content: I don't necessarily disagree with you, but it is extremely tacky to attempt to derail an unrelated thread about heroism to inject this thought. This man may not have stopped the shooter, but he tried, and as others have noted, he took seven bullets away from the shooter, bullets that might have killed seven other people. His success in stopping the shooter isn't relevant to the fact he is a hero. Heroism isn't as rare a quality as we sometimes are prone to thinking; but open praise of that heroism? On the internet of all places? That is an extremely rare commodity, and you are spitting on it. Bless this man in Christ's name, say that God moved him to save his fellow man without reward, say that his sacrifice was rewarded by the Holy Spirit with a miraculous survival. All of those things would have been an appropriate Christian response. But to belittle the courage and the love of his fellow man shown by Chris Mintz in this action by saying he isn't as courageous as the Martyrs of Early Christianity? That would make those very same martyrs ashamed to say they were of the same faith as you. Their courage was of a different calibre, and entirely deserving of a thread of their own, where the strength of their characters can be fully discussed. Attempting to hijack a thread for them is petty, and quite frankly, lazy. You want to profess your faith, but rather than do so in an appropriate forum, or in a manner appropriate to humble, yet godly, praise of a man's personal courage, you just slap that man in the face and call it faith. It is this behaviour that causes people to shake their heads at people of faith. You have the strength of your convictions, good for you, I truly mean that. Now, temper those convictions with the humility of Christ and speak glory to his name in your praise of this courageous man, do not troll in Christ's name - I don't believe Christ would approve of trolls.