Guns = sin

[JoseM]

The Catholic church teaches that things of this nature is not necessarily evil. This goes along with a lot of "vices".

For example drinking in itself isn't a sin, however drinking to get drunk IS a sin. Also, gambling is not a sin, however gambling to a point of it being an obsession and you not being able to provide for your family IS a sin. And in the same sense, wanting and buying more firearms is not a sin, however if you have to forgo taking care of your bills/family, then this becomes as in.

This is a very subjective thing....if I buy 1 or 2 firearms/year, then that wouldn't be a sin in my eyes because I can afford that....however if I bought 4 or 5, then that would be a sin for me...however someone that makes twice as much money as me, well it may be fine for them.

You probably didn't want an explanation like this, but I had the time

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

When you find a lot of brass at the range, you know God wants you to have a gun in that caliber.

When I found .45 ACP, I knew God wanted me to have an M1911.

When I found .45 Colt, I knew God wanted me to have a New Service.

When I found 9mm, I knew the Devil is a deceiver.

Vern, that is too funny!

 

[Thin Black Line]

In the first century when a man slapped another man he did it with the back of his hand, if you offered him the other cheek he had to slap it like a woman would, with the palm of his hand. Today's vernacular: a bitch slap. He would be too ashamed to do that.

And I've heard yet another interpretation of this that the Greek wording of
this verse was actually a poor translation of an Aramaic phrase at the time
which said "If you're going to say it, then say it to my face."

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

And I've heard yet another interpretation of this that the Greek wording of
this verse was actually a poor translation of an Aramaic phrase at the time
which said "If you're going to say it, then say it to my face."

I've never heard that explanation.

Frankly, I don't know exactly how to interpet Matthew 5:39.

Matt 5:38,39: Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

It's obviously not to be taken literally. The proof of this is that in John 18, Jesus objected to being hit.

John 18:22,23: And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

Again, Acts 23, Paul responds similarly.

Acts 23:2,3:And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

So then, neither the Lord nor the apostle to the Gentiles interprets Matt.
5:39 literally.

That means it must be figurative. Or hyperbolic.

What goes immediately before Mt. 5:39 is a reference to the Old Law. "An eye for an eye." The problem was that the Jews got carried away enforcing the law of retaliation. They wanted way more than just an eye or a tooth. They were not practicing justice. They wanted revenge.

So what Jesus said, IMO, was hyperbole. It was an exaggeration for the purpose of illustration.

We're not to lie down for the evil doers of the world. If that were the case, then civilization could not exist.

But we're not to be motivated by vengence and hatred. I think that's the point.

 

[Thin Black Line]

Right, not to bear our throats to the wolves of the world, but at the same
time not to run with their pack.....

 

[foghornl]

My humble 1/50th of $1...

Buying/having a gun = no sin

Using all your resources to buy a gun to the detriment of family = sin

Using a gun for supplying the family table by Legal Hunting = no sin

Using a gun for supplying the family table by robbery = sin

Enjoying the look & feel of a FINE*** firearm = no sin

Smashing the case and escaping with another's FINE firearm = sin


***FINE firearm = $10,000 'rare or collector grade' firearm

 

[lee n. field]

"Godliness with contentment is great gain."

No toy will ultimately make you happy.

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

No toy will ultimately make you happy.

But sometimes it's entertaining to find this out.