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WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)
Wed Mar 12, 2014, 06:38 PM Mar 2014

TYT: Arm Thy Neighbor | Guns For Jesus - What Could Go Wrong?



"The Kentucky Baptist Convention wants to "point people to Christ" by giving away guns at Second Amendment Celebrations hosted across the state.

In the words of spokesman Chuck McAlister the strategy is "outreach to rednecks," and 1,000 people are expected to attend the next event. To lure the nonreligious into the fold, the churches are offering a handgun, shotgun, or long gun as door prizes. Winners attend church for a photo-op with their new gun, but they must pass a background check before collecting their prize.

"The number of unchurched men who will show up will be in direct proportion to the number of guns you give away," McAlister told The Courier-Journal. "And I can almost tell you the number of men who would show up based on the make or model. There is a huge interest among unchurched men in the state of Kentucky regarding guns and gun rights that is even more of a draw than a toaster or money would be.""* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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TYT: Arm Thy Neighbor | Guns For Jesus - What Could Go Wrong? (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Mar 2014 OP
How about giving out food? Or books? shenmue Mar 2014 #1
BOOKS?!? ARE YOU CRAZY?!? WhoIsNumberNone Mar 2014 #3
Why would that please the NRA, though? merrily Mar 2014 #10
Gun Nuts for billh58 Mar 2014 #2
Yo Whisnumberone. Leave the Closed Caption off when posting Cenk ErikJ Mar 2014 #4
Last sentence is the best. ErikJ Mar 2014 #5
The funny part of this story is it surprises no one amuse bouche Mar 2014 #6
No need for guns if Jeezus is on your side, right?!?! blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #7
Onward Christian Soldiers ... Buenaventura Mar 2014 #8
Wait a minute! What are these anti-gun nuts trying to pull? merrily Mar 2014 #9
It's a miracle! Jesus grew another right hand! n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #11

amuse bouche

(3,657 posts)
6. The funny part of this story is it surprises no one
Wed Mar 12, 2014, 08:44 PM
Mar 2014

More people are waking up to the fact that religion is a fraud, used as an excuse for the dregs of society to act like idiots. Oh yeah.. Morons for Jesus

We have to stop calling it 'faith' and call it what it really is... Death of America by A-Holes

merrily

(45,251 posts)
9. Wait a minute! What are these anti-gun nuts trying to pull?
Thu Mar 13, 2014, 09:53 AM
Mar 2014

Everyone knows Jesus is clean shaven and has blue eyes and softly curling blond hair!

Methinks the Kentucky Baptist Convention is more interested in winning money than it is in winning souls. ---------

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