# Why does Jesus love guns and hate sex? (or gays) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-jesus-love-guns-and-hate-sex-or-gays/657440 "2013-05-03T18:48:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-jesus-love-guns-and-hate-sex-or-gays/657440/1 "2013-05-03T18:48:25Z")
As an Atheist, it’s very rare I’m moved by a Christian sermon. I happen to run across [THIS](http://morganguyton.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/how-did-jesus-come-to-love-guns-and-hate-sex/) guy’s blog and was very impressed. Just thought I’d share. Bonus: The blog features a pic that made me LOL. > [@](#): > > …The way that you tell if a church is really “preaching the gospel” or has “Biblical values” is how tough the pastor talks about sin and the wickedness of the world out there. The harsher the sermons are, the safer you feel, because they serve to validate your sense that you live in a world of danger in which handguns and purity rings are hugely important. > > I realize this is a caricature, but it’s a caricature with some truth. Certainly, God works to bring deliverance to His people in all kinds of contexts. All of our churches are a mix of spirit and flesh. And yet, I have witnessed so many times the astounding hypocrisy of Christians talking about sin as a means of reassuring themselves that they’re with the “good people” and leveraging themselves against other Christians who focus “too much” on things like hope and love and joy which is dangerously naive at least and possibly indicative that they’re with the bad people. ---
**Author:** ![supergoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-jesus-love-guns-and-hate-sex-or-gays/657440/2 "2013-05-03T19:12:41Z")
Okay, my brain isn’t working well enough to read it. Sorry for the pointless post. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-jesus-love-guns-and-hate-sex-or-gays/657440/3 "2013-05-03T19:28:09Z")
At least Jesus appears to be shooting a .45 Colt, like a good 'Merkin should. None of them _Europeean_ calibers. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-jesus-love-guns-and-hate-sex-or-gays/657440/4 "2013-05-03T21:06:52Z")
That was worth reading; thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-jesus-love-guns-and-hate-sex-or-gays/657440/5 "2013-05-03T23:25:35Z")
Yes, indeed, that was worth reading. And I speak as a non-believer who, if he _did_ believe anything religious, would be a neo-pagan. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-jesus-love-guns-and-hate-sex-or-gays/657440/6 "2013-05-04T00:34:29Z")
I think I’ll probably wind up sharing that on my Facebook page. I love it when people can express this point of view without seeming to attack people. I’ve tried on Facebook, but it’s really, really hard. There are just so many people who I know are good people, but are so misled by the wolves in sheep’s clothing who peddle hate instead of love. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-jesus-love-guns-and-hate-sex-or-gays/657440/7 "2013-05-04T02:13:53Z")
Of course Jesus loved guns. I’ve seen [pictures](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SJDeVgw9r6Q/UNS9BVZlkrI/AAAAAAAAAZs/sjaFkcJvP04/s1600/38818.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Anomie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Anomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anomie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2013, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-jesus-love-guns-and-hate-sex-or-gays/657440/8 "2013-05-04T10:40:29Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > At least Jesus appears to be shooting a .45 Colt, like a good 'Merkin should. None of them _Europeean_ calibers. Nah, that’s a 9mm Beretta. Some queer must have painted that.