I’m just curious, is there any reason why most Christians tend to be pro-gun? Is it heretical/unbiblical to support gun control?

snakesaredelicious:

patron-saint-of-smart-asses:

patron-saint-of-smart-asses:

catholic-aviator

what’s that biblical verse about selling your cloak and buying a sword to defend yourself, your homestead and family with?

This one! Luke 22:36-38:

³⁵ [Jesus] said to them, “When I sent you out without a purse, bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “No, not a thing.”  ³⁶ He
said to them, “But now, the one who has a purse must take it, and
likewise a bag. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy
one.  ³⁷ For
I tell you, this scripture must be fulfilled in me, ‘And he was counted
among the lawless’; and indeed what is written about me is being
fulfilled.”  ³⁸ They said, “Lord, look, here are two swords.” He replied, “It is enough.”

I think it’s more of a foreshadowing to Christ’s coming prophecy (as they only had two swords for 11 or so men, not enough to defend Him with), though certainly it shows that Christianity is, at the least, not inherently anti-weapon/self-defense.

patron-saint-of-smart-asses:

It’s not heretical to be anti or pro gun. I think most Christians tend to be pro-gun since most Christians also happen to be conservative, or live in areas where guns are a normal part of the culture. 

breastmillk

why are christians conservative? jesus was a hippie who said feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, and so on…

Conservatives donate and volunteer more for charity than progressives do, thanks in part of most of them being religious in some way and believing they have an obligation to do so. Most conservative-leaning Christians just dislike the idea of the government forcing people to pay for it with taxes since 1) taxes suck and hold a lot of people back financially, causing some to be in need to begin with, and 2) the government absolutely sucks at managing most things, including their own welfare programs. Their bureacracy is overbloated, and much of their funds are lost in that chain. Hence, why they lean conservative in those regards.

Also, and on a final note: trying to apply Christianity, or any religion, to one political system is flawed, as such systems are beyond politics. This goes for left leaning or right leaning politics.

Also, Jesus was in no way a hippie. That idea comes straight from the existence of “Jesus Christ Superstar” and is bad Theology.

He is constantly talked about as fairly unassuming in appearance, He didn’t reject conventional values so much as corrected the legalism that took hold and fulfilled the Prophesies of Salvation, and He also didn’t take drugs.