Fundamentalist Christians protest at Paris theater

[John81]

Fundamentalist Christians protest at Paris theater

PARIS (AP) — The city of Paris is filing legal complaints against a group of fundamentalist Christians who have been protesting a play currently showing at the municipal theater, claiming it is blasphemous, the mayor said Friday.
Riot police have been called in to chase off demonstrators bearing crosses loudly protesting in front of, and sometimes inside, the Theatre de la Ville since the Oct. 20 opening of the play.
"Sur le Concept du Visage du fils de Dieu" ("On the Concept of the Son of God's Face"), by Italian Romeo Castellucci is a provocative story centering on a young man caring for his aged and incontinent father. A portrait of the face of Christ looms large onstage throughout and projectiles are ultimately thrown at it.
Each night, police have had to defend the theater from a group of ultra-Christian protesters — organized by the group Renouveau France — who turn up with crucifixes and banners denouncing "Christianophobia," determined to disrupt the show .
Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said in a statement that Paris can't tolerate "such expressions of fundamentalism and intolerance."
His statement said the city is filing complaints when demonstrators try to interrupt performances.
The play has been shown elsewhere without incident, including in Poland, Italy and Spain — traditionally Catholic countries.
Commentators backing the play contend it is not intended to offend Christ.
The director of the theater, in the center of Paris, Emmanuel Demarcy-Moto, denounced the "odious threats" and vowed that the show must go on.

http://news.yahoo.com/fundamentalist-christians-protest-paris-theater-190318445.html

[Wilchbla]

Wow, I didn't realize there were any fundamentalist Christians anywhere in France. I wonder if they really are fundamentalist. Remember, the gunmen in Sweden that killed all those kids was called a fundamentalist. I remember hearing a missionary claim that there was only around 5,000 fundamentalist Christians in all of Italy. France probably isn't much better.

[John81]

It seems that any Christian (real or otherwise) that openly opposes wickedness is considered a fundamentalist. Any professing Christian that dares to speak out publically is considered a fundamentalist.

This is because any fundamentalist Christian is now viewed as bad, evil, and something all others should stand and fight against.

[Invicta]

Wow, I didn't realize there were any fundamentalist Christians anywhere in France. I wonder if they really are fundamentalist. Remember, the gunmen in Sweden that killed all those kids was called a fundamentalist. I remember hearing a missionary claim that there was only around 5,000 fundamentalist Christians in all of Italy. France probably isn't much better.

There is a church in Laon, France, where the pasteur, Clare Baughman is a fundamentalist, American missionary. Clare is severely disabled and preaches from a wheelchair, He told my daughter when they were there this year that he only has one person who is regular in his church. Last year when we attended, my daughter and her husband and 5 children also turned up, greatly increasing his congregation. I believe he has been there for about 20 years. Pasteur Baugman has updated the Ostervald bible with the aid of David Cloud, I believe. This was an update of the original French bible by Olivetan. They have 5,000 bibles in the US ready to ship to France, but the cost will be $6,000. This bible is based on the Texte Recu, the received text.

We found the church on David Cloud's list of churches.