Talk about religion, guns and roses

Picotin

David B Shooting guns for 30 years

Dear David,

I'm going OT in all kindness and no criticism is meant. Nor to people shooting guns (I also used to shoot long time ago) and especially neither to yourself.

I understand you're a Pastor and I can't hold myself expressing how awkward I feel about the idea of a man of faith holding a gun.

Since I moved in France few years ago I'm very close to few monastic communities. Both benedictines monks and nuns. Quite few of them are very close friends of mine and I just couldn't ever imagine them even getting closer to a gun.

I guess just the idea would be almost hilarious to them. (We happen to kid a lot among ourselves)

I acknowledge that Europeans and North American holds different opinions on this matter and I guess from this side of the pond we struggle to fully grasp the "gun culture" quite popular overseas.

Furthermore, I'm catholic and I suppose you're protestant, therefore we both knows already the friendly differences we hold on other topics 😊

Once again, this is just a personal consideration and you're obviously free to ignore it.

God bless you, David.

David B

Picotin Furthermore, I'm catholic and I suppose you're protestant, therefore we both knows already the friendly differences we hold on other topics

I am Protestant and the theological divide between Protestantism and Catholicism is as far as the east is from the west. Almost everything in Catholicism is a Biblical contradiction to me and I was born and raised Roman Catholic.

When it comes to guns, culture and upbringing has a lot to do with shaping our experience and attitude toward them. I come from a hunting family, mostly deer and rabbit. Firearms were a natural part of my environment growing up. Back in those days no hearing protection was used when hunting. I became very conscientious about protecting my hearing early on, but unfortunately, it wasn't enough.

God Bless,
David

Picotin

David B I am Protestant and the theological divide between Protestantism and Catholicism is as far as the east is from the west

Yep, we know we disagree on that matter.

David B I come from a hunting family, mostly deer and rabbit.

I'm glad you added this note. It helps me dealing with the image of the Bible hold in one hand and a revolver in the other.

Thank you David.

Drew-r

David B

David B I am Protestant and the theological divide between Protestantism and Catholicism is as far as the east is from the west. Almost everything in Catholicism is a Biblical contradiction to me and I was born and raised Roman Catholic.

🤝 😇

David B

Picotin I'm glad you added this note. It helps me dealing with the image of the Bible hold in one hand and a revolver in the other.

Try a bible and a semi-automatic 9mm on my hip and an AR-15 "assault weapon" slung over my shoulder. 😀
Praise the Lord and pass the ammo!

God Bless,
David

Del Vento

Picotin David B I am Protestant and the theological divide between Protestantism and Catholicism is as far as the east is from the west

Yep, we know we disagree on that matter.

I am somebody who grew up in Italy (very close to Rome) and obviously was raised Catholic. I can't say "Roman Catholic", since nobody I know said so when I was in Italy and to me "Roman" is either a dialect / slang spoken by lowlife people in Rome's suburbs, or the name of the people who spoke Latin and killed Christians 2000 years ago 🤣 For a while I've been atheist (mostly in my teenage and a bit after) and now I'm Catholic again.

I lived half of my adult life in Europe and the other half in the USA, where I currently am. As such I can't help but always compare "how stupid or different is X in country A compared to country B". I generally try to refrain to make such comparisons out loud, but since here the comparison has already started, I decided to chime in.

The American Catholics (or at least the ones I've met) are so different, traditional and conservatives that would kick most of Italian Catholics (probably even my most zealot and devout old aunts) out of their churches. Heck, some of them even try to kick the Pope out (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedevacantism ) which is something that shocked me almost to the point of slamming to the floor when I learned it!

For the little bit that I know from the few friends with whom I spoke about it, European Catholicism is closer to some other US Christian "variants" than to the US Catholicism.

@CyberGene here we have done it again: can you please spit this thread in two, the tinnitus and religion ones? Thanks!

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David B