Gun Control, Socialism and Faux Christianity

Now from Nambia comes the Christian Council of Mozambique (CCM). Which for the last 16 years has been doing the "Christian" equivalent of the gun buy back program after being sold on the program by it's socialist branches. It has even been successful (By their definition) since "This seems to have had some effect - for Sengulane claimed that, after
this programme was launched, many more firearms were handed over to the
CCM." So the success of the program is not dependant upon the crime rate, but upon the number of firearms that are handed in?


But the Crime rate, shock of all shocks, is not going down, but UP. Says the German Embassy: "Crime rates
in Namibia are increasing." You might think that the CCM would see the error of it's ways and call for a return to individual rights and the protection of the innocent. You wouild be wrong. The socialist theological answer is after all; it is not only the guns, but social inequality.

Sengulane also argued that the fight against
crime must also involve guaranteeing employment and education for all.
He added that the consolidation of peace involves the equitable
distribution of resources so that nobody feels excluded."God
is so generous that he gave Mozambique sufficient resources for all of
us to live well and not merely to survive", said the Bishop. "But
unfortunately there is a great imbalance in the quality of life people
enjoy"."We must reaffirm peace by fighting
against poverty", he stressed. "It's not a secret for anybody that here
in Maputo we have sophisticated palaces, while on the other side of the
same city there is enormous poverty".

It would be nice if people would actually read their bibles, instead of
listening to people pervert individual verses to their own ends.

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Marginalization. Part 3?

So Vox thinks that the Miller ad is just another aspect of the marginalization of Christian influence:

But the fifth possibility is the most likely, and that is the
idea that the Miller Brewing Company simply doesn't worry about
offending Catholics because the Catholic community has proven over time
to be completely toothless despite its large percentage of the
population. It has surely not escaped Miller's attention that Catholics
and other Christians frequently complain about the television shows
coming out of Hollywood, the books being published in New York City and
the subjects being taught in the public schools, and yet they continue
to watch those Hollywood-produced shows, read those New York
City-published books and send their children to those very public
schools.


It is not enough to cry and complain about how awful the
secular culture is, because even if the charges are true, it must be
remembered that it is the Christian dollar that makes most of these
things that the Christian community finds offensive successful in the
first place. Before Christians can hope to change the culture, they
must first change themselves and their patterns of consumption.

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