As executive director of the Methodist Federation for Social Action, I implore Simpson College to consider declining the funds for a shooting program.
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Larry Sonner
10 years ago
College campus is no place for any kinds of weapons I think.
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Nasir Hirji
10 years ago
The gun culture in the US needs to be curbed not given a helping hand.
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Arnold D Brown Jr
10 years ago
I am astounded Simpson would even consider such a "club."
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Nancy Greening
10 years ago
What is the liability of having guns and ammunition on campus with all the mass shootings we have already seem in today's world?
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Joanne Deller
10 years ago
Very disconcerting!
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John Wintemyer
10 years ago
Even Pope Francis has called all of us to a world committed to nonviolence. Shooting teams on a college campus could pose a serious act of violence. Please stop the acceleration of this senseless program of teaching others that guns can be helpful, when our religious tradition tells us violence is never an answer to violence.
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Boustan Hirji
10 years ago
countering violence with violence will never be an effective resolution of the problem.
for any change to occur, the heart must turn first.
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Lynette Murdy Doyle
10 years ago
We are so diappointed that Simpson has gone in this gun direction. shame on you. My wife's father attended S., but he would be displeased also.
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Bruce Hann
10 years ago
What's our plan? if we can't beat them, we should join them?
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Is this any way for a Christian college to conduct itself?
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Vineeta Lovell
10 years ago
I just shake my head in wonder at these people who just don't see what is happening in the US. This program must not be allowed.
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Joyce Boone Smith
10 years ago
Please focus on love, peace, and serving others instead of weapons. Thank you.
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Judith Johnson
10 years ago
I heartily agree with this statement and ask your re-consideration of weaponry and shooting programs on campus
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John burnett
10 years ago
It is beyond my comprehension why Simpson or any educational institution would have a course in shooting. There is no need: plenty of ways to learn and not that difficult unless you are in the military and are dealing with complicated weapons and are learning how to kill big time. Does Simpson college have any integrity left?
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Elizabeth Miller Youngberg
10 years ago
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I don't like to see Simpson's reputation declining because of a "gun" program".Students can learn to shoot in many places in Des Moines. An academic institution such as Simpson is not the place to harbor guns and ammunition. I do not approve of my donation to Simpson going in any way for this program.
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William Schweiker
10 years ago
The philosopher Alfred North Whitehead once wrote that "civilization is the victory of persuasion over force." This action on the part of Simpson is a sad sign that the work of education--the machine of civilization--is under threat. Students should learn to argue rather than shoot; debate rather than load. As a graduate and also distinguished alum of Simpson, I am deeply troubled and shocked by this development.
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Clark S Aist
10 years ago
I am appalled that a United Methodist Institution is willing to establish a firearms program. This puts the UMC in bed with the NRA. Refuse this blood money!
"In the world, everyone wants to be a wolf, and no one is called to play the part of the sheep. Yet the world cannot live without this living witness of sacrifice." -- Jacques Ellul
As executive director of the Methodist Federation for Social Action, I implore Simpson College to consider declining the funds for a shooting program.
College campus is no place for any kinds of weapons I think.
The gun culture in the US needs to be curbed not given a helping hand.
I am astounded Simpson would even consider such a "club."
What is the liability of having guns and ammunition on campus with all the mass shootings we have already seem in today's world?
Very disconcerting!
Even Pope Francis has called all of us to a world committed to nonviolence. Shooting teams on a college campus could pose a serious act of violence. Please stop the acceleration of this senseless program of teaching others that guns can be helpful, when our religious tradition tells us violence is never an answer to violence.
countering violence with violence will never be an effective resolution of the problem. for any change to occur, the heart must turn first.
We are so diappointed that Simpson has gone in this gun direction. shame on you. My wife's father attended S., but he would be displeased also.
What's our plan? if we can't beat them, we should join them?
Is this any way for a Christian college to conduct itself?
I just shake my head in wonder at these people who just don't see what is happening in the US. This program must not be allowed.
Please focus on love, peace, and serving others instead of weapons. Thank you.
I heartily agree with this statement and ask your re-consideration of weaponry and shooting programs on campus
It is beyond my comprehension why Simpson or any educational institution would have a course in shooting. There is no need: plenty of ways to learn and not that difficult unless you are in the military and are dealing with complicated weapons and are learning how to kill big time. Does Simpson college have any integrity left?
I don't like to see Simpson's reputation declining because of a "gun" program".Students can learn to shoot in many places in Des Moines. An academic institution such as Simpson is not the place to harbor guns and ammunition. I do not approve of my donation to Simpson going in any way for this program.
The philosopher Alfred North Whitehead once wrote that "civilization is the victory of persuasion over force." This action on the part of Simpson is a sad sign that the work of education--the machine of civilization--is under threat. Students should learn to argue rather than shoot; debate rather than load. As a graduate and also distinguished alum of Simpson, I am deeply troubled and shocked by this development.
I am appalled that a United Methodist Institution is willing to establish a firearms program. This puts the UMC in bed with the NRA. Refuse this blood money!
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Gun-group-from-Newtown-outspends-NRA-6662924.php
"In the world, everyone wants to be a wolf, and no one is called to play the part of the sheep. Yet the world cannot live without this living witness of sacrifice." -- Jacques Ellul