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I think the don't bring a weapon in church notion stems from a misunderstanding of scripture. The Bible references in several areas about a willingness to give up one's life for Christ. I guess some people feel like a CHLer has found a technicality with regard to martyrdom.
The thing with martyrdom is that you can be attacked and/or killed because of your faith in Christ whether you have a weapon or not. Also, I don't think that most of the church shootings we see in the US are motivated by a primary hatred of Christ and/or Christians, but because the person is simply an equal-opportunity hater. KWIM?

Also, people frequently take the peace scriptures out of context. They forget that Jesus opened up a can on the money-changers in the temple. This is the same Jesus that proved on the cross that He values a human being significantly more than a building.

Anyway, it's a subject of disagreement between myself and a few family members; I think we have agreed to disagree.

longtooth wrote:Shame on him. He should have been carrying it like a good Baptist.

ROFL!

I still carry in church, and my mother thinks I'm offending God.

I used to carry on my body, but now I carry in the diaper bag. When I take Hannah to her Sunday school class, I have a smaller bag folded up, and I just put a few diapers, wetbag (we use cloth diapers), and her sippy cup in it, and I keep the main bag with me.
Once I wean Hannah (or at least get her to the point where she only eats at home), I'll start carrying in the waistband again.