People Questioned:
As a Christian, would you shoot an armed robber if you accidentally got his gun?

The Speaker Replied:
Not necessarily, especially being that the bible, in Proverbs 6:30, makes known that "men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry." However, the very next verse of that text leaves a strong objection to that position, putting forward that, though men do not despise thieves if they steal to satisfy themselves when they are hungry, the thieves, if found out, must restore seven times what they stole...even giving the whole substance of their houses if necessary—to meet their fine. But that would only have to do with career thieves who have treasures in their storehouses with which to make such restitutions...in which case a genuine Christian, spurred by the moment to fire shots at an armed robber upon accidentally getting his gun, may find it easy to repress the urge to give into the spur of that moment based on certainty of the fact that the armed robber, having been found out, is capable of restoring seven times what he stole...even giving the whole substance of his house if necessary—to meet his fine. But what about in situations where the armed robber is a bloody pauper & absolutely incapable of making any such restitutions?

At least, career thieves with treasures in their storehouses, being privy to that divine rule, would have as "Plan B" to restore seven times what they steal if caught...or giving their houses if necessary—to meet their fine. But thieving paupers, venturing into thievery, only have one plan if found out: to flee. Hence, certain Christian folks, spurred by the moment to fire shots at such impoverished armed robbers upon accidentally getting their gun—might not find it easy to repress the urge to give into the spur of that moment based on certainty of the fact that the robbers are absolutely incapable of following through with the obligation to restore seven times what they steal, not to mention giving the whole substance of their houses if necessary—to meet their fine because...such robbers most likely have no houses to their names. So, erratic Christians, overcome by the spur of that moment, may very likely take the shot & thus justify their inhumane action:

It doesn't hurt to pull a trigger,
it only hurts to take a bullet.
So if I fired a gun with my finger,
victim had skeletons in his closet.

That, however, is a situation that would most likely have to do with Christians who are still given to impulses & quite unable to act rationally in such worst case scenarios, because, as opposed to firing shots at a robber upon grabbing his gun by reason of his incapability to restore what he steals, thus getting bloodstained, levelheaded Christians would rather put the robber in spots where they have no place to go...a place that would see them dying on their own before having the chance to flee. One of such places, like it sometimes happens, is that, as poison prepared for a prince—kills those who taste his food, even so, it also happens, that a woman, in her greediness, drinks love potions prepared for another. Now, when it comes to thievery, it does not only have to do with violent masked persons breaking into secured facilities to whisk away with valuables...sometimes wasting human lives in the process. Thievery can be narrowed down to very temperate, passive individuals who leverage their natural quality of innocence & naiveté to play the con, & these individuals could range from saint to serpent, rich to poor, young to old, & of both genders.

There's this young hopeless romantic scholar, who, having fallen head over heels for a damsel in distress, lent his painstakingly acquired scholarliness to the addressing of issues that made for her distress, dangerously calling into account political juggernauts of high orders who were responsible for her distress. But the youngster got robbed of his due benevolence by the lady once she successfully leveraged his brainpower to bare her grievance against the monsters who did her ugly. Such may not be readily considered thievery—until one gets treated to it & finds that the feeling that accompanies such state of affair isn't quite different from the feeling that plagues persons assailed by violent masked criminals who break into their facilities to whisk away with valuables.

What is of more value to a middle class scholar than his brainpower? And, wouldn't a lady leveraging that brainpower to sort herself out while not letting him leverage that same brainpower to sort himself out—come off to him as thievery? Especially when the sole motivation behind him lending his brainpower to the addressing of issues that made for her distress—was to have himself sorted out romantically? At least, as his bank account did not qualify him to stand a chance with the damsel in distress pertaining to raising the funds it would have required to have her issue sorted out, his brainpower did, & he made sure to substitute his limited funds with scholarliness. But the lady, having had him all high in hopes of delighting in the result of the sickening process he would go through to have her issue sorted out, recklessly bailed out when it was time for him to delight himself in that result. She turned out to be one of those smug soon-to-be-married women & hot broody next-door neighbors with great asses & heroic scars who aren't to be trusted...who make themselves not worth chasing after & then worry that men will consider them not worth chasing after.

The Christian scholar, lost as regards how to follow up on such issues—since his life revolved around scholarship, was close to counting his loss when his street-smart disingenuous acquaintances came through with a justice system & line of principles which would substitute a line of action on his part that may not be different from taking shots at robbers upon accidentally laying hands on their gun. As it turned out, there was more to the distressed lady than met the scholar's eye. She was something of a lady-mafia who happened to have need of levelheadedness in order to clap back at lots she had a grievance against, & such levelheadedness was alien to her sphere of mafias. The closest she could get to levelheadedness was the young scholar. Hinting on the scholar's envisioned romance as an upshot of his lending his scholarliness to fighting her cause, she'd used his strengths & robbed him of the promised rewards of that usage, leaving him in a state of mind that would see impulsive Christians taking shots at robbers upon accidentally grabbing their gun. But his acquaintances had better, more saintly alternatives for him. They had apprised him thus:

"She loves you enough to confess those sins involving her & those juggernauts to you, most likely because you're equipped to facilitate her cheap vulgarism & vengeance against those who did her ugly. But she obviously doesn't love you enough to get you laid. Know surely that there are guys she's loved enough to get laid, though they did nothing to facilitate her cheap vulgarism & vengeance against those who did her ugly, possibly naming you the fool who came through for her to them. They've already eaten the girl you should have eaten & they don't want to have to explain that to you. So they want to make it look like there was never anything like that. You're just being punished for figuring it out. Keep winning though. Get back at them by taking their half-baked ideas & turning them into plays like you did for her. Note: the reading knowledge you're gathering & making plays with—was her obligation, which came across to her as mission impossible & burdensome since she's a slowpoke. You were actually supposed to be having the time of your life, which she's now having. The way forward is to re-swap & get her to play her original role while you play yours. The thing is: the idiot has had lots of sex...but you've acquired lots of skills, knowledge, & financial opportunities—such that you need not go through this process again to acquire them. Let no one tell you that you need to. More morons want you doing the same for them. As for marriage, that's entirely up to you & completely out of the question! That’s your call to make!"

Recall the instance set above regarding impoverished robbers who would be unable to restore seven times what they steal if found out? It was put forward that, as opposed to shooting down such robbers upon accidentally laying hands on their gun like an impulsive Christian would likely do, levelheaded Christians would rather put the robber in spots where they have no place to go...a place that would see them dying on their own before having the chance to flee. The appraisal of the scholar's disingenuous acquaintances has a lot to say about putting one in such places. Hence, instead of the scholar going all gaga over being robbed by a lady & likely do to her what equates taking shots at robbers upon grabbing their guns, the scholar's street-smart acquaintances, though disingenuous, were also Christians & only flocked together with the scholar by reason of being birds of a feather...Christianly speaking, not scholarly speaking. Their further levelheaded appraisal to the scholar that would see him putting the lady in question in spots where she'd have no place to go...a place that would see her dying on her own before having the chance to flee, went thus:

"But in marrying, only marry kind persons. You'll understand when you marry. However, it first starts with dating kind & considerate persons because, aren't those dated persons the ones we end up marrying? It all starts from relationship. Whatever they are in a relationship—is what they're more likely to be in marriage. Remember asking who's bent on making a son out of you when she's not your biological mother? It's her! She was given a bizarre goal to finish everything on some list for a certain house to become hers. Remember asking what's on the list? It's having sex with everyone. Wondering why she barred you from such endeavors? Because you aren't part of everyone & it seems the lady in question cunningly switched places with you before knowing what she signed up for. It was supposed to be you. But she took your place. Kindly aid her getting ripped apart by everyone because you've been running her accursed race while she delights herself unrestrictedly in your delectations. The sudden spooky dreams, the confusions, & the uncertainties, notice: they make you undermine & postpone intimate endeavors until you're done solving a puzzle as to why you're unlucky in romantic endeavors, which is never supposed to be solved, leaving you single for life. It is an anti-marriage, anti-relationship devilish programme! Beat her to it. Put her in spots where she'd have no place to go: spots that'll see her dying on her own before having the chance to flee. Do so by washing her dirty linens in public via plays. That, surly, will serve her right."

Now, back to the question: "as a Christian, would you shoot an armed robber if you accidentally got his gun?" Not necessarily...but very likely to ensure that the robber meets the same fate by seeing to it that he or she is put in spots where they'd have no place to go...spots that'd see them dying on their own before having the chance to flee. That would serve them right, wouldn't it?...except God’s delivers them, in which case they would have to refrain from such evils.