I am friends on Facebook with a fairly well known pro-life advocate. He opened up a discussion about people who ask pro-lifers whether they would give up their right to bear arms in exchange for a ban on abortion. He said this isn't a fair question because both life and self defense are rights, and that part of the right of self defense also involves the right to fight back against a tyrannical government.
I challenged him on the self defense part. I pointed out that if self defense was a right, then guns are just one way of achieving that right, and using his logic, you could argue that universal healthcare is a right because it's one way to preserve the right to life. I also said I don't think self defense is a right in the first place, because Jesus spoke of turning the other cheek, and that when Jesus talked about walking two miles when forced to walk one by a soldier, that doesn't seem to leave much room for the Christian fighting back against their government.
He didn't respond to me but plenty of his friends seem to agree that self defense and gun rights are a God-given right. I want to see chapter and verse for this claim.
I challenged him on the self defense part. I pointed out that if self defense was a right, then guns are just one way of achieving that right, and using his logic, you could argue that universal healthcare is a right because it's one way to preserve the right to life. I also said I don't think self defense is a right in the first place, because Jesus spoke of turning the other cheek, and that when Jesus talked about walking two miles when forced to walk one by a soldier, that doesn't seem to leave much room for the Christian fighting back against their government.
He didn't respond to me but plenty of his friends seem to agree that self defense and gun rights are a God-given right. I want to see chapter and verse for this claim.
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