 #13

What kind of Christian would say this isn't about lack of gun control? Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #10

I actually heard some one say this is an "opportunity"... ReasonableToo Dec 2012 #11

I am a Christian and a seminary liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #16