{"id":21804,"date":"2014-02-22T18:34:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T23:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=21804"},"modified":"2014-02-22T18:34:25","modified_gmt":"2014-02-22T23:34:25","slug":"jesus-and-his-assault-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/02\/jesus-and-his-assault-rifle.html","title":{"rendered":"Jesus and His Assault Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Several<\/a> people have mentioned Jerry Boykin\u2019s statement that Jesus will literally return as a warrior, but with a figurative sword, an AR-15. But the picture above which Scott Paeth shared<\/a> gets at the heart of the matter, with the obvious disconnect between the words attributed to Jesus and the weapon he is holding. (Benjamin Corey\u2019s post<\/a> also contains some interesting pictures of a similar sort).<\/p>\n

I remember the reaction when I blogged about the SNL skit Djesus Uncrossed<\/a>, which depicted Jesus returning violently. How can this possibly be offensive satire, and yet what Jerry Boykin has said be a reasonable view for a Christian to hold? Both cannot be true at the same time, can they?<\/p>\n