As a Christian, I was troubled by the method used by this guy. Too much emotion/anger--too little peace. When I watched this, the first thought I had was that it was a tool to make Christians look bad and was not a 'victory' at all. Wouldn't be surprised if it was a controlled op.
It's not something I would be proud of coming from my church even if it did get the law enforcers out of the building. Church goers would be so rattled after such a confrontation that there would be no focus on worship, prayer, remembrance etc. that happens when we gather.
A 'Christian' style of fighting, imo, would be with TRUTH and PRAYER in a gentle and meek demeanor. Something like providing each officer with a stack of scientific journal articles and gov't statistics and having them personally acknowledge that justification of such orders is based on a false premise while the rest of the congregation prayers that they go away.
This style in the video is not representative of Christian methods or behaviors IMO.
P.S. I'm in Canada, but not from the same province as where this occurred.
Jesus wasn't afraid to whip merchants when they where in the temple. Your hippie lets all sing kumbaya is what is killing Christianity. You wouldn't have gotten the police out, you probably would have just ended up complying.
The meek shall inherit the earth is not correct. The original translated word was something like "people that can fight but don't". Not meek. Someone who is unable to fight and doesn't is a coward as there never was another option. If you are able but choose not to, that's actual choice.
The good guys are the Christians standing up for their rights.
The positive results are Christian role models and their right to peacefully worship.
There are no negative results. The POSITIVE result is people can resist tyranny.
Who benefits? Christians and free people benefit from the message that you can stand up to tyranny. That you aren't alone.
That IS thinking logically.
As a Christian, I was troubled by the method used by this guy. Too much emotion/anger--too little peace. When I watched this, the first thought I had was that it was a tool to make Christians look bad and was not a 'victory' at all. Wouldn't be surprised if it was a controlled op.
It's not something I would be proud of coming from my church even if it did get the law enforcers out of the building. Church goers would be so rattled after such a confrontation that there would be no focus on worship, prayer, remembrance etc. that happens when we gather.
A 'Christian' style of fighting, imo, would be with TRUTH and PRAYER in a gentle and meek demeanor. Something like providing each officer with a stack of scientific journal articles and gov't statistics and having them personally acknowledge that justification of such orders is based on a false premise while the rest of the congregation prayers that they go away.
This style in the video is not representative of Christian methods or behaviors IMO.
P.S. I'm in Canada, but not from the same province as where this occurred.
Jesus wasn't afraid to whip merchants when they where in the temple. Your hippie lets all sing kumbaya is what is killing Christianity. You wouldn't have gotten the police out, you probably would have just ended up complying.
"Oh please don't oppress us, here is our reasoning which you will ignore."
Pfffft!
The meek shall inherit the earth is not correct. The original translated word was something like "people that can fight but don't". Not meek. Someone who is unable to fight and doesn't is a coward as there never was another option. If you are able but choose not to, that's actual choice.
Who are the good guys in the video?
What are the positive results gained from such action (including posting on YouTube)?
What are the negative results?
Who benefits?
Think logically.
The good guys are the Christians standing up for their rights. The positive results are Christian role models and their right to peacefully worship. There are no negative results. The POSITIVE result is people can resist tyranny. Who benefits? Christians and free people benefit from the message that you can stand up to tyranny. That you aren't alone. That IS thinking logically.