Posted on 08/19/2016 3:43:31 PM PDT by gaijin
A French group of Christian street worshippers, "Soldiers of Christ" were praying to Christ as a drunk Immigrant encountered them on a French street, disrupting their gathering with loud music from his portable telephone.
The leader of the group quickly stands up, delivering a single left hook that knocks out the non-Christian intruder.
"We foresaw that he would not have heeded the voice of reason.."
There was a leadup. Notice the guy who delivered the knockout blow was looking to his left out of frame a good while before the hittee entered the picture.
Nice shot.
So you are making up excuses for the guy that hit him? There is absolutely nothing in that video that shows the man should have been attacked, the three guys on the sidewalk do not even notice the guy, the two guys he walks by don’t even look up, the lady he walks in front of does not even take notice but every one here is so proud the bearded guy got up and hit the guy - unless someone can show me more video other than making up stuff I hope the bearded guy ends up in jail. I am a Christian, I have preached and have attended Mass in the Vatican, and I am ashamed of this tape.
So what was the lead up? Or do you feel if you look at a guy walking down the street, he stops to see what you are doing then it is okay to knock him out?
OK slick, since you know best and you know for certain
that nothing else had happened since “it wasn’t in the video clip”
then WHY did that guy get up and hit him?
WHY did the guy hit him.
That’s a very good question - you are the one defending the guy - you tell me, all I am saying is from what we see and what we hear there is absolutely nothing you can point to that shows he did deserved the sucker punch. The black guy had no idea what was coming, why? Because he had done nothing wrong.
Sorry but slick will not prove your point for you.
He was blaring music that interrupted the people praying in the street. You consider that nothing wrong?
He had done nothing wrong.
Well, on your statment that proves he was a paragon
of innocence since you said so. Case closed.
I have my speakers on and played the tape 4-5 times, did you play and listen to the tape? You can hear the soft chanting/praying very clear, you can even hear someone on the camera say shhhhh...but do you hear one single note of “blaring music” because I do not hear it, do you?
We are discussing this tape, I am not discussing his life, but analyzing this tape, what in this tape do you see or hear as his infraction. Please do not indicate I think he is a paragon of innocent, I did not imply that, I am referring to this tape which is the point of discussion. The case is still open on this discussion, not closed at all.
“Don’t touch my Chapel..!”
No. It says, “Don’t touch my chaplet.” That’s what they’re praying: https://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/mercy/dmmap.htm
Here are some French kids talking about the chaplet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKrarK_Yjhg
“I am a Christian, I have preached and have attended Mass in the Vatican, and I am ashamed of this tape.”
Yeah, there’s nothing to be proud of here. He could have simply told him he was being rude. If that didn’t work, then escort him away if need be, but you can’t just belt the man on a public street like that. And the irony - the Chaplet of DIVINE MERCY! Think about it. This is exactly what they are praying: “Eternal Father, I offer You the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your dearly beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.” And then you punch someone?
Thank you, I have never seen such a visceral reaction to a post on this forum in 18 years.
Matthew
“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.
The puncher wasn’t looking at the punchee when the punchee
came up behind and dipped his face.
Kind of looks like punchee spit at the kneeling puncher.
Need more context.
No. I inferred that the hittee had started something off camera, that’s why the guy in the back row was looking that way. It appears the ‘victim’ decided to take things up a level and the guy on the street wasn’t having it.
that appears what many here want to think, it was something off camera we do not see nor hear as neither do the participants standing on the sidewalk; not sure how the victim decided to take things up a level, do not see what you refer
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