Friday, December 11, 2015

Celebration of violence!?



"Falwell speaks for the largest Christian university in the United States, and publicly calls for death to thunderous applause. Even if we allow for the distinctly unlikely possibility that Falwell or one of his students would ever have the opportunity to shoot and kill radicalized Islamic terrorists, ought the response really be one of—there's really no other way to put it—celebration?" Tyler Huckabee 

Read about Why a Liberty Student Didn’t Cheer for Jerry Falwell Jr. call to carry a 'sword' | Her.meneutics | ChristianityToday.com 

"We can work to counter our cultural celebration of violence and division and replace it with the hope of the gospel." Moriah Wierschem

"But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust." Jesus Christ, Matthew 5:44-45 

Why we, Wheaton College students, are condemning Jerry Falwell Jr.’s remarks on guns and Muslims - The Washington Post

Another view: Commentary: Whom would Jesus shoot -- and why? | The Salt Lake Tribune

When Falwell encourages his students at Liberty to pack a gun, isn't he encouraging vigilantism? He's getting awful close. It seems to me that he is being more American than he's being a Christian.

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