Persons of intellect? Do you know how many well educated and intellectual people are or were Christians? Do you want a list? Also, not all Christians buy into the idea that the earth is 6,000 years old, or that evolution within a species doesn't happen, so you are generalizing. I don't think you are qualified to tell other gun owners what they "need to believe" for gun ownership to grow. Just believe what you want, and a friendly debate is fine, but you just like to cause problems.
You and others realize that this will continue until you all stop replying to a certain poster and his attempts to get you all fired up?(which worked) I do believe that there should not be a direct connection between church and state but we are a country that was founded on godly principles. Also, I do believe it was those principles that helped us succeed for so long but the lack of principles and morals is the root cause of our destruction of a country and liberty.
Both are ways of saying:
My apologies for violating that rule in this thread.