Mervin Roberts - Basics

This blog entry is in response to The American Baptist Churches of Connecticut Policy Statement on Gun Violence.

Approved in February 2013.

Altruism governs in my relation to others. This is a given.

Liberty governs in how I want to treat and be treated by others. This is also a given. My guide posts in life are independent man and the Priesthood of the Believer. Here I take my stand. There can be no compromise.

I strive to conduct my life to achieve works. I neither reject or endorse the questions of faith or belief in the hereafter. I am also not interested in whether or not Mary got to heaven corruptible or incorruptible.

Forces that conflict with my liberty should be met by force. Any peace achieved by loss and liberty will not last and further, has no value.

War to achieve or preserve liberty is not murder.

When I apply this guide of mine to the American Baptists in 2014, I find that their declaration concerning registration of firearms conflicts with my opinions for several reasons.

I did not ever elect or otherwise vote for the people who wrote that this declaration. I never authorized them to speak or write on my behalf. I never intended that anyone should claim to represent me, or to spend money that I contributed to my church, for a purpose that might infringe on my liberty.

M F Roberts