Katy Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 In a Sydney church this time. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 My condolences to our Aussie friends. It is so hard to comprehend all the violence in our world. Hugs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I'm so sorry. This is awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Media here is saying that only the bishop was actually stabbed. So it isn't a mass stabbing as such. Though still awful. All the rest cut were wrestling the knife away from the teen The lynch mob that the police struggled to keep out of the church is very worrying. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popmom Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 My daughter sometimes watches this church online. She told me about it earlier. I didn't know about a lynch mob. That's horrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 The whole thing seems pretty weird. It seems like this preacher was somewhat controversial/political? The mob behaviour is worrying and police officers cars have been injured/trashed. I can’t really make sense of the information coming out about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Police are calling it a possible terrorist attack A lot of people were very keyed up over the previous stabbing believing it was terrorism related and blaming immigration etc. when it turned out that was a no they were kind of deflated - I wonder if that’s why so much anger/riot today? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popmom Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 1 hour ago, Ausmumof3 said: The whole thing seems pretty weird. It seems like this preacher was somewhat controversial/political? The mob behaviour is worrying and police officers cars have been injured/trashed. I can’t really make sense of the information coming out about it. My daughter discovered him because she is researching the Eastern Orthodox faith. She did say he is regarded as conservative, but she hasn't seen him be "political". He is controversial in that he was excommunicated from the Syrian Orthodox church over his "Nestorianism" which is heresy in the Orthodox church. My daughter isn't a "follower" of his, so not an expert. And I'm certainly not either. She just gave me a brief rundown of what she knows about him this afternoon. Apparently he gained a big online following during the pandemic. I think he was vocal about being anti mrna vax which is also controversial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 (edited) 3 hours ago, popmom said: My daughter discovered him because she is researching the Eastern Orthodox faith. She did say he is regarded as conservative, but she hasn't seen him be "political". He is controversial in that he was excommunicated from the Syrian Orthodox church over his "Nestorianism" which is heresy in the Orthodox church. My daughter isn't a "follower" of his, so not an expert. And I'm certainly not either. She just gave me a brief rundown of what she knows about him this afternoon. Apparently he gained a big online following during the pandemic. I think he was vocal about being anti mrna vax which is also controversial. I’m not familiar either just seen a few random comments about different stuff he’s said that may not even be correct! They don’t line up consistently. Maybe he’s just a really outspoken person 🙂 Im just trying to understand where the whole mob mentality thing came from last night. The only other time we’ve had that kind of riot with police recently that I remember was during Covid Edited April 16 by Ausmumof3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 ABC is reporting that he was very outspoken about anti lockdown, anti vaccination, anti Covid measures. It makes more sense that his supporters were willing to attack police and seek vigilante style justice. (Not saying all of his followers are like that but if there were enough in the crowd it makes sense) Paramedics were trapped in the building unable to leave for several hours. I’m tired of every kind of extremism right now!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-16/nsw-sydney-church-stabbing-police-and-paramedics/103729960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popmom Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 That’s so frightening. I wonder what the motive for the attempted stabbing was. And who in the world was in that mob? Church members?? You’d think most of them would have been inside. I’m with you. I’m beyond tired of the extremism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 16 hours ago, Ausmumof3 said: ABC is reporting that he was very outspoken about anti lockdown, anti vaccination, anti Covid measures. It makes more sense that his supporters were willing to attack police and seek vigilante style justice. (Not saying all of his followers are like that but if there were enough in the crowd it makes sense) Paramedics were trapped in the building unable to leave for several hours. I’m tired of every kind of extremism right now!! Me too. It seems to never end. I don't know why extremists even want to live like this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 This morning's news said he'd gone off his meds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 23 minutes ago, Rosie_0801 said: This morning's news said he'd gone off his meds. Wasn't that the shopping centre stabber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Just now, Melissa in Australia said: Wasn't that the shopping centre stabber? Oh, I just checked. My mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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