Loosedhorse
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I go to church (not as often as I maybe should), and this Sunday our out-going temporary minister was sermonizing on forgiveness. She chose the example of the October 2, 2006 Amish school shooting as demonstrating that the good Christians there forgave the murderer as a first priority.
She, the minister, then went on to say, "Just think what a better position we'd be now in if, after 9/11, we had not embarked on a war of vengeance, but concentrated our efforts on capturing the persons responsible."
I don't want to talk about the exact political implications of her remarks, nor (what I saw as) the inconsistency behind them, but rather this: have any of you run into anti-gun sentiments expressed from a religious or spiritual leader?
If so how did you handle it?
(As I said, this was her last sermon with us, so all I did after service was wish her good travels, sincerely.)
She, the minister, then went on to say, "Just think what a better position we'd be now in if, after 9/11, we had not embarked on a war of vengeance, but concentrated our efforts on capturing the persons responsible."
I don't want to talk about the exact political implications of her remarks, nor (what I saw as) the inconsistency behind them, but rather this: have any of you run into anti-gun sentiments expressed from a religious or spiritual leader?
If so how did you handle it?
(As I said, this was her last sermon with us, so all I did after service was wish her good travels, sincerely.)