God And Guns

[Resurrexi]

Edited January 6, 2010 by Resurrexi

[Varg]

[img]http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/newreleases/dynimages/320_410x410.jpg[/img]
Awesome album.

Edited January 6, 2010 by Varg

[Hilde]

So this is what you do when you stay up late.

[Varg]

Actually it's ten in the morning here *shrug*

[Hilde]

11:49 here

[Varg]

PM or AM?

[Hilde]

It's day here. 12:11 PM Norway is east of GB.

Edited January 6, 2010 by Hilde

[Varg]

Oh, you're from Norway! Do you like black metal?

[Hilde]

Not a big fan no. I inadvertently went to a concert though, suddenly those Satyricon scary dudes appeared. Lordi was there too

Edited January 6, 2010 by Hilde

[Nunsense]

No, He would have said to the aggressor,

[i]"Strike her down, and she shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine!"[/i]

[Varg]

[quote name='Hilde' date='06 January 2010 - 06:18 AM' timestamp='1262776681' post='2030774']
Not a big fan no. I inadvertently went to a concert though, suddenly those Satyricon scary dudes appeared. Lordi was there too
[/quote]
Satyricon are awesome.

Did you see the big "portal" the other day or was that not in your area?

Edited January 6, 2010 by Varg

[Hilde]

I don't know what you're talking about, I live near Oslo.

[Varg]

[img]http://www.dlisted.com/files/openpostnorweiganrays.jpg[/img]
You didn't hear about that?

[Nihil Obstat]

Haha, good one Rexi, good one.

[CatherineM]

Jesus could control nature. He wouldn't have needed to resort to killing anyone. He just would have had the wind blow them over.

[Winchester]

[quote name='CatherineM' date='06 January 2010 - 01:54 PM' timestamp='1262804058' post='2030968']
Jesus could control nature. He wouldn't have needed to resort to killing anyone. He just would have had the wind blow them over.
[/quote]
That's not the scenario.

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='Winchester' date='06 January 2010 - 03:42 PM' timestamp='1262810547' post='2031051']
That's not the scenario.
[/quote]

This. In the scenario, I said that shooting the unjust aggressor would be absolutely necessary to defend the Theotokos. That would mean, that, for the purposes of this scenario, we are assuming that it was not the Father's will that Christ use His supernatural powers in this circumstance.

[ThePenciledOne]

I think this is going to end up in some gross assumptions on God.

I think we should remember the event's leading up to the Passion and how Our Lord did not resist at all or even in any part of his life did he resort to violence. (except maybe that time in clearing the temple)

So, really to some degree this question is somewhat useless.

[Happy_Catholic]

I don't think Jesus would shoot anyone. He'd probably use conflict resolution to dissolve the situation.

If He had to shoot: This is the Son of God we're talking about, He'd be one heck of a shot, and probably drop the bugger by taking out one of his knees. That way the aggressor can still live.

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='ThePenciledOne' date='06 January 2010 - 04:34 PM' timestamp='1262813671' post='2031095']
I think this is going to end up in some gross assumptions on God.

I think we should remember the event's leading up to the Passion and how Our Lord did not resist at all or even in any part of his life did he resort to violence. (except maybe that time in clearing the temple)
[/quote]

Do we really know that Christ never used legitimate violence except at the chasing of the money-changers out of the temple? "But there are also many other things which Jesus did which, if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written." (John 21:25)