Posted on 03/31/2018 9:41:13 PM PDT by WilliamIII
Last week saw one of the noblest acts of human courage in modern times. Yet it has been given far less attention than it should have been.We often hear it said of soldiers and others that they ‘gave their lives’ in battle. This is true in a way, though many actual soldiers will smile at the expression and mutter that they probably did not have much choice in the matter.
But the French police of ficer, Arnaud Beltrame, consciously and deliberately did give his life to save another. When the drug abuser, petty crook and jailbird Redouane Lakdim burst into the Super U supermarket at Trèbes, in southern France, he wasted no time in showing that he was capable of murder. He shot dead two people, and was said to have laughed as he killed them. Then he took several hostages.
He was persuaded to release all but one, a terrified woman.
Arnaud Beltrame calmly offered to change places with her.
(Excerpt) Read more at hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk ...
Very brave man ... thanks for posting this article.
A believer in redemption. They should have concentrated on sniper fire.
Christopher Hitchens brother
These odd stories keep popping up, as they are witnesses to Christian spirituality and theology. The devil thought on Good Friday that he had grabbed first prize. And Jesus died. On Easter it blew up in the devil’s face.
And yet, Christopher was an atheist.
CC
One of the Hitchens family?
Yes. Peter is Christopher’s younger brother. He lives in England and is conservative. And obviously Christian.
The French cop, inspired by Christianity, willingly gave his life so another could live. The subhuman muslim savage, inspired by islam, brutally murdered the hostages and the cop, laughing as he ended their lives.
Question: which religion conforms to human nature, and which one is a savage subhuman violent brutal intolerant hate filled ideology of savagery, rape and death?
Thank you for that lovely photo on Easter morning. A nice image to dwell upon when sad or anxious!
Happy Easter knarf...
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