Does the name “SkyPilot” mean that you are a preacher, piloting people to heaven? (Don’t answer if you’d prefer not to reveal personal information?)
I notice that you’ve come up with some rather obscure quotations from the Bible (the Old Testament). Though I think a good argument can be made for Christians resorting to self-defense and to war too when justified, if you are at all familiar with the Bible, you must know that there are some very conspicuous — and repeated — statements by Jesus himself that seem to support non-violent responses (even to violence itself, not to mention something lesser). The idea that some Pharisee, for instance, would try to oppose Jesus, and that Jesus’s followers would draw their swords and hack him to death is clearly inconsistent with the spirit of the gospels.
We’re not talking about a violent attack here, just a person interrupting a Christian event and trying to proselytize for something else. To kill him or beat him up would be acting like savages.
No, Air Force pilot.
I notice that you’ve come up with some rather obscure quotations from the Bible (the Old Testament).
Hold it right there. "Obscure?"
Who in the Sam Hill do you think you are to characterize God's Word that way.
Let me give you another "obscure" verse:
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness."
2 Timothy 3:16
To kill him or beat him up would be acting like savages.
Don't put words in my mouth. I never said anything of the kind on this thread. Go read my posts.
And don't try to deflect now and say that "other posters did" or something to that effect. If you have something to say, say it to individual posters here. It is quite easy. It is called the "reply" button.
Moreover, I believe that a Muslim man storming the stage where innocent small children are performing a Christian play, who reaches into a bag and starts shouting "Allahu Akbar!" is an overt, hostile act. Especially in the wake of two Russian diplomats being gunned down the previous day, a maniac driving through a Christmas market in Berlin, the German Minister declaring they are in a "State of War!" from neighboring Germany, an on an on. And I state again, that shouting "My Allah is Greater than Your God!" is used as not only a preparatory scream before and during mass murders by Muslims, they also shout it afterwords. It is a war cry.
I also agree with the poster who said this was most likely a test - to see how lax security really was. Next time, the children could be slaughtered.
And another thing GJones2 - do you have any experience dealing with split second decisions regarding life or death? I am not talking about turning right on red into traffic, I am talking about the decisions that police, military, and others have to make and have had to make.
This scenario was one of those. Since it is Austria, none of the adults in the room were armed. If this had happened in Texas or Arizona, and one of the parents shot this Muslim stormer, I believe they would have been entirely justified.
He overtly threatened those children and everyone in that room. And if you refuse to believe that, that is your prerogative.