Greenwood mall shooting

[chipbennett]

The parable doesn’t address what should be done to the thieves if the good Samaritan had gotten there earlier.

I am fully confident that Jesus would have endorsed the Samaritan using appropriate force to come to the defense of the victim against the thieves, including deadly force if the thieves had been putting the victim in mortal peril.

 

[Keith_Indy]

I am fully confident that Jesus would have endorsed the Samaritan using appropriate force to come to the defense of the victim against the thieves, including deadly force if the thieves had been putting the victim in mortal peril.

A lot of people are mistaken that Jesus was a total pacifist. Lot of Biblical evidence against it. I think Jesus would be fine with the just protecting the innocent from the unjust, by whatever means necessary (as long as innocents aren't intentionally harmed by the just.)

I've always quipped that the Golden Rule, "Do to others what you want them to do to you." means that if you see me trying to commit murder or diddle little kids, you have my express permission to shoot me in the head, as I'm obviously past the point of redemption on the physical plane.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I'm not sure what we're disagreeing on. If the guy was saying, "it sucks that the world is dangerous", then he's right and I agree with him. If he's actually saying, "it sucks that someone feels like they need to take a gun everywhere", then he's obviously wrong, and I disagree with him. I'm merely offering an interpretation that gives the guy the benefit of the doubt.

I always hate when people try to use that one.

It's terrible people feel like they need a gun to protect themselves.

I just tell them, well it's been like that for hundreds of years, thinking it's all of a sudden going to change is not realistic. Choosing to ignore that is choosing to remain ignorant.

 

[HoughMade]

I am fully confident that Jesus would have endorsed the Samaritan using appropriate force to come to the defense of the victim against the thieves, including deadly force if the thieves had been putting the victim in mortal peril.

I am not going to accept theological lessons from those who have no respect for the Word and try to selfishly use it for their own purposes.

Speaking of the Word, for anyone thinking that Jesus would never do violence, they should read the second half of Revelation 19, then get back to us.

 

[BigRed]

Dead thug met his maker....ask him.

 

[actaeon277]

I always hate when people try to use that one.

It's terrible people feel like they need a gun to protect themselves.

I just tell them, well it's been like that for hundreds of years, thinking it's all of a sudden going to change is not realistic. Choosing to ignore that is choosing to remain ignorant.

Thousands of years.

 

[JAL]

This bunch of cackling ******* are dumber than ****.

Dear God . . . how can I un-watch this and purge it from my memory.
They're dumber than ants swarming NutraSweet. Very sadly, five villages are minus their idiots.

John

 

[Yup!]

911 calls released:

God Bless 911 operators but I could only listen to a few of these calls.

If your solution is to call into a 911 center - get transfered - listening to it ring and ring - then get put on hold and wait for help, it’s not going to be a good day.

I know they were over loaded - but when people call in - the last thing they want to hear is I’m gonna transfer you…. Ring ring ring….

This is in no way critical of the operators - it’s critical of the technology they are forced to assist with.

 

[qwerty]

Compiling Cases where concealed handgun permit holders have stopped likely mass public shootings​

 

[ChristianPatriot]

I always hate when people try to use that one.

It's terrible people feel like they need a gun to protect themselves.

I just tell them, well it's been like that for hundreds of years, thinking it's all of a sudden going to change is not realistic. Choosing to ignore that is choosing to remain ignorant.

I was talking about this with my wife earlier.

“Anyone I met at any time could try to kill me” has been the baseline of human history for all time. That’s nothing new.

People act like they’re supposed to be able to walk around without death being a possibility and it’s just wildly naive.

 

[Ark]

Saw his pre-shooting selfie on reddit side-by-side with the death picture. "How it started versus how it's going".

Dude is getting mercilessly roasted. He looks like I could fit my hand all the way around his waist. I'm surprised he could lift the rifle long enough to kill three people.

 

[actaeon277]

Saw his pre-shooting selfie on reddit side-by-side with the death picture. "How it started versus how it's going".

Dude is getting mercilessly roasted. He looks like I could fit my hand all the way around his waist. I'm surprised he could lift the rifle long enough to kill three people.

Maybe if more people on TV laughed at them like that, they might not think it's the thing to do.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Thousands of years.

I don't think it's thousands. I think gunpowder was invented just over a thousand years ago. Then cannons, then guns. I think the matchlock came around 1400-1500 and that made it usable by one person.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Maybe if more people on TV laughed at them like that, they might not think it's the thing to do.

They should never make it on the TV, and should only be referred to as some POS.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I was talking about this with my wife earlier.

“Anyone I met at any time could try to kill me” has been the baseline of human history for all time. That’s nothing new.

People act like they’re supposed to be able to walk around without death being a possibility and it’s just wildly naive.

 

[JCSR]

I can't confirm this as fact but.......

 

[actaeon277]

I don't think it's thousands. I think gunpowder was invented just over a thousand years ago. Then cannons, then guns. I think the matchlock came around 1400-1500 and that made it usable by one person.

Okay.
but before the gun, people killed with knives, swords, sticks, rocks, etc.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I don't think it's thousands. I think gunpowder was invented just over a thousand years ago. Then cannons, then guns. I think the matchlock came around 1400-1500 and that made it usable by one person.

"Over in China they got smart real fast
That's where they invented the manmade blast
They lost a few fingers and some bamboo shacks
But they gave birth to a tribe of pyromaniancs"

-- Jimmy Buffett "Waiting For the Next Explosion".

 

[Jaybird1980]

Okay.
but before the gun, people killed with knives, swords, sticks, rocks, etc.

Yeah for sure. People have been defending themselves against evil forever and that will never end.

People definitely like to ignore that as well

 

[KG1]

Obviously, Eli Dicken felt there was a need to carry a firearm. He was right.