Posted on 06/18/2022 8:38:09 AM PDT by American Number 181269513
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) last week at a Christian conference joked that Jesus didn’t have enough AR-15 rifles to “keep his government from killing him.”
“On Twitter, a lot of the little Twitter trolls, they like to say, ‘Oh, Jesus didn’t need an AR-15, how many AR-15s do you think Jesus would’ve had?” Boebert said.
She continued: “Well, he didn’t have enough to keep his government from killing him.”
The Christian New Testament teaches that Jesus willingly died on a cross to take the penalty for the sins of those who follow him and that he dissuaded his followers from using violence to try to save him, including one instance in which Jesus rebuked a disciple for cutting off the ear of a soldier who arrested him.
Boebert delivered her speech at the 2022 Family Camp Meeting’s “All Things Are Possible” conference in Colorado Springs.
She discussed the importance of speaking up for conservative beliefs in an attempt to embolden attendees against “cancel culture.”
“Now, cancel culture is something that’s been pretty, kind of a big deal lately,” said Boebert. “However, cancel culture is nothing new. Cancel culture has been here since the very beginning.”
Boebert used the biblical story of Cain, who killed his brother Abel, to demonstrate her point.
“Cain canceled Abel,” she said. “And guess what, it wasn’t with a big, scary AR-15, it was with a rock, so I don’t think it’s a firearm issue. I think it’s a heart, a sin issue.”
Responses to the speech, which was streamed live, varied, with some applauding Boebert’s courage and some criticizing her use of biblical passages to support her political views.
“Amen!!! We need more Spirit filled people in the governments and more of us Spirit filled Believers standing up for Righteousness!!!” said one viewer.
“1:03:07 is a point of absolute blasphemy,” said another, referencing Boebert’s comment about Jesus being killed. “Our Lord is our Saviour because He CHOSE to give His life as a ransom for us all, not because he didn’t have any AR-15s. SMH.”
An AR-15 is the gun used in the recent shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 elementary school students and two teachers dead after 18-year-old Salvador Ramos showered a classroom with bullets from a gun he acquired on his 18th birthday.
Some Republican lawmakers are supporting a Senate plan that aims to bolster mental health resources and strengthen background checks on prospective gun buyers under the age of 21 in response to shootings in Uvalde and elsewhere.
I love this girl.
He DID have more than ten thousand legions of Angels at his disposal but voluntarily chose the path of suffering and sacrifice.
She continued: “Well, he didn’t have enough to keep his government from killing him.”
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That was not really helpful or necessary. Unforced ever.
😞😞😞
There’s that GED education...
That’s a good point. It was Jesus’ choice to endure the passion.
All I know is that the dude who drew his sword in the Garden of Gethsemane would deny Jesus Christ three times, but he was still the Rock upon which Christ built His church to prevail against Satan until the end of time.
I like Boebert, but that comment was totally out of line. She needs to issue an apology.
In America, everyone is a religious expert.
“The Christian New Testament teaches that Jesus willingly died on a cross to take the penalty for the sins of those who follow him and that he dissuaded his followers from using violence to try to save him, including one instance in which Jesus rebuked a disciple for cutting off the ear of a soldier who arrested him.”
The Hill, experts on the bible and Christianity. /S (hack, spit)
Bingo.
[[“Cain canceled Abel,” she said. “And guess what, it wasn’t with a big, scary AR-15, it was with a rock, so I don’t think it’s a firearm issue. I think it’s a heart, a sin issue.”]]
Not only that, but God blamed Cain for the murder, NOT the rock
Well, in the limited context of Jesus’ betrayal and crucifixion, they got it right.
It was joke. There is little doubt that knows that Jesus laid down his life willingly. I’m sure God understood it ws a joke. The left have a chronic lack of humor, which exp,ains their perpetual anger and outrage and hatred
Me too!
Amen.
There are many good arguments in support of the 2A. But Boebert‘s comment there isn’t one of them. It’s clumsy, and disrespectful.
On the other hand, there is something to be learned from Luke 22:36 - the original, not someone’s modification of it.
He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.”
For what it’s worth the Romans exercised “weapons control” thru abject poverty.
Crimes for a mere scrap of bread were dealt with harshly at the hands of the Roman Guard and criminals were often flogged into idiocy.
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