For the record,
@RazorbackPirate, I believe that you are an honest and sincere Christian. But there's no way on God's green Earth that Scripture can be twisted to support unfettered access to guns. You may not believe it speaks against it, but you can't deny that the Bible decries violence, even in the face of persecution.
I won't pass judgement on your salvation, that's not my call to make. I do believe you might be sincere in your beliefs as wrong as I believe they are. No matter, I don't think you're an honest man. You continue with the Militia canard without reading the Federalist Papers, and you continue to use the NRA 'current understanding' straw man argument and you won't read the Federalist Papers. You have no interest in the Truth, you want what you want. You don't care about the law, which means you don't care about justice. You don't want to change the amendment, you don't want to clarify the amendment, you don't want to repeal the amendment, you don't care one whit about the Truth. You like the current supposed 'ambiguity.' So you can argue for what you want.
You say you support the right to an abortion only if the woman's life is in grave danger. Then how could you vote for a candidate who ran on a platform of late term abortion and followed through on her promise by championing and pushing the heinous New York State law? How can you vote for any candidate who receives financial support or endorsement from Planned Parenthood? How can you support and elect candidates who vote for continued use of taxpayer dollars to subsidize the wholesale slaughter of innocent lives? How can you reconcile this with your objections to the NRA when the NRA as an organization has never killed another human being, yet Planned Parenthood has actually killed tens of millions of babies according to their own documentation? Why are guns the problem and not the people pulling the trigger of the guns?
So that's your spin on innocent people getting gunned down in schools, churches, theaters, malls, concerts, etc.?
Yes, that's my spin. With rare exception I think every mass shooting in the US in the last 20 years has been an operation perpetrated by forces within our own government. Did innocent people get gunned down, oh yes. Did they die, absolutely. Beyond that, lie after lie, after lie. All created to get you where you are today. "Whatever it takes, just take them away." Even if it violates my rights and the Constitution when they do so. That you don't see it when they tell you right to your face that is their agenda is pathetic.
Why do I think that? Maybe because the last President in conjunction with the former Sec. State, former head of the FBI, CIA, NSA and multiple other assorted alphabet soup agencies and players ginned up a fake story to start illegal spying on the opposing campaigns? That they also engaged in spying on other mostly Republican politicians in order to get 'dirt' for leverage and manipulation? The same President, Sec. State who, along with Eric Holder thought it would be a good idea to send weapons to Mexican drug cartels that were documented used to kill Americans? The same President that used the power of the IRS to silence and intimidate conservative leaning non-profit groups?
You say that you believe in justice. Now that the real crimes and who really committed real crimes are coming to light you also want trials to begin to get to the bottom of the matter and if that includes treason as the President says and all evidence indicates, you're fine with them hanging for it if found guilty? That work for you as it does me? You say you're up for Truth at any cost, are you really? I say no.
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." Ephesians 6:12-13
Absolutely. In the context of putting on the Whole Armor of God. I see how you do, you've got a scripture to pull out of context for every occasion. Just like the Pharisees. And we wonder why the world won't believe. Let's look at the whole passage. That's called context.
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual
hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— 19 and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak."
What do we learn? The devil has wiles and we are to stand against them. Not lay down and surrender and pretend like they don't exist while we vote for them. You want to pull the verse out of context, how's this?
It's also a reminder that no matter what, we cannot hate people doing these evil things, our fight is with the forces controlling them. That no matter what these people have done, we owe it to them to share the Gospel with them and that no matter what they've done, there is forgiveness in Jesus.
But seriously. How deluded are you? You don't think people build the image of the beast? You don't think people write the AI software that will give it the ability to move and speak? You don't think people will build the chips and implants for the mark of the beast? You don't think they're already at work? You don't see the constant push to advance these technologies needed to fulfill prophecy and usher in the reign of the anti-christ? You don't think it will be people working for him who will be the one's enforcing his policies through war, starvation, and execution?
You don't think people will organize and create the one world government spoken of throughout Scripture? The very same New World Order one world government ushered in by Poppy Bush? The same Poppy Bush who created Bill Clinton through his Clowns In America drug running operation thorough Mina, AK? Ever see the movie American Made with Tom Cruise? They tell us the story right there.
The Bill Clinton accused by multiple women of actual rape that he escaped charges or a trail from? The same Bill Clinton whose accusers loving wife Hillary spearheaded a full media destruction campaign to completely destroy, ripping away any last dignity they had left? The same Bill Clinton who is documented friends with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein? The same Bill Clinton who flew along with multiple accused pedophile Kevin Spacey to Epstein's private Caribbean island on multiple occasions without his Secret Service detail? The same Bill Clinton married to Hillary Clinton whose assistant, Huma Abedin also just happened to be married to a world class pervert by the name of Jeffrey Weiner who was convicted of sending pictures of his, you guessed it, wiener to underage girls? These are, self admittedly your peeps. "Nope, no evil to see here, move along." Really? Go Hillary, cause ... well she has a vagina and ... Trump!
You don't think when people say they are satanists are really actually satanists? You don't think that when Christian Bale (made up name BTW - Christian Ba'al?) thanks satan for the inspiration to play the role of other well rumored satanist Dick Cheney, he didn't mean exactly and specifically that? You don't think that with names like that saying crap like that, they're openly mocking and laughing at folks like you who don't believe it when they tell you? You don't think people who say they worship Satan don't worship the way the publicly available documentation on satanic worship says they are to worship?
You don't think it's people who work at abortion clinics and kill with no conscience? You don't think it's people who donate money to keep the slaughter going? You don't think they know they are sacrificing to Moloch? You don't think that when world leaders gather for the opening ceremony of the Gothard Tunnel in a ritual rife with occultic and satanic images that clearly tells us they're dedicating it all to satan that they are not doing just exactly that and it's all just art? You're going with that?
You don't think people who do any of these things are enslaved in any way and might be working on a hidden agenda? You don't think it's people who are under the deception of the enemy out to destroy all of humanity in any way he can? You don't think it's people who will help ensure his plan comes to fruition just as foretold? It all sounds like a whole bunch of conspiracy theory to you? And you don't think you vote for and contend for evil? WAKE UP!!!
You are also correct, Matthew 26:52 says, 'Put your sword back in its place,' Jesus said to him, 'for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.' Notice he did not say, give it away or let them take it.
Regardless, your gross misuse of this scripture completely out of context underscores you're insincerity and is a prime example of why I do not think you're an honest man. Even the atheists know you can find a scripture to take out of context and play gotcha bingo to trip up the uninformed. Seems you're a master. So, are you really that uneducated about the Word you claim to know, or you know the game and aim to deceive? Are you honestly naive and uneducated about proper hermaneutics, or fully aware and fully dishonest? I'm not seeing a middle ground here.
Why? I don't know, context? The meaning given the context? A love of Scripture and not wanting to bastardize it in front of an unbelieving world? An unbelieving world whose BS detector probably went off as strongly as mine did? How about we try Matthew 26 again, this time with a little context, shall we?
First, for the uninitiated, this scene takes place in the Garden of Gethsemane, the place where Jesus and his disciples went to pray just after they concluded their celebration of the Passover, commonly known as the Last Supper, where Jesus revealed that one of the twelve would soon betray Him, the exact moment Leonardo Da Vinci illustrated in his famous fresco. Knowing the indescribably painful death He would soon suffer for the sake of humanity, Jesus prayed in the garden, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.” vs 39 and “O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” vs 42.
Having finally steeled Himself for the torture and death He knew was about to endure for us, He woke his sleeping disciples saying, "Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.” Mathew 26:46
Mathew 26:47 And while He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, with a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and elders of the people. 48 Now His betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the One; seize Him.” 49 Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed Him. 50 But Jesus said to him, “Friend, why have you come?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him. 51 And suddenly, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 52 But Jesus said to him, “Put your sword in its place, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword. 53 Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels? 54 How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?”
Notice that the full quote of Jesus' words encompass all of verse 52, all of verse 53, and all of verse 54. One complete thought, one complete reasoning, given the complete and only context and you're gonna cherry pick it like that? Is that how you teach? You call that proper exegesis? Seventy-two verses in a single chapter telling the story of one single unbroken sequence of events and you pull one little chunk of His 3 verse complete sentence out of context like that? Really? No. Not doing this with you.
I see who you are, I see how you do and no. I do not believe you are an honest man.
I'm also not interested in your BS single word, line by line rebuttals if you have a complete coherent thought, share it. If I'm misinterpreting your words, clarify them. Otherwise, you are now on full display and no one should believe a word you have to say on this or any other important or eternal topic.