School Shooting

[Imran Siddiqui]

It's quite simple - to Protestants, deeds are the offshoots of faith. They come from faith and therefore those who do not perform deeds likely don't really have the transformative faith in Jesus Christ.

Furthermore, sola fide is justification by faith. This does not mean or preclude that God will look at works during His judgement (just that it shall not be something that is taken into account for justification).

[regexcellent]

In terms of man hours per life saved, is this the best way to deploy police? I have no idea, but I'm sure CompStat data could tell us.

Half of government is theater, and besides which, having a police officer to talk to young kids about law and safety might do a lot to help down the road when it comes time for them to be delinquents.

[Felch]

It's quite simple - to Protestants, deeds are the offshoots of faith. They come from faith and therefore those who do not perform deeds likely don't really have the transformative faith in Jesus Christ.

Furthermore, sola fide is justification by faith. This does not mean or preclude that God will look at works during His judgement (just that it shall not be something that is taken into account for justification).

Can someone be saved who has faith but no deeds?

[Felch]

Half of government is theater, and besides which, having a police officer to talk to young kids about law and safety might do a lot to help down the road when it comes time for them to be delinquents.

You're right. Most of my knowledge of drugs came from D.A.R.E.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Can someone be saved who has faith but no deeds?

I'll quote R.C. Sproul here:
"The relationship of faith and good works is one that may be distinguished but never separated...if good works do not follow from our profession of faith, it is a clear indication that we do not possess justifying faith. The Reformed formula is, “We are justified by faith alone but not by a faith that is alone.”"

Basically, that doesn't exist - or it wasn't actual faith.

Calvin called works a "fruit of Faith", as there are fruits of the Spirit listed in Scripture (the Epistle that it is found in escapes me).

[MrFun]

Do they deserve greater respect than the victims of the Newtown Massacre or Aurora Shooting?

I don't agree with imprisoning people or institutionalizing people for future, hypothetical crimes that they might or might not commit.

[MrFun]

Non-sequitur. There are a few blatant nut cases (a la Manson) that could be pretty easily identified, but that's a small minority. Once you start pre-emptively locking people up, you toss the Constitution down the ****ter and substitute the Gulag. I always knew you were really an undercover commie.

Minor details like our Constitution or our liberty/rights are inconsequential to DD.

[DinoDoc]

Minor details like our Constitution or our liberty/rights are inconsequential to DD.

I'm simply pointing out that offering more mental health services combined with relaxing the standards for involuntary commitment are more likely to have a greater impact on the murder rate than banning weapons liberal cowards like MtG and yourself find scary.

[MrFun]

I'm simply pointing out that offering more mental health services combined with relaxing the standards for involuntary commitment are more likely to have a greater impact on the murder rate than banning weapons liberal cowards like MtG and yourself find scary.

I'm all for more effective mental health care that does not involve institutionalizing people for hypothetical crimes they may, or may not, commit.

[MrFun]

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[Hauldren Collider]

Minor details like our Constitution or our liberty/rights are inconsequential to DD.

Whereas the whole existence of the second amendment seems to be a minor detail that is inconsequential to you.

[MrFun]

Whereas the whole existence of the second amendment seems to be a minor detail that is inconsequential to you.

I disagree with repealing the Second Amendment/wholesale ban on all firearms.

[DinoDoc]

I'm all for more effective mental health care that does not involve institutionalizing people for hypothetical crimes they may, or may not, commit.

I thought we were for getting rid of certain rights for the sake of the children. I'm simply pointing out where the jackboot of government could better placed in order to actually solve the issue that has people so concerned at the moment.

[Krill]

Jesus tap dancing Christ on a cracker.

1) I fully support socialized medicine.

2) I am aware of the current legal situation, as well as the murky questions of morality, to say nothing of the logistical problems. You will note I said "rebuild the entire mental health structure of the country" in my initial post.

Save the disdain for someone who deserves it.

Then why take the glib position that you can just lock people up? TBH, the socialized medicine point was a stab at DD and HC though.

[DinoDoc]

This DD person sounds really important if you'd feel the need to pour scorn and disdain on someone else in a failed attempt to stab at him.