Posted on 01/26/2006 3:45:37 PM PST by martin_fierro
Starving woman curses God, dies in her sleep
Thu Jan 26, 11:41 AM ET
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A starving Kenyan woman placed a powerful tribal curse on God, accusing him of sending famine, and died in her sleep, local newspapers said Thursday.
The woman from eastern Kenya's drought-ravaged Kangundo district decided to invoke a dreaded oath from the Kamba community, famed for its potent witchcraft, media reports said.
"Whoever brought this famine, let him perish," the woman chanted, striking a cooking pot with a stick.
"She accomplished the feat at 10 a.m. and waited for the results, but God's wrath struck at night. She died peacefully in her sleep," the Kenya Times newspaper said.
Poor rains for three years running have left more than 3.5 million Kenyans on the edge of starvation, prompting President Mwai Kibaki to declare the drought a national disaster.
God didn't kill her...she lost her faith.
Well, looks like she was the one responsible. :)
Or God didn't like being cursed.
So is Kamba her religion, tribe, or ethnicity?
It is quite clear she does not worship the same God as me.
Well....she's not hungry anymore.
so why would morgan freeman kill a starving kenyan woman?
do you think he did the clap on- clap off routine when he made her assume room temperature? clap on.. clap off... dead kenyan.
Not the most intelligent fight to pick.
-Kenyan woman.
'Kenyan is dead.'
-God
Does this qualify as a Darwin Award?
Lifes a b!tch, some marry one, then you die.
Don't chastise the giver of life.
Caos is proved to be a formidable directive to focus on life's appreciations.
The Kamba are one of the 5 or 6 major ethnic groups in Kenya, around 10 or 15% of the population. I assure you they do not worship the God of the Jews and Christians.
I think that, as the time grows closer, I'll be begging, not cursing.
NOTE TO SELF: Don't curse God.
When I "strike my cooking pot with a stick" my husband says its a curse too. LMAO
So, god caused her complete torture, she got frusterated, cursed him and he killed her? Is that what we are saying here?
And, why the jokes? Do you "christians" not have love or understanding for the people who are suffering in Africa? Does jesus not extend that far?
Hey, it is American consumption that partly is responsible for Africa not growing.
Look at yourself before mouthing to me.
And lighten up. It was a joke.
And what have YOU done to help Africa exactly? I'm well aware that America is responsible in many ways for Africa if for no other reason than lack of empathy and pure racism.
I don't think people starving, suffering and dying is a joking matter...I'm sure you'd be the first person to flip out if someone made a joke about troops dying or people dying on 9/11
So take a look at YOURSELF.
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