Church to Members: Cut Back on the Guns

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God, being in control of the universe, can prevent suffering whenever He sees fit, but wherever free will exists, consequences of choice must also exist. We refuse to remember that we are the ones who betrayed God, not vice versa. We are the ones who listened to the lies of the evil one in the Garden of Eden. We chose to mistrust the heart of God. In breaking the one command He gave us, we set in motion a life of breaking His commands.

Being able to discipline oneself for the benefit of others is the very essence of maturity. Shantideva said, “All the joy the world contains, Has come through wishing happiness for others. All the misery the world contains, Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself (at the expense of others).” How we spend our time shapes who we are, and how we assemble the persons we are is cause for social concern. What examples are adults, entrusted with the awesome responsibility for their care, to the rapidly maturing next generation who will impact our society positively or negatively depending on to what we expose them. We have experienced the natural progression of an unguarded nation towards neglect, corruption and the loss of idealism. When awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, the Dalai Lama said in his lecture, “…For if we each selfishly pursue only what we believe to be in our own interest, without caring about the needs of others, we end up harming not only others but also ourselves…” One does not have far to look to witness the chaos and devastation caused in our society due to our turning away as a nation from our Judeo-Christian roots. Our culture is rotting. Just listen to the lyrics of popular songs, pick up a book or magazine, view a movie or television show. Pay attention to the violence permeating our communities, the disrespect and lack of courtesy displayed by all, judicial tyranny, and the neglect of and abuse directed at women. (Could this be a direct result of pornography? Duh!) Then consider that perhaps we are allowing the wrong input in our lives and the lives of those who have been entrusted to our care. After all, we are raising our next generation of leaders!!! Words like diversity, pluralism and tolerance have anesthetized us to the reality of good and evil. Tolerance is the cultivation of an attitude of indifference to things we see happening around us. In the name of peace, we tolerate evil. In the name of tolerance, we accept sin and call it freedom of speech or freedom of sexual persuasion. Albert Einstein once said, “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” We dare not stand up for what we believe for fear of being labeled intolerant. Tolerance sees your sin and embraces it. Grace sees your sin and hands you over to Christ's healing embrace.

God cannot make us choose to abide with Him. For now, God, tormented, waits upon us through one holocaust after another. satan’s best deception is its general success in concealing its own reality from the human mind. Most people live in such naivete regarding evil. What will it take for us to take evil seriously? satan lashes out on the earth like a madman, setting people against each other all over the globe. it devastates many lives through starvation, alcoholism, substance abuse and pornography. satan is at work in the holocaust of violent, disrespecting aborting of babies; narcissism; materialism; elitism; and the self-absorption we wallow in when we do not ensure our next generation is brought up in a culture with enriching, wholesome values. Failing to label evil evil misleads us about the world in which we live and our necessity for God’s grace, the only real answer and hope for any of us. If you are not living in touch with God, it is easy to blame Him or pass judgment on Him. We experience suffering and temptation because mankind chose to follow satan. Lurking in the heart of man, evil will erupt when it is permitted to act unimpeded.

Entrusted with the awesome responsibility of my children’s care, I am concerned about how their generation is being raised, to what they are being exposed, and the examples they have in their lives. Are they being enriched in mind, spirit and character? They all need highly esteemed mentors to guide them along the path to liberty. If we don’t stand for something, we will fall for anything. “The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of Error,” - William Jennings Bryan. Hopefully, seeking our own pleasure is not the measure of our lives. We are called to be intolerant in love. Why not live as Philippians 4:8 instructs us to: Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. God is reaching out to rescue us … God made nature to sing His praises, to declare His glory and to love Him. He made humans with the ability to choose. He could have ordered our obedience; instead, he calls for our heart.

There is a very significant portion of America which sees firearms much differently. Having lived in communities and families where they are everyday items, firearms are tools. They also emblems of our independence and freedom and the means to protect our rights. We can go back and forth on this; but we are talking about a cultural (think tribal/ethnic--not merely "lifestyle") difference that cannot be changed by making it against the law nor bought with the assurances of the high-minded.
And this is where it hits a disconnect. We have a long standing argument in this country over the wisdom on the war of drugs. Whichever side one is on, what is undeniable is that there is a sizable resistance to government efforts to eliminate drugs. Even some government officials, academics, and civic leaders conclude the effort is unproductive, a failure, and a policy with a hint of hypocrisy. Take that example and multiply it thirty or forty fold and see what you get with a "war on firearms". At the very least, it will percipitate a breakdown in the observance of the rule of law.

A few laws broken in Virginia:

Wearing body armor in the commission of a crime
Bringing firearms onto school property
Intentionally destroying serial tracking data
Wreckless discharge of a firearm
Murder

Clearly he was a lawbreaker, and making more laws just means he would have broken more.

If guns were allowed under concealed carry laws on the VT campus, you can bet that two people would have died that day; the first person shot, and the unlawful gunman.

Removing guns from the VT campus removed any semblance of security, and removing guns from homes and communities will make the death toll higher next time.

I live in a town that requires gun ownership, we boast the #3 lowest crime rate in the nation.

False. Sense. Of. Security.

Both of the guns had serial numbers filed off, which means they were at some point sold illegally. So, why would we assume additional gun laws would have kept these guns out of Cho's hands?

Boy, isn't it CRAZY to assume that a person bent on mass murder would go as far as breaking a gun law as well? Maybe so, but since he was apparently already breaking the law posessing those guns, I believe he would have obtained a gun illegally no matter what the law was.

Allowing law abiding citizens to carry concealed weapons makes everyone safer, and statistics prove that over and over.

I wonder if arming yourself is part and parcel of the creed of the religion called Matrixism. Or for that matter Jediism.

All Jedi do carry light sabers after all. And didn't Neo say "We're going to need guns. Lots of guns."?

Main Article..Now that's religious bigotry mixed with some elitism. Lovey...pass the grey poupon.

God does exist. I dont have enough faith to believe that we were made manifest from a slime-blob millions of years ago. If we are here by mere chance, then what are we here for? Are lives then exist without purpose. What happened is a great tragedy, and is proof that we are in a real world, and in the real world evil does exist. We are all capable of sin, and if we were honest, everyone has the capacity to commit murder, if placed in the wrong situation. Just because we mere humans with our FINITE wisdom do not have an answer to why this happened, does not mean that an answer or reason does not exist. The first step towards wisdom is to fully understand that we do not have answers for everything. May God be with the families of those 32 innocent victims, and with the family of the young man who held the gun.

To Gustav Niebuhr:

You are absolutely right to focus on gun control. Fantics have kept Congress from passing more stringent controls. IF our country had taken action a year ago, we might not have to be offering condolances to parents and families of 33 students and faculty. We might not be suffering from the collective guilt which goes along with the random violence of troubled or misguided people.

I remember a Texas woman drowning her children because she wanted to assure their place in heaven, not taking a chance and waiting for them to sin or turn away from god. Maybe we should consider a ban on Christianity and bathtubs as well.

I must kindly say, your response is troubling.

The "first thing" your faith tradition caused you to do is think about a resolution on gun control passed 10 years ago?

It didn't cause you to think of the families, pray, seek God on their behalf? Perhaps it did, but you were just making a point related to the trajedy.

If not, and that's the first thing that came to mind, I humbly suggest your faith tradition needs examined.