As the election gets closer, Rose and I are getting into more discussions about the election, and the specific policies of the candidates. We had a GREAT discussion with two Christian apologists who follow these issues closely. Please give the video a like (you can see Rose and I) and give Freethinking Ministries a subscribe. We hope you enjoy it!

Here’s the episode:

And here are the topics:

• abortion
• LGBT and the Equality Act
• socialism vs free markets
• socialism in the Bible?
• inflation and energy policy
• crime
• illegal immigration
• gun rights and self-defense
• health care

Even with such a long discussion, we were still not able to get to everything! And lots of interesting data came out during the discussion and after the discussion.

For example, Josh Klein raised this tweet from former Democrat environmentalist Michael Schellenberger:

And Tim Stratton pointed out this article he wrote, where he discusses whether carrying a concealed weapon for self-defense is consistent with the Bible.

He writes:

From this verse we can infer that Jesus not only commanded the carrying of weapons for self-defense purposes (as Luke 22:36 reads), but he was also aware that Peter was “packing heat.” It seems quite ad hoc to suggest that Jesus was being figurative about carrying swords, but his disciples mistakenly took him literally. Modern readers do this quite often by reading ancient texts through modern lenses, but Peter and company would have been in a position to know if Jesus was speaking figuratively or not. Moreover, are we really to believe that Jesus was not aware of the swords his disciples were carrying (and intentionally hiding) until the moment Peter drew his weapon? I find that hard to take seriously!

Also, note that Jesus does not tell Peter to drop his sword and never touch it again. No, Jesus tells Peter to put his sword “back into its sheath.” If a Sheriff tells his deputy to holster his firearm, he means put it away but keep it on your person. The Sheriff is not implying that the deputy ought to get rid of his weapon forever. We can infer from this that Jesus condoned Peter’s further carrying of the sword.

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