Posted on 09/20/2024 7:26:59 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
A judo champion has been left floored by a decision to suspend him for five months after he made the sign of the cross while taking part in this year's Olympic Games.
Serbian athlete Nemanja Majdov, 28, was told by the International Judo Federation (IJF) that he has been banned from competing until early next year including for 'having shown a clear religious sign when entering the field of play' in breach of the organisation's rules.
Footage of Majdov shows the athlete openly making a sign of the cross at the Olympics, held this year in Paris, on July 31.
Now just weeks later he has received a suspension from the IJF.
Posting his thoughts on the decision on Instagram, Majdov said he was 'sorry that such a beautiful and difficult sport like judo has fallen to such things.'
He was however unapologetic for having made a sign of the cross and plans to return to the sport later next year.
Speaking about his Christian faith, Majdov - who has included several photographs of himself on Instagram clasping his hands together in prayer before competing - said: 'The Lord has given me everything, both for me personally and for my career, and he is number 1 for me and I am proud of that. And that will not change under any circumstances.
'Glory to Him and thanks for everything.'
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“Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my heavenly Father.”
Matthew 10:32-33
Nope! Proof is at the 1972 Olympics.
Shouldn’t the names of the individuals who imposed this discriminatory punishment be made public?
“Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my heavenly Father.”
That looming dissolution does not bode well
Assuming he is Orthodox: Orthodox are encouraged to make the sign of the cross before beginning any activity, to have a continual consciousness of God and His presence.
If people understood government (civil and otherwise) as our Founders did, they would.
Another reason I love Systema.
Don’t the Muslim women cover their heads when competing?
Except insulting Christians at the Games is okay — re the opening ceremonies.
They are not relevant any longer. Just like professional sports.
Save yourself money and stress. Stop watching them. Stop caring.
Didn't they allow a mockery of Christian beliefs in their opening ceremony this year?
They said it was Dionysus, some pagan polytheistic deity of them in their satan-worshipping world.
Anyone fined for that? France?
Anyone fired for that?
IMHO this is just an extension of the opening ceremony scandal. They zero in on Christianity, but other belief systems are okay. Especially paganism.
Outrageous discrimination against Christians.
Not to worry sir, Jesus saw you crossing yourself and that is all that matters. Don’t worry about the terrible fate that awaits your persecutors.
And home address.
Kano wouldn’t like that.
Unreal. God not allowed, but disgusting deviant abominations are celebrated by the Olympics- have stopped watching the godless Satan loving spectacle
I watched “Nuns on the Run,” and I know very well that that is simply a means of identifying one’s spectacles, testicles, wallet, and keys. He should use that as a defense, and deny making the sign of the cross, since clearly one’s right to express faith in their own religion is strictly verboten by the modern day Nazis.
Note that I am Jewish, and in the past many people who professed faith in Roman Catholicism did some pretty terrible things to my distant ancestors and other very distant cousins of mine. Nonetheless, I strongly believe that this guy has an absolute right to express his faith. Nothing speaks more to the idea of individual rights than that, and it is a very sad world that we live in that such a thing is condemned and punished.
Yes. The “Olympic Committee” did nothing. People with names did.
This is true of any organization, including governments. Faceless scum hide behind organizations. The “FBI” does nothing. People working for the FBI do.
The West’s war on Serbia never ended.
one finger Muslim salute for ISIS
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