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The Case Against Righteous Anger

It's possible to wield anger righteously, but it doesn't mean everyone can.

Should a blind person be permitted to carry a gun in public? That's the focus of a court battle currently underway in Iowa. Advocates for extending the "conceal and carry" law to include blind citizens say the visually impaired should not be discriminated against because of their disability. Second, they say a gun is not inherently evil and every American has a constitutional right to own one.

Even if I agreed with each individual statement in this argument, I would still find myself uncomfortable with the idea of a blind person carrying a loaded weapon on the street. While such a law might make legal sense, it just doesn't make common sense.

I feel the same way about anger. I've heard numerous theological and biblical arguments in recent years about Christians wielding "righteous anger." The term is used to justify the rants of Christians against all manner of enemy. Sometimes our crosshairs are fixed on a politician or party, a social injustice, an expression of cultural immorality, some ...

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