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Related: About this forumTYT: 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
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. How about giving out food? Or books?
WhoIsNumberNone
(7,875 posts)3. BOOKS?!? ARE YOU CRAZY?!?
We're trying to bring people to Jeezus, not broaden their minds!!!
merrily
(45,251 posts)10. Why would that please the NRA, though?
billh58
(6,635 posts)2. Gun Nuts for
God...
ErikJ
(6,335 posts)4. Yo Whisnumberone. Leave the Closed Caption off when posting Cenk
ErikJ
(6,335 posts)5. Last sentence is the best.
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)6. The funny part of this story is it surprises no one
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
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)7. No need for guns if Jeezus is on your side, right?!?!
Buenaventura
(364 posts)8. Onward Christian Soldiers ...
... with guns in their hands and god on their side.
merrily
(45,251 posts)9. Wait a minute! What are these anti-gun nuts trying to pull?
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. ---------
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)11. It's a miracle! Jesus grew another right hand! n/t