Self-Deception and the Domestic Terrorist
Reg
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So, sure I don't have an issue with people's personal self-deceptions.
Whatever gets you through the night as the song says. If people want to
pray...great. Prayer is a private thing. If it helps you fantastic. I
don't mean to be critical of people that want to spend their time praying
as if they are praying they likely are not shooting at people...unless
they pray in some unusual ways. I mean I don't think Jesus, to pick on
him because why not, would advocate members of his flock leaving the
house strapped. I don't recall any section of the New Testament where
Jesus says something along the lines of "And all my father's children
shall not leave the house unless they go well-heeled." I do think some modern Christians confuse Jesus and John Wayne.My issue is politicians and all these propaganda spewing mouthpieces
telling people after a shooting they should not be talking about what
should be done to prevent these things from happening but rather we
should all just retreat to prayer. Pray for the victims, the families,
pray, pray, pray, pray, pray...don't discuss, don't take action, just
pray.The people that say this are truly monsters. They are our enemy, the
enemy of your children, your family, your friends, anybody you care about
and they are as dishonest as the day is long. After one of these shootings is exactly when we should be taking action
and discussing how to prevent this from happening again. Why? Because
human beings will fail to act in most cases until they absolutely have
to...and the only time they will feel that they have to is right after
one of these mass shootings. This is why they go right to PRAY, don't do
anything, don't talk about it, PRAY. I find this disgusting and reprehensible. These mass shootings are acts
of domestic terrorism perpetrated by heavily armed people that our
government and everybody that makes and sells guns have done all they can
to arm. They love these mass shootings, their sales and stocks rise, you can't
keep a bump stock on a shelf now and they can't make them fast enough to
keep up with the crazed demand...because you know one of these "good gun
owners" wants to break the last guy's record and shoot more than 600
people next time. A mass shooting is just advertising for the gun
industry. It just makes the gun nuts want more, more, more.
–--
'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
Reg
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So, sure I don't have an issue with people's personal self-deceptions.
Whatever gets you through the night as the song says. If people want to
pray...great. Prayer is a private thing. If it helps you fantastic. I
don't mean to be critical of people that want to spend their time praying
as if they are praying they likely are not shooting at people...unless
they pray in some unusual ways. I mean I don't think Jesus, to pick on
him because why not, would advocate members of his flock leaving the
house strapped. I don't recall any section of the New Testament where
Jesus says something along the lines of "And all my father's children
shall not leave the house unless they go well-heeled." I do think some modern Christians confuse Jesus and John Wayne.My issue is politicians and all these propaganda spewing mouthpieces
telling people after a shooting they should not be talking about what
should be done to prevent these things from happening but rather we
should all just retreat to prayer. Pray for the victims, the families,
pray, pray, pray, pray, pray...don't discuss, don't take action, just
pray.The people that say this are truly monsters. They are our enemy, the
enemy of your children, your family, your friends, anybody you care about
and they are as dishonest as the day is long. After one of these shootings is exactly when we should be taking action
and discussing how to prevent this from happening again. Why? Because
human beings will fail to act in most cases until they absolutely have
to...and the only time they will feel that they have to is right after
one of these mass shootings. This is why they go right to PRAY, don't do
anything, don't talk about it, PRAY. I find this disgusting and reprehensible. These mass shootings are acts
of domestic terrorism perpetrated by heavily armed people that our
government and everybody that makes and sells guns have done all they can
to arm. They love these mass shootings, their sales and stocks rise, you can't
keep a bump stock on a shelf now and they can't make them fast enough to
keep up with the crazed demand...because you know one of these "good gun
owners" wants to break the last guy's record and shoot more than 600
people next time. A mass shooting is just advertising for the gun
industry. It just makes the gun nuts want more, more, more.
–--
'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
