Sometimes Christians beat each other to reinforce godliness… or to fight evil, or some such nonsense. While Christian assaults on non-believers have typically been frustratingly incoherent talking points straight out of a rhetoric book written by Kimberly Guilfoyle, it’s not every day you hear about a Christian channeling Abraham’s rage to initiate fisticuffs with someone who doesn’t believe in the invisible Yahweh.
In Kentucky, however, such an event occurred a few months ago when a Christian warrior confronted a disabled man’s disbelief with the Holy Spirit shouting at her like Burgess Meredith in Rocky.
49-year-old Laura Reid visited the man in his home. During this visit, for some reason, she asked the man on disability if he believed in God. He jokingly replied he did not, presumably because the question was out of left field, at least as far as he was concerned. Apparently, this admission pushed her power level over 9,000 since Reid decided to beat the wisdom of the Lord into a disabled man with his own metal cane.
Once more for emphasis: she beat a man on disability with the metal cane he uses to get around because he didn’t believe in God.
That alone is akin to burning a thousand “What Would Jesus Do?” bracelets.
But Laura Reid didn’t stop there. Since we all know that to some Christians the Ten Commandments only occasionally apply, Reid hung around at the man’s home for another three hours after the smiting. Then, she left with his cell phone, keys, wallet, credit cards, and $100 cash.
That’s like kicking Jesus in the crotch after burning a thousand “What Would Jesus Do?” bracelets.
The man was unable to leave his home because of his disability, but after a while found the strength to crawl to a nearby gas station in search of help. Paramedics arrived at the gas station and took him to the hospital. He had suffered serious injuries, including a concussion, a broken arm, multiple cuts, bruises, and abrasions.
Laura Ried continued to live her life for the Lord until yesterday, when she was taken into custody by police. The warrant for her arrest had been issued in October.
