Priest in Australia who was victim of jihadist stabbing forgives his attacker
The Assyrian priest who was stabbed by a jihadist at a church in Sydney, New South Wales, made a very sad, defeatist decision:
An Assyrian church bishop who was stabbed during a service at his Sydney church has publicly offered forgiveness to his alleged attacker.This is not a matter of "retaliation". This is a matter of failure to condemn a "religion" that's done the world more harm than good, and many Christians as much as Judaists have fallen victim to it over past centuries, as have apostates from Islam too. I'm sorry, but this is exactly why the Religion of Peace has had such a horrifying impact upon the globe. Because these figures of faith don't have the courage to call a spade a spade, and confront serious issues meat-and-potatoes style.
He called for his supporters not to retaliate over the attack but instead behave in a “Christlike” way. [...]
The church on Thursday released an audio statement from Emmanuel in which the bishop, speaking from his hospital bed, said he was recovering well and that he was praying for his alleged attacker.
“I forgive whoever has done this act,” he said. “And I say to him, ‘You’re my son. I love you and I will always pray for you.’
“And whoever sent you to do this, I forgive them as well in Jesus’s mighty name.”
“I have nothing in my heart but love for everyone. Whether that person is a Christian or not, it’s totally beside the point.”
He called on his supporters to pray instead of retaliate: “There is no need to be worried or concerned. And a piece of advice to all our beloved faithfuls – I need you to act Christlike.
“The Lord Jesus never taught us to fight, the Lord Jesus never taught us to retaliate, the Lord Jesus never said to us ‘an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth’.”
Labels: Australia, Christianity, dhimmitude, islam, jihad, Moonbattery, terrorism
