{"id":93035,"date":"2015-06-23T10:27:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T17:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=93035"},"modified":"2015-06-23T10:27:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T17:27:02","slug":"laudato-si-on-the-gun-cult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2015\/06\/laudato-si-on-the-gun-cult.html","title":{"rendered":"Laudato Si on the Gun Cult"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We have to accept that technological products are not neutral, for they create a framework which ends up conditioning lifestyles and shaping social possibilities along the lines dictated by the interests of certain powerful groups. Decisions which may seem purely instrumental are in reality decisions about the kind of society we want to build.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So much for the oft-repeated lie that \u201cA gun is morally neutral. \u00a0It all depends on what you do with it.\u201d \u00a0Like so:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/hphotos-xap1\/v\/t1.0-9\/11232121_10153014413508106_5747873236121236390_n.jpg?oh=bb3872d19dc056822d2bc3538f1bdd9f&amp;oe=55EC922E\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"419\"><\/p>\n<p>Technology exerts pressure on us to use it. \u00a0That\u2019s why the same people who constantly make this claim labor to keep abortifacients and porn out of the public square and are none too keen to put nukes in the hands of ISIS or Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody says, \u201c<span style=\"color: #141823;\" data-reactid=\".da.1:4:1:$comment10153014413508106_10153015024883106:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0\"><span data-reactid=\".da.1:4:1:$comment10153014413508106_10153015024883106:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">The trouble with Kim Jong Un is his sinful *heart*. There\u2019s no point in blaming nuclear weapons. We should make them freely available to him and focus on changing his *heart* not on the morally neutral hydrogen bomb he now has in his hands.He comes fro<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #141823;\" data-reactid=\".da.1:4:1:$comment10153014413508106_10153015024883106:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3\"><span data-reactid=\".da.1:4:1:$comment10153014413508106_10153015024883106:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0\"><span data-reactid=\".da.1:4:1:$comment10153014413508106_10153015024883106:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1.$comment-body.0.3.0.$end:0:$text0:0\">m a troubled family. Is anybody thinking about that? And he may well be influenced by violent video games and rock music. If he doesn\u2019t get a nuke he will just use a rock to kill people, so what\u2019s the difference? Libtards always blame the nuclear weapon and don\u2019t look at the real issue. Until they do, there\u2019s no point in trying to keep nuclear weapons out of Kim\u2019s hands. What? Do you think a criminal like him will respect the law? He\u2019ll just get one anyway. So there\u2019s no point in trying to stop him.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have to accept that technological products are not neutral, for they create a framework which ends up conditioning lifestyles and shaping social possibilities along the lines dictated by the interests of certain powerful groups. Decisions which may seem purely instrumental are in reality decisions about the kind of society we want to build. 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