Here's a video of an old woman in her 90's, protecting herself from a robber threatening her life. She didn't use any physical force or any kind of "hypnosis" to stop this criminal, but juts her words. She just talked about what she believed in, her Christianity. I wonder what was going through the mind of the criminal when these words came out from her mouth.
What we have here is a robber who is emotionally unstable; he probably needed the money for an urgent situation, basing that assumption that even though he no longer demanded money from her by the end of their conversation, he took it anyway. I think if he wanted to spend his money on whiskey or whatever else that is unnecessary, he would not have accepted her money and the end of their deep conversation. He also had a religious past, probably from his parents and he gave up on the church either for small periods of time and he was suffering from an addiction, or he had given up on the church permanently for his own reasons.
He was a hurting man on the inside, that's why when she starting talking to him about Christianity, of which the main theme is "love", he was deeply interested in what she was saying and forgot about his main objective when he entered the car. He got distracted and was surprised by the word's of this old lady who didn't seem scared at all, she had such confidence that "Jesus" was in that car with her. Painful memories probably rushed back to his head when she said that, and how she said it with such faith.
I still think this criminal should be punished though for threatening this old lady however, if she was not calm like she was, she could have suffered a heart attack or a stroke. Elderly people are extremely sensitive when it comes to high blood temperatures rising quickly due to nervousness, or fear. If he would have frightened her too badly he would have not only been a thief, but a murderer. He should be thankful that this lady has such confidence in her religion that she did not fear death, and was merciful enough to evangelize to him.
Most crimes are committed by people who think they have "no choice" but to do it. They have such an addiction that they cannot control their urges and will find money in the most desperate of situations. He was probably acting impulsively and was thinking "This is the only time I will do this" based on his character from being so easily convinced by an old lady. What a fragile and emotionally hurt mind this man had.
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Stephen, why are you writing this as if I have not seen this video? Your entire first paragraph is a waste and makes it so I do not desire to read the rest of it.
Your first paragraph should have been something like: "Faith in the face of personal violence is something of which even the world stands back and takes note."
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