When I first read in the newspaper of a pastor in a church in the United States of Yankeeland having a "bring your gun to church" Sunday I thought it was a spoof. A joke. Surely this cannot be real!
But it seems there are enough people in his little world who believe in their God given right to bear arms that they want to include this right in their religious observance.
It has increased my resolve never to go to the USA. What are these people so scared of that they all need guns to defend themselves at all times - they must live in a really terrifyingly bad place like central Baghdad at its worse! But no- it seemed the pastors church was in some small rural town in a little known state that no-one out of the state would ever have heard of. It is just beyond my comprehension.
The Celtic way was to bring all of life to God and look for God's presence in all things and see God working through all things. I am baffled as to how God is seen to be working through a handgun. I cannot in my wildest imaginings see Jesus ever having need for a weapon, defensive or otherwise.
I wonder what sort of bible this pastor is reading - and what sort of Jesus he is preaching about. They both sound different to the ones I have encountered.
