I don't think we have to choose one extreme or the other. We don't have to condemn Charlie Kirk or follow his example. We don't even have to give him a lot of mindspace. If we choose to spend a lot of time thinking about Charlie Kirk, we can think about the good and the bad in his approach, things we appreciate and things we are concerned about.
A lot of the responses here seem to push people to the extremes. Most of the wisdom is probably somewhere in the middle.
Mourning Charlie Kirk - for Anabaptists
Re: Mourning Charlie Kirk - for Anabaptists
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1. Are we discussing the topic? Good.
2. Are we going around and around in a fight? Let's stop doing that.
3. Is there some serious wrongdoing or relational injury? Let's address that, probably not in public and certainly not for show.
2. Are we going around and around in a fight? Let's stop doing that.
3. Is there some serious wrongdoing or relational injury? Let's address that, probably not in public and certainly not for show.
Re: Mourning Charlie Kirk - for Anabaptists
One of the more noteworthy funerals at our church, was for a person who was not living right, and was killed suddenly. The family opted to not sing any songs at the funeral. Only funeral I've been to where there was no singing.JohnH wrote: ↑Fri Oct 10, 2025 3:01 pmAnd the same at some conservative Mennonite funerals, too.Robert wrote: ↑Fri Oct 10, 2025 10:52 amYou have not been to some of the funerals I have been to. Fundamental Baptists and a few others will do this very thing.joshuabgood wrote: ↑Fri Oct 10, 2025 8:38 am This is super interesting to me also. And it raises important questions. For instance, I have never heard some one say, "such and such" was not living right with God and is now burning in hell. Be warned...etc etc. At worst, they say something like, this person had a hard life and struggled and God alone is the judge.
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