Comments on: And on the third day, God created the Remington bolt-action rifle, so that Man could fight the dinosaurs. And the homosexuals.* http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/ \"...a somewhat popular blogger\" Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:05:41 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Ruthie http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12348 Ruthie Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:00:35 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12348 <p><em>Ross said the conference isn’t all about guns, but rather about teens finding faith.</em></p> <p>…And nothing bolsters your faith like a weapon that can mow down two-dozen infidels in the space of about 1.8 seconds.</p> Ross said the conference isn’t all about guns, but rather about teens finding faith.

…And nothing bolsters your faith like a weapon that can mow down two-dozen infidels in the space of about 1.8 seconds.

]]> By: arcadesproject http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12341 arcadesproject Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:05:30 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12341 <p>Always loved guns. From a kid, I loved them. Blued steel. Walnut. The crack of the shot. The smell of gunpowder. Loved cleaning them. Gun oil sells beautiful.</p> <p>But I never could figure out why I was supposed to object to filling out a form at the sporting goods store so some crazy or criminal person wouldn’t go shoot somebody. Never seemed like an infringement of my rights. Doesn’t now. Never will.</p> Always loved guns. From a kid, I loved them. Blued steel. Walnut. The crack of the shot. The smell of gunpowder. Loved cleaning them. Gun oil sells beautiful.

But I never could figure out why I was supposed to object to filling out a form at the sporting goods store so some crazy or criminal person wouldn’t go shoot somebody. Never seemed like an infringement of my rights. Doesn’t now. Never will.

]]> By: NealDeesit http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12339 NealDeesit Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:07:22 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12339 <p><em>“We have 21 hours of preaching and teaching throughout the week,”</em> </p> <p>After a week like that, I’d need a gun to put myself out of my misery.</p> “We have 21 hours of preaching and teaching throughout the week,”

After a week like that, I’d need a gun to put myself out of my misery.

]]> By: VonZeppelin http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12337 VonZeppelin Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:37:40 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12337 <blockquote><p><em>Ross said the church would give the gun away next year instead. He said the church spent $800 buying the gun for the promotion.</em></p></blockquote> <p>In my Oklahoma community, maybe 40 miles as the crow flies from Windsor Hills Baptist Church, eight hundred bucks would buy two months of free meals at the volunteer-staffed, church sponsored free lunch program.</p> <p>As Jesus might have said, “‘I was hungry, and instead of feeding me, you bought a fucking rifle to give to a teenager?’ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:43-46, slightly paraphrased)</p>

Ross said the church would give the gun away next year instead. He said the church spent $800 buying the gun for the promotion.

In my Oklahoma community, maybe 40 miles as the crow flies from Windsor Hills Baptist Church, eight hundred bucks would buy two months of free meals at the volunteer-staffed, church sponsored free lunch program.

As Jesus might have said, “‘I was hungry, and instead of feeding me, you bought a fucking rifle to give to a teenager?’ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” (Matthew 25:43-46, slightly paraphrased)

]]> By: DrDick http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12328 DrDick Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:54:01 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12328 <p>As an Okie ex-pat, I see you are trashing our fine old tradishuns of God, Guns, and Grease. Good job, y’all. Just goes to show how far off the mark Obama was in his remarks about clinging to their guns and religion, huh?</p> As an Okie ex-pat, I see you are trashing our fine old tradishuns of God, Guns, and Grease. Good job, y’all. Just goes to show how far off the mark Obama was in his remarks about clinging to their guns and religion, huh?

]]> By: Hatmandu http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12327 Hatmandu Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:53:59 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12327 <p>I think the real error on the part of youth pastor Bob “Bang-Bang” Ross is that the Great God Gun Giveaway didn’t include a mandatory 2 to ? year hitch in Iraq. I’m sure the young born-again crowd would have flocked to the event then.</p> <p>BTW, Tbogg, I find the painting very inspiring and strangely arousing. Are prints available? I would like to put one on the ceiling above my bed for inspiration for those moments when Mrs. Hatmandu accuse me of firing blanks.</p> I think the real error on the part of youth pastor Bob “Bang-Bang” Ross is that the Great God Gun Giveaway didn’t include a mandatory 2 to ? year hitch in Iraq. I’m sure the young born-again crowd would have flocked to the event then.

BTW, Tbogg, I find the painting very inspiring and strangely arousing. Are prints available? I would like to put one on the ceiling above my bed for inspiration for those moments when Mrs. Hatmandu accuse me of firing blanks.

]]> By: RPorrofatto http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12326 RPorrofatto Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:05:05 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12326 <p>Better assault rifles than condoms, eh? There’s no telling what trouble they might avoid using condoms.</p> Better assault rifles than condoms, eh? There’s no telling what trouble they might avoid using condoms.

]]> By: moondancer http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12325 moondancer Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:00:52 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12325 <p>God may well have created the Remington bolt action, but he’s packing a Winchester lever action in the graphic.<br /> We need every home to have guns so that alcohol-fueled domestic disputes are always lethal. That’s to make FOX news happy. Also it is handy for those experiencing mental health crises to have easy access to weapons to either check out or take the old gang with them. Praise Jeebus.</p> God may well have created the Remington bolt action, but he’s packing a Winchester lever action in the graphic.
We need every home to have guns so that alcohol-fueled domestic disputes are always lethal. That’s to make FOX news happy. Also it is handy for those experiencing mental health crises to have easy access to weapons to either check out or take the old gang with them. Praise Jeebus.

]]> By: fauxmaxbaer http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12324 fauxmaxbaer Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:28:15 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12324 <p>At least they’re not handing out weapons to <a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/43999.html" rel="nofollow">these guys</a>. That would be really insane.</p> At least they’re not handing out weapons to these guys. That would be really insane.

]]> By: AAbshier http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12322 AAbshier Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:06:49 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/07/12/and-on-the-third-day-god-created-the-remington-bolt-action-rifle-so-that-man-could-fight-the-dinosaurs-and-the-homosexuals/#comment-12322 <p>I actually lived in the Windsor Hills area of Oklahoma City for almost 8 years, but had no idea that the local Baptist church was so, shall we say, tone-deaf–but I’m not suprised. The Oklahoma City area seems to produce some particularly virulent conservative southern Baptists–IIRC a minister in Del City (just to the east of OKC) once said, on record, that God does not hear the prayers of Jews.</p> <p>I’m very happy to be in Illinois now…….</p> I actually lived in the Windsor Hills area of Oklahoma City for almost 8 years, but had no idea that the local Baptist church was so, shall we say, tone-deaf–but I’m not suprised. The Oklahoma City area seems to produce some particularly virulent conservative southern Baptists–IIRC a minister in Del City (just to the east of OKC) once said, on record, that God does not hear the prayers of Jews.

I’m very happy to be in Illinois now…….

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