AKPastor
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While at a favorite sporting goods store, I was perusing the gun counter. I overheard a patron voicing a personal dilemma. He had been debating the morality of self defense with his son - specifically if conservative Christian morality allowed for SD. He did not use the phrase "conservative Christian", but after listening to him, he was espousing the view that the Bible was the final arbiter of morality as far as he was concerned.
The employee listening to him did not know what to say. I decided to chime in as a conservation Christian pastor who also daily carries for SD.
Before elaborating on our conversation, I was wondering how others of similar faith might talk with this man.
For some interesting reading, I also suggest
http://www.aplacefortruth.org/Jesus.sword.hammond
From that web page, I like the following quotes:
As a pastor who is an ardent supporter of 2A and of SD - I am interested in how others express the morality of self defense - because I am confident that defense of self and of others is in fact moral.
The employee listening to him did not know what to say. I decided to chime in as a conservation Christian pastor who also daily carries for SD.
Before elaborating on our conversation, I was wondering how others of similar faith might talk with this man.
For some interesting reading, I also suggest
http://www.aplacefortruth.org/Jesus.sword.hammond
From that web page, I like the following quotes:
- Francis Schaeffer“I am to love my neighbor as myself, in the manner needed, in the midst of the fallen world, at my particular point in history. This is why I am not a pacifist. Pacifism in this poor world in which we live – this lost world – means that we desert the people who need our greatest help . . . I come upon a big burly man beating a tiny tot to death . . . I plead with him to stop. Suppose he refuses? What does love mean now? Love means that I stop him in any way that I can, including hitting him. To me, this is not only necessary for humanitarian reasons; it is loyalty to Christ’s commands concerning Christian love in a fallen world. What about the little girl? If I desert her to the bully, I have deserted the true meaning of Christian love – responsibility to my neighbor.
-attributed to Norman GeislerAny man who refuses to protect his wife and children against a violent intruder fails them morally.”
As a pastor who is an ardent supporter of 2A and of SD - I am interested in how others express the morality of self defense - because I am confident that defense of self and of others is in fact moral.