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R.Wreck
SFN Regular
USA
1191 Posts |
 Posted - 11/13/2006 : 19:29:04
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I guess the J-man doesn't like to be climbed on
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A man who climbed a 45-foot tall statue of Jesus to pray for a miracle cure saw his plan backfire slightly, when he fell off, breaking several bones.
Farmer Alipio Acosta climbed up the statue of Jesus in Ocaca, Columbia in front of a crowd of onlookers – and TV cameras – in an attempt to be cured of his epilepsy. Once at the top of the statue, he prayed for a few moments, then started to climb back down.
Unfortunately, he hadn't planned his descent route terribly well. To add to the problems, it had been raining, which made Jesus quite slippery.
As he tried to negotiate his way around Jesus' outstretched arm, Acosta dangled for a moment, before losing his grip, falling, bouncing off the plinth and then falling some more.
Maybe he should just stick to candles and incantations. At ground level.
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The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
T. H. Huxley
The Cattle Prod of Enlightened Compassion
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GeeMack
SFN Regular
USA
1093 Posts |
 Posted - 11/13/2006 : 19:41:53 [Permalink]
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Damn. And just when I thought I had plenty of really good reasons for being an atheist, another one comes along. 
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2006 : 20:12:38 [Permalink]
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As he tried to negotiate his way around Jesus' outstretched arm, Acosta dangled for a moment, before losing his grip, falling, bouncing off the plinth and then falling some more.
Can't you just see this quote being used for propoganda reasons? |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2006 : 20:13:10 [Permalink]
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Looks like yet another triumph for Lord Darwin, praise be His Natural Selectiveness!
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 11/14/2006 : 01:41:00 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
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Originally posted by HalfMooner
Looks like yet another triumph for Lord Darwin, praise be His Natural Selectiveness!
It's just a shame it couldn't be used for a Darwin Award. Perhaps he'll get an honorable mention.
Yeah, in but the Darwin Awards, unlike horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear weapons, "close" don't count.
BTW, if the poor fellow had read his Bible, he'd have known just how Teflon-slippery a character Jesus was, as when the Pharisees were trying to trick him into capital treason by getting him to publicly advocate loyalty to God over loyalty to Rome. He'd answered with that lawyerly evasion about rendering unto Caesar and God.
(More than anything else in the New Testament, that story seems so realistic and human, it almost amounts to evidence of a historical, and entirely human, Jesus in my mind. Almost.)
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
| Edited by - HalfMooner on 11/14/2006 01:46:08 |
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
1383 Posts |
Posted - 11/14/2006 : 13:43:56 [Permalink]
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Thanks for mentioning the Darwin awards. Reminds me that this little New Zealand gem should be submitted for it:
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A blast that killed a youth may have occurred after one of five teenagers sniffing from an LPG bottle in a car apparently lit a cigarette, police believe.
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METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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furshur
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 11/15/2006 : 21:33:41 [Permalink]
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It's a miracle he wasn't killed - praise Jesus!
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If I knew then what I know now then I would know more now than I know. |
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