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Title: Church plans to bless AR-15s
Post by: dpareja on February 23, 2018, 05:45:21 pm
http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/controversial-wayne-county-church-urges-couples-to-bring-ar-15-rifles-to-blessing-ceremony-1.2304229

World Peace and Unification Sanctuary in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania, is putting on a dinner at which they encourage attendees to bring semi-automatic rifles (or gun store vouchers in the event that they cannot obtain such a weapon before the event) so that the weapons can be blessed.
Title: Re: Church plans to bless AR-15s
Post by: niam2023 on February 23, 2018, 09:38:07 pm
Dumbasses, that's for the Adeptus Mechanicus to do, not the Ministorum!
Title: Re: Church plans to bless AR-15s
Post by: Art Vandelay on February 23, 2018, 09:38:47 pm
What exactly is that supposed to achieve? Is it going to make the bullets more lethal? Will it make it more accurate? Less likely to jam? Give it the ability to automatically track fleeing school kids?

This whole practice of Christians blessing things is fucking weird.
Title: Re: Church plans to bless AR-15s
Post by: dpareja on February 23, 2018, 10:24:30 pm
Dumbasses, that's for the Adeptus Mechanicus to do, not the Ministorum!

Well, as I saw it put...

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That seems wasteful. They'd have better luck just blessing the person holding the weapon.

After all, Bless Weapon only grants bypassing of DR against evil creatures, whereas Bless adds a 5-20% chance to-hit, depending on the edition.
Title: Re: Church plans to bless AR-15s
Post by: Lana Reverse on February 23, 2018, 11:18:03 pm
Are they planning a new crusade?
Title: Re: Church plans to bless AR-15s
Post by: niam2023 on February 23, 2018, 11:26:55 pm
Are they planning a new crusade?

Yes. We've got to get Mortarion off those freaking planets, he's a menace!
Title: Re: Church plans to bless AR-15s
Post by: Askold on February 24, 2018, 02:12:41 am
But that's an East-European thing: https://polishpriests.tumblr.com/

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HjHk-YkMplY/UwOZu8llFaI/AAAAAAAAvvs/gWWIZ2pt5K0/s600/800xex.jpg)
Title: Re: Church plans to bless AR-15s
Post by: Sigmaleph on March 01, 2018, 05:57:43 pm
What exactly is that supposed to achieve? Is it going to make the bullets more lethal? Will it make it more accurate? Less likely to jam? Give it the ability to automatically track fleeing school kids?

This whole practice of Christians blessing things is fucking weird.

i'm even more curious what happens when you bless a gun store voucher. is it...better at being a voucher? do you get a more expensive gun than you paid for?
Title: Re: Church plans to bless AR-15s
Post by: davedan on March 01, 2018, 07:05:52 pm
Obviously by blessing the voucher it is more likely to be accepted after the expiry date and the voucher provider is less likely to enter bankruptcy.
Title: Re: Church plans to bless AR-15s
Post by: rookie on March 02, 2018, 07:36:54 pm
Oh Lord, please place your blessing on these guns that they might shoot up mine, I mean thine, enemies for that they mitt meet you and see then that I'm, I mean you're right. Amen.

Now somebody dig up Eric Idle blessing the holy hand grenade of Antioch.
Title: Re: Church plans to bless AR-15s
Post by: dpareja on March 02, 2018, 07:48:57 pm
Oh Lord, please place your blessing on these guns that they might shoot up mine, I mean thine, enemies for that they mitt meet you and see then that I'm, I mean you're right. Amen.

Now somebody dig up Eric Idle blessing the holy hand grenade of Antioch.

Ask and ye shall receive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOrgLj9lOwk