http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/week-god-99
Every Saturday, MSNBC and Rachel Maddow publish an article they call "This Week in God". This was yesterday's headline story:
The Kentucky Baptist Convention wants to 'point people to Christ' by giving away guns at Second Amendment Celebrations hosted across the state.
In the words of spokesman Chuck McAlister the strategy is 'outreach to rednecks,' and 1,000 people are expected to attend the next event. To lure the nonreligious into the fold, the churches are offering a handgun, shotgun, or long gun as door prizes. Winners attend church for a photo-op with their new gun, but they must pass a background check before collecting their prize.
McAlister boasted that 'unchurched men' in particular will show up because of the gun giveaways, which will in turn offer evangelism opportunities.
And it's not just in Kentucky. The Rev. John Koletas, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in upstate New York, is raffling off an AR-15 assault rifle at an upcoming service.
'We're honoring gun owners and hunters,' Koletas told the New York Daily News. 'And we're being a blessing and a help to people who have been attacked, viciously attacked, by socialists and anti-Christian people--the politicians and the media.'"
Feel free to write your own rebuttal. I'm struck speechless.
just when you thought the whole teaparty/NRA/baptist alliance couldn't get any worse
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