▁by ▁Pal ah ni uk ' s ▁ep istol ary ▁novel ▁R ant . ▁ ▁Por ter ▁has ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁an ▁" anti - pat ri otic , ▁pac if istic , ▁an arch ist ▁type ▁Christian ." ▁According ▁to ▁Por ter , ▁" As ▁a ▁Christian , ▁I ▁believe ▁that ▁for ▁all ▁Christians , ▁violent ▁self - def ense ▁is ▁contrary ▁to ▁Jesus ’ ▁teach ings , ▁even ▁within ▁the ▁conf ines ▁of ▁government ," ▁and ▁"[ t ] he ▁New ▁Testament ▁is ▁very ▁clear ▁in ▁forb idd ing ▁violence , ▁ret ali ation ▁and ▁reven ge . ▁ ▁Por ter ▁is ▁an ▁adm ir er ▁of ▁the olog ian ▁Greg ▁Bo yd , ▁and ▁ident ifies ▁with ▁the ▁teach ings ▁of ▁open ▁the ism . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁Por ter ▁has ▁been ▁involved ▁with ▁several ▁controvers ies ▁having ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁his ▁work , ▁namely ▁with ▁some ▁Christian ▁groups ▁who ▁feel ▁that ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁subject ▁matter ▁of ▁his ▁writing ▁is ▁contrary ▁to ▁Por ter ' s ▁personal ▁st ance ▁of ▁faith ▁as ▁a ▁dev out ▁Christian . ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁lyr ics ▁are ▁t ing ed ▁with ▁dark , ▁violent , ▁and ▁obsc ure ▁subject ▁matter . ▁Por ter ▁has ▁been ▁open ▁in ▁sharing ▁his ▁ideas ▁about ▁accus ations ▁brought ▁against ▁him ▁and ▁his ▁work , ▁and ▁has ▁posted ▁several ▁articles ▁dealing ▁with ▁these ▁topics ▁on ▁Show b read ' s ▁website . ▁ ▁Disc ography ▁ ▁With ▁Show b read ▁ ▁The ▁D isson ance