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Nearly Sane

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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
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Alan Burns

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Re: Sydney: Priest among four people stabbed during church service
« Reply #1 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.
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Truth is not an abstraction, but a person - Edith Stein
Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. - CS Lewis
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Re: Sydney: Priest among four people stabbed during church service
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2024, 10:17:22 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.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/17/we-need-to-talk-about-extremism-and-its-links-to-christian-fundamentalism

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Re: Sydney: Priest among four people stabbed during church service
« Reply #3 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.
The truth will set you free  - John 8:32
Truth is not an abstraction, but a person - Edith Stein
Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. - CS Lewis
Joy is the Gigantic Secret of Christians - GK Chesterton