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Friday, June 26, 2009

Ken Pagano, the pastor of the New Bethel Church here, is passionate about gun rights. He shoots regularly at the local firing range, and his sermon two weeks ago was on "God, Guns, Gospel and Geometry." And on Saturday night, he is inviting his congregation of 150 and others to wear or carry their firearms into the sanctuary to "celebrate our rights as Americans!" as a promotional flier for the "open carry celebration" puts it.

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Maybe we'll get lucky and a few of his sheep will get culled.

Here we go clinging to those guns and bibles again! You know there are other important things in life besides guns and bibles Mr Preacherman.

I am sure Jesus would want us to all carry guns to church. Right.

"I am sure Jesus would want us to all carry guns to church. Right."


I'm sure he would not hold the irrational fear of inanimate objects.

Good thing I haven't been in a church in 45 years.

The Church Of The Uzi could give the NRA new life. Extra points for heaven if you blow away a physician or a Unitarian, After confession you get a loaded luger. herm

"I am sure Jesus would want us to all carry guns to church. Right."


I'm sure he would not hold the irrational fear of inanimate objects.

#3 | Posted by salamandagator

huh? It is not about "irrational fear". It is about being irrational in thought and action.

Jesus was in no way "afraid" of guns. see?

gunsforjesus.net

Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.
Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
Forward into battle see His banners go!

Refrain

Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus going on before.

At the sign of triumph Satan's host doth flee;
On then, Christian soldiers, on to victory!
Hell's foundations quiver at the shout of praise;
Brothers lift your voices, loud your anthems raise.

Refrain

Like a mighty army moves the church of God;
Brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod.
We are not divided, all one body we,
One in hope and doctrine, one in charity.

Refrain

What the saints established that I hold for true.
What the saints believd, that I believe too.
Long as earth endureth, men the faith will hold,
Kingdoms, nations, empires, in destruction rolled.

Refrain

Crowns and thrones may perish, kingdoms rise and wane,
But the church of Jesus constant will remain.
Gates of hell can never 'gainst that church prevail;
We have Christ's own promise, and that cannot fail.

Refrain

Onward then, ye people, join our happy throng,
Blend with ours your voices in the triumph song.
Glory, laud and honor unto Christ the King,
This through countless ages men and angels sing.

Refrain


How heavenly. Just makes you want to go frag your neighbor, the one whose dog keeps crapping on your lawn..

Bring yer gun to Church?

Guess to make it more convenient to those who like to cling to both their guns and their Gods.

Reminds Spud of a movie he watched many moons ago.

Basically, a guy wakes up morning and tries to kill himself cos his life sucks.

His attempt fails.

Weird thing is when he regains conciousness he discover a silent world.

All other humans are mysteriously gone and he's alone on the earth.

He goes a little crazy then.

At one point he goes into a church armed with a shotgun.

Demands that God show himself and explain WTF just happened.

God doesn't answer.

So he points his shotgun at a lifeized statue of Jesus on the cross and shouts.

"Come on out or I shoot the kid!"

Spud LOL'd.

Had to check imdb to remember title.

www.imdb.com

Be Well.

You Wingdings Chortle with Glee over your Crazed Preachers and Their Radical Talk ----- then Wonder why no one Gives a Shit about. You whining about Wright!

Good thing you people don't have access to the levers anymore ------ you all about as cognent as a Rock!

Blaming a gun for shooting a hole through someone is like blaming a baseball bat for fracturing someone's skull.

How about swords?

You know, big fucking swords with razor sharp blades like the Cossacks used to use while on horseback and cut a man into three pieces in a single stroke.

How about swords?

Huh?

Or knives?

You know, big fucking Bowie knives like Jim Bowie used to stab Mexicans at the Alamo.

How about knives?

And one other thing...

If some shitkicking, clodbusting hillbilly doesn't like the way I'm singing "How Great Thou Art" or something and pulls on me, can I remove the ugly lump he calls a head with my sword and spill his breakfast with my knife?

Or do I have to shoot him?

Just wondering, so I'll know what else I'll need to strap on for Sunday services.

Or do I have to shoot him?

You use your car antennae.

"You use your car antennae."

Nah, Car Antennae Sunday is the next week. Gotta shoot.

Nah, Car Antennae Sunday is the next week. Gotta shoot.

Alrighty then. Praise the lord and pass the ammunition

The only reason Jesus wasn't packin' in the holy house was because all he had was a metaphorical sword and he didn't go to church anyways.

The only reason Jesus wasn't packin' in the holy house was because all he had was a metaphorical sword ...

Jesus (pronounced hay ZEUS) carries a switchblade

I call my favorite sidearm, "The Devil's Messenger".

Can I still bring it?

Good for them. I think it's dumb, but they're just exercising their rights, despite what the cowardly, weak-kneed, pants-pissing anti-self defense/hunting pro-death-by-armed-criminal posters on this thread think.

but they're just exercising their rights

Fine. I won't be joining their "church" in any event.

I am not anti-gun in the least, in fact I enjoy shooting sports of all types, but it does seem to me that ostentatiously carrying lethal weapons to worship the "Prince of Peace" and "Lamb of God" shows that maybe, just maybe, they are missing an important point about what Jesus had to say.

I am Catholic, do not hunt and would rather die than shoot someone by mistake.
That said, I LOVE skeet, plinking and just wadda-hell shooting.
And, to be honest, I like having a gun around lest some misanthrope decides I am vulnerable prey. The last resort is often the most important. The libs have to get over their fear of guns.

Fine. I won't be joining their "church" in any event.


I am not anti-gun in the least, in fact I enjoy shooting sports of all types, but it does seem to me that ostentatiously carrying lethal weapons to worship the "Prince of Peace" and "Lamb of God" shows that maybe, just maybe, they are missing an important point about what Jesus had to say.

#21 | Posted by silver_ironist at 2009-06-27 10:26 PM

I'm not sure what Jesus' stance on concealed carry was, but yeah, I agree that a congregation full of holy rollers with loaded weapons falling on the floor and convulsing is pretty dumb.

I agree that a congregation full of holy rollers with loaded weapons falling on the floor and convulsing is pretty dumb.

Funny mental image.

Spud sees this guns in church thing as possibly being connected to the number of crazies who've shot up churches in recent years. Too lazy to google but they are out there. If Spud belonged to a church and there was a nutball who threatened to shoot up the joint? Knowing that some folk with concealed carry were in the crowd could easily be seen as kinda comforting in the eyes of some.

Spud would include himself in that "Some".

Forwarned, forearmed.

All that.

Be Well.

"The libs have to get over their fear of guns."

Yeah, and the righties gotta stop this hyar commonism/soshalism hysteria. herm

These people are even afraid to go to church without a gun? This must be the Church of the Holy Pant Pissers.

Please, fundies, bring your gun to church and squeeze the trigger. Preferrably with the gun in your own mouth.

More than 200 people answered gun-toting Pastor Ken Pagano's call to celebrate the Second Amendment at New Bethel Church in Louisville on Saturday. There was just one rule for the several dozen who brought their guns along: No bullets.

Pagano's event also troubled his church's longtime insurance carrier, which declined to insure the event and informed him it won't renew the policy. He found a new carrier at a cost of $700 for the day, but guns had to be unloaded.

www.detnews.com

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