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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on April 15, 2024, 11:58:06 AM

Title: Sydney: Priest among four people stabbed during church service
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 15, 2024, 11:58:06 AM

Unlike the mall in the previous Sydney stabbing, sure I haven't been in the church.

https://news.sky.com/story/sydney-priest-among-four-people-stabbed-during-church-service-australian-media-13115918

Title: Re: Sydney: Priest among four people stabbed during church service
Post by: Alan Burns on April 19, 2024, 09:57:12 AM

One of many clips on youtube concerning this stabbing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXj-lLaWVPE

He is a very devout bishop - my wife and I have watched many of his sermons.
This video makes a very good point that the perpetrator needed to use violence to get his message across, contrasting with the non violence preached by the bishop.

Title: Re: Sydney: Priest among four people stabbed during church service
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 19, 2024, 10:17:22 AM

Quote from: Alan Burns on April 19, 2024, 09:57:12 AM

One of many clips on youtube concerning this stabbing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXj-lLaWVPE

He is a very devout bishop - my wife and I have watched many of his sermons.
This video makes a very good point that the perpetrator needed to use violence to get his message across, contrasting with the non violence preached by the bishop.

  Yeah, religion can really screw you up


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/17/we-need-to-talk-about-extremism-and-its-links-to-christian-fundamentalism

Title: Re: Sydney: Priest among four people stabbed during church service
Post by: Alan Burns on April 20, 2024, 09:04:55 AM

One positive from this is that the bishop's sermons are now being viewed by a much wider audience after the publicity.