Constitution Party presidential nominee Chuck Baldwin declared that it was a “biblical requirement” for every Christian to own an assault-style rifle and that those who don’t are “worse than a heathen.
Constitution Party presidential nominee Chuck Baldwin declared that it was a “biblical requirement” for every Christian to own an assault-style rifle and that those who don’t are “worse than a heathen.
Earlier this month, right-wing pastor, radio host, and former Constitution Party presidential nominee Chuck Baldwin declared that it was a “biblical requirement” for every Christian to own an assault-style rifle and that those who don’t are “worse than a heathen.” Shortly after making that statement, Baldwin delivered an entire sermon on the subject at his Liberty Fellowship church in Montana, during which he asserted that any effort at gun reform “is an attack from hell itself.”
“I tell you the truth,” Baldwin said. “Satan and his minions have, in their minds, determined that now is the time to attack the God-given duty and liberty of people to defend themselves and to take away from us our ability to do that. This is a concerted attack, not from liberal Democrats and neocon Republicans, this is an attack from hell itself.”
Baldwin insisted that the requirement to own an assault rifle for self-defense is “a God-given law,” therefore “any attack on this law is an attack on God’s law” that is no different than the government declaring that Christian churches cannot preach the gospel or baptize converts or support missionary efforts.
“This is an attack on God’s law and God’s word, just as much as any of the above,” he said.
“I’ll tell you one thing,” Baldwin concluded. “Here in the Flathead Valley of Montana, Chuck Baldwin and Liberty Fellowship will not surrender this spiritual law that God has given to us … We will not—at the cost of our lives—we will not surrender what our God has given to us.”
sigh, to this all I can say is thank god we live in the USA where any idiot can stand on his soapbox and proclaim to the world just how stupid he really is...
I dislike the extremists on either side. This guy is no better than the idiots that push to ban all guns... But give this guy his box of Forrest Gump chocolate's.
... the idiots that push to ban all guns...
That's a unicorn. Doesn't exist. So I guess you only dislike the folks you put opposite the unicorn, the gun nuts.
Well put
This is the real reason that those on the right have been amassing assault weapons. The overthrow of the US government to install a Christian theocracy. They are no better than ISIS.
Dude, I understand it's 4-20 today, but lay off the dope. When you are smoking it you come up with these idiot conspiracy theories like this one. No one but a few crazies take this guy seriously. Most of us had never heard of him until Russell put this article up.
You're part of it! You're covering it up!
... that's no more insane than the wacko conspiracy theories that abound on the right. Child porn ring run out of a pizza shop, and so on...
OK... He's crazy.
But hey, he's a right-wing radio star. Being crazy is a prerequisite.
Yes but he was the Constitution Party presidential nominee. Show him some respect.
I think we have a couple Constitution Party members here.
There are fringe jackwads on both sides of presdiential elections. They get a few fringe votes. And they get their 15 minutes of fame. That's all. Acting like these people represent anything outisde of a few like thinkers is not true. Look at Gary Johnson and who was his mirrored reflection? I can't even remember her name. What have you heard form them lately? Nothing more than their rantings to their own.
I know of one NT member of that wack-a-doodle party.
I miss the Newsvine member of the Constitution party. He was funny when he started on his insane claims about arresting LGBT, Muslims, and atheists.
Jill Stein?
I'm a heathen and I have a few of those guns
Baldwin is a rather typical Christian extremist......homophobic, antisemitic, Islamophobic, racist and profoundly misogynistic. He's also one of the "sovereign citizen" loons who thinks the wrong side lost the Civil War. The SPLC has a good backgrounder on him:
No surprise that Baldwin was steeped in Southern Baptist ideology by the master bigot, Jerry Falwell. More juicy details here:
How can loons like this have an audience?
Have they no shame?
Baldwin definitely moved his ministry to the whitest and rightest part of the country.
OK... I get that.
But still... They call themselves "Christians". So either they are the deepest of hypocrites, or they are unperturbed by "up is down" cognitive dissonance. Strange brains, in any case...
Well he does represent the traditionally racist and antisemitic Southern Baptist variety of Christianity. I don't personally know any Christians who would want to be associated with that but I suspect a few NT members are like that. Most SBC members today would even reject the racist and antisemitic aspects of Baldwin's ideology but they'd likely agree with the rest of it.
And didn't some wingnut Christian recently claim that baby Jesus supports nuking NK?
Wrong!
It's not "a few"...
And here we are, reading your comments.....see the irony?
And I read yours. Know thine enemy...
The conversations after Charlottesville got pretty heated. Lots of masks slipped... Members showed their true colors, defending the people with the Nazi flags... just like Trump. No coincidence.
Could someone point out in the bible where it says that all Christians must own assault weapons? I'm looking but I don't see it.
Gospel of St Donald...
In Baldwin's parable about the miracle of gunpowder Baby Jesus prefers using a .50 cal M1 to mow down Jews and blacks.
What does Baldwin use for LGBT people, and progressives?
I miss Chuck Leopold's insane rants on Newsvine. It was fun getting him so wound up he would say something to get himself banned.
Given that today is the 25th anniversary of the end of the Waco siege and the 23rd anniversary of the Oklahoma city bombing, I'm surprised that Trump's supporters aren't marking the occasion by shooting their AR-15s in the air. It's pretty much a guarantee that Chuck Baldwin is holding some sort of commemoration given how these sovereign citizen loons revere those events.
Nothing like hearing from another tool of the devil. Hard to believe so many people believe those false prophets.
Was that tool of the devil or fool?
“biblical requirement”
Sigh...... Though I am a heathen, the last time I cracked the it open I do not recollect the addition of the Book of Lunacy to the Bible.
Me thinks the poor fellow is confused and meant to say we should all arm ourselves with slings and arrows.
He is the leader of the group that identifies with the Constitution, I would need to guess he means the ship and not the founding document of this great land because everything he stands for is in direct contradiction to the document.
Rethinking my comment I realize that I have denigrated the ship and for that I apologize, I now think that the reference to the Constitution in fact relates to him taking a crap which he would refer to as his constitutional and that would be far more appropriate.
Now this is some preaching that doesn't bore me to death. Since it is my belief the bible is made up of fictional tales I think it's high time we bring it up to date and revise it. This is what's so great about freedom of religion it can be whatever you want it to be.
Let's take it one step further, with a litmus test for "Trumpist Christians":
Jesus would carry a Galil.
That's not funny...
Gods way of saying that assault weapons are not ok.