What would Jesus Christ think about this debate about guns? It seems what is absent from the discussion about military assault rifles, large capacity ammo clips, etc. is any leadership or thoughts from the religious community about this societal problem of so many deaths from gun violence.
The Catholic leaders and fundamentalists only seem to use their bully pulpits for arguments against contraception, abortion, and gay marriage. They are obsessed with the sex lives of American citizens but silent about anything to do with this huge problem.
Surely, Jesus would weep at the carnage occurring daily on city streets in Chicago, etc.
And where does Pastor Warren stand on this issue?
You would think religious leaders would be at the forefront of this issue and lobby for sane gun control laws.
You would think they would lobby for those with weapons to store them safely away from children and have safety trigger locks on all weapons.
You would think they would lobby government representatives to do everything to make our country safer for ordinary citizens.
It is what I think Jesus would do, at the least.
But frankly, I do not believe Jesus would approve of weapons at all.
And I do not think Jesus would approve of right-wing politicians on much of anything.