Post by Daniel on Jun 23, 2015 10:41:20 GMT -5
Gary Bauer: ‘We Need a National Conversation About God’
By Melanie Hunter | June 19, 2015
(CNSNews.com) - American Values President Gary Bauer told the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference on Friday in the wake of the Charleston church massacre, “We need a national conversation about God.”
“The commentators now because of the event in Charleston are saying we need a national conversation about race, about gun control. Sure, I’m willing to talk about gun control, about all those things, but I think it’s missing the point. We need a national conversation about God,” said Bauer.
He said what happened at the Emanuel African Methodist Church in Charleston, S.C., is not unusual, because “Christians have been killed in worship all over the world now month after month after month for at least the last six or seven years.”
Nine people were gunned down Wednesday night during a prayer meeting, including the church’s pastor, Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was also a state senator. The suspect, 21-year-old Dylann Roof, was arrested one day later in North Carolina. The massacre is being investigated as a hate crime, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Charleston “not an isolated incident,” Bauer said.
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By Melanie Hunter | June 19, 2015
(CNSNews.com) - American Values President Gary Bauer told the Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference on Friday in the wake of the Charleston church massacre, “We need a national conversation about God.”
“The commentators now because of the event in Charleston are saying we need a national conversation about race, about gun control. Sure, I’m willing to talk about gun control, about all those things, but I think it’s missing the point. We need a national conversation about God,” said Bauer.
He said what happened at the Emanuel African Methodist Church in Charleston, S.C., is not unusual, because “Christians have been killed in worship all over the world now month after month after month for at least the last six or seven years.”
Nine people were gunned down Wednesday night during a prayer meeting, including the church’s pastor, Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was also a state senator. The suspect, 21-year-old Dylann Roof, was arrested one day later in North Carolina. The massacre is being investigated as a hate crime, the Justice Department announced Thursday.
Charleston “not an isolated incident,” Bauer said.
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www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-hunter/gary-bauer-we-need-national-conversation-about-god
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