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Starving woman curses God, dies in her sleep
Reuters/Yahoo ^ | Thu Jan 26, 11:41 AM ET

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.


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KEYWORDS: africa; bcarefulwhatuwish4; curse; irony; kenya; piouspurplepain; promptfeedback; pwn3d
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Not sayin' nuffin'.
1 posted on 01/26/2006 3:45:38 PM PST by martin_fierro
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To: martin_fierro

God didn't kill her...she lost her faith.


2 posted on 01/26/2006 3:47:42 PM PST by dinok
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To: martin_fierro

Well, looks like she was the one responsible. :)

Or God didn't like being cursed.


3 posted on 01/26/2006 3:49:30 PM PST by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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Actually, doesn't this prove that she brought the famine? The curse worked!
4 posted on 01/26/2006 3:50:14 PM PST by NonValueAdded (What ever happened to "Politics stops at the water's edge?")
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To: martin_fierro

So is Kamba her religion, tribe, or ethnicity?

It is quite clear she does not worship the same God as me.


5 posted on 01/26/2006 3:50:16 PM PST by weegee
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To: martin_fierro

Well....she's not hungry anymore.


6 posted on 01/26/2006 3:50:38 PM PST by Dallas59 ((“You love life, while we love death"( Al-Qaeda & Democratic Party))
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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.


7 posted on 01/26/2006 3:50:59 PM PST by pipecorp (Let's have a CRUSADE! , the muslims never stopped. a 2010 useless reply odyssey.)
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Self fulfilling prophecies are rich!
8 posted on 01/26/2006 3:54:59 PM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: Charles Henrickson; mikrofon

9 posted on 01/26/2006 4:00:01 PM PST by martin_fierro (Or a Mr. Niftier)
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Starving woman curses God, dies in her sleep

Not the most intelligent fight to pick.

10 posted on 01/26/2006 4:03:24 PM PST by carlr
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'God is dead.'

-Kenyan woman.

'Kenyan is dead.'

-God


11 posted on 01/26/2006 4:03:44 PM PST by Viking2002 (Allah FUBAR!)
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Does this qualify as a Darwin Award?


12 posted on 01/26/2006 4:05:21 PM PST by fzx12345 (Three lefts don't make a right; they invent one.)
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"Whoever brought this famine, let him perish," the woman chanted, striking a cooking pot with a stick.

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.

13 posted on 01/26/2006 4:07:44 PM PST by EGPWS
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So is Kamba her religion, tribe, or ethnicity?

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.

14 posted on 01/26/2006 4:30:35 PM PST by HoustonCurmudgeon (Justice and "The Law" are not always the same thing.)
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To: martin_fierro

I think that, as the time grows closer, I'll be begging, not cursing.


15 posted on 01/26/2006 4:32:57 PM PST by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: martin_fierro

NOTE TO SELF: Don't curse God.


16 posted on 01/26/2006 4:44:59 PM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: martin_fierro

When I "strike my cooking pot with a stick" my husband says its a curse too. LMAO


17 posted on 01/26/2006 5:25:20 PM PST by moviegirl ("I guide this ride")
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To: rwfromkansas

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?


18 posted on 02/01/2006 10:05:52 PM PST by purplepain
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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.


19 posted on 02/02/2006 7:24:58 AM PST by rwfromkansas (http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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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.


20 posted on 02/02/2006 8:27:01 PM PST by purplepain
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