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The problem is it's NOT "their" rules It's "Jesus' rules".

Carrying a gun is the ultimate symbol that you will not turn the other cheek, that you will not be humble in the face of adversity, threats, and violence.

For a pastor of any denomination to encourage (or even tacitly allow) the congregation to come into the house of God armed with a lethal weapon is totally contrary to specific guidance given in the gospels by Jesus himself - not interpretation, not commentary by the authors of the gospels, but the actual recorded words of the man the pastor claims is his saviour and the son of God.

I would go so fr as to say you cannot be a Christian (as I was taught it is defined) if you go armed, or if you advocate the carrying and use of deadly weapons.

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