This story bothers me in a couple of deep ways.
My mom told me God gave you a brain, use it.
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/loca...n-the-arms-race/nmhff/#4460ea0e.257208.735771
So carry there is OK?
He has faith, but what if a parishioner's faith isn't that strong and they want to arm themselves just in case? I mean maybe their mother told them to use their noggin.
The "moral rot" is standing behind a racist law while making the congregation unsafe.
Damaged? 9 lives were destroyed!
'Blessed are the peacemakers'
My mom told me God gave you a brain, use it.
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/loca...n-the-arms-race/nmhff/#4460ea0e.257208.735771
That kind of turn-the-other-cheek Christianity has fallen out of fashion in many parts, but not among a number of black pastors I checked with Friday. I had called around to see if they would arm themselves in light of what happened in Charleston. The answer? Nope.
Once again, Lester isn’t looking for an early return to his Creator. The church has a retired deputy walking the grounds during services, and they have a surveillance camera.
So carry there is OK?
“I hope it won’t change,” he said. “It’s a faith thing. I have faith that God will protect me.”
He has faith, but what if a parishioner's faith isn't that strong and they want to arm themselves just in case? I mean maybe their mother told them to use their noggin.
Motley said he didn’t consider putting a “No Guns” sign up at his door. “No, people just know my stand. It’s love, it’s what Christianity is all about.
“I don’t know an African-American church that says, ‘Bring your guns.’ I don’t think you can find one.”
I asked about the idea of an armed sanctuary. “Oh, God, that’s sick,” he said. “We’re back to the Wild West. Everyone go and shoot it out. It’s barbaric. It’s insane. It’s the moral rot from the state Capitol.”
The "moral rot" is standing behind a racist law while making the congregation unsafe.
Church, he said, “should be the one place where you are at peace. I think that notion has been damaged but not destroyed.”
Damaged? 9 lives were destroyed!
However, Motley is realistic. People make individual choices, and parishioners might choose to go against policy.
“They won’t be armed in any official way,” he said with a chuckle. Nevertheless, he added, “They are Americans. Many black people, like white people, are packing.”
'Blessed are the peacemakers'