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"We don't think it is appropriate to have guns in churches," Danny Loar, executive director of the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops -- the church's public policy arm in Louisiana, said Monday.
I don't want to go too far down this road... but... the problem with a blanket policy like this is that to some folks, this is as bad as when the Government compels you to enter a "gun free zone", and arguably worse.Unfortunately, BGs don't feel this way, as demonstrated by the murderer of the abortion doctor in a church. So, why disarm the GGs who might defend the parishioners from such an attack.
That being said, I respect the Church's right to make that decision. I just wouldn't ever attend a Catholic Mass in LA.
I don't want to go too far down this road... but... the problem with a blanket policy like this is that to some folks, this is as bad as when the Government compels you to enter a "gun free zone", and arguably worse.
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It is not as bad as the government compelling you to enter a gun-free zone. ( . . . )
I hate the decision. I love the fact that we live in a country where they can make it.
Well in my effort to not open a risky door, apparently I didn't go down my intended road quite far enough.It is not as bad as the government compelling you to enter a gun-free zone. This is private property, controlled by the Church. Don't enter the property if you feel strongly enough about it. If I were still a Catholic, I'd tell the priest that I'd be worshiping elsewhere and that, if he felt I needed a sacrament, he's welcome in my home, where guns are also welcome.
I hate the decision. I love the fact that we live in a country where they can make it.
Well in my effort to not open a risky door, apparently I didn't go down my intended road quite far enough.
This is a Bishop's decree, and from what I see, applies to all Catholic churches under his jurisdiction, namely, the state of Louisiana.
There will be people for whom this is a choice between carrying a firearm for self-defense, and neglecting the attendance of the entire Catholic church, and all those associated consequences.
All the government can do is throw you in jail... the church on the other hand... well, hopefully now you see where I'm going here.
I'm not Catholic, so I don't fully understand everything that may be at stake, but I don't imagine they would be happy if you decided to leave the church over this.
If I'm misunderstanding this, I would welcome additional information from those who do know more.
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"Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Nothing," they answered. He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. It is written: `And he was numbered with the transgressors' ; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment." The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords." "That is enough," he replied. (Luke 22:35-38, NIV)
"But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever" (1 Tim. 5:8).
False doctrine has done more harm to mankind than guns.