Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God

Reuters ^ | June 5, 2006

[Bringbackthedraft]

I guess God missed the call. The lines must have been jammed?

[patriot_wes]

Sometimes maybe Darwin was right!

[trisham]

"The man shouted 'God will save me, if he exists', lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions,"

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I guess he wasn't too sure about God, but he seems to know something about lions. From what I've heard, they don't like to eat shoes.

[B.Bumbleberry]

Christian version of the suicide bomber.

[OB1kNOb]

Apparently the man was no Daniel.

[reagan_fanatic]

"The man shouted 'God will save me, if he exists'

Looks like God decided to add a little chlorine to the gene pool.

[Vicomte13]

"The man shouted 'God will save me, if he exists'"

Hey guy, I guess you "proved" that God doesn't exist!
Congrat...oh, wait, you're dead!

Maybe you proved that God exists, but he doesn't like you.
Maybe Jesus was the stone that the builders rejected who became the cornerstone, but you're just the worm the fisherman rejected, whose ultimate purpose in life was to be cat food.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Roman redundancy idiocy.

[girlscout]

Silly man to presume to know just how God planned on dealing with his self made situation. He didn't stop to think that perhaps the lions were praying for a little snack right about then. Apparently they had more faith in God then the man did.

[ahayes]

Either God does not exist or God didn't particularly like him.

Sad story, probably schitzophrenic?

[Froufrou]

The sad part is that this will undoubtedly be held up as another example of fundalmentalism gone awry.

Can just hear them shout, "crazy Bible thumpers..."

Another evil parlor trick.

[joebuck]

Reminds me of the old joke that ends with the line, "I sent you two boats and a helicopter."

[Robert A Cook PE]

Or the other classic retort:

God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is "No."

[Reaganesque]

The first thing I thought of when I read this post was:

A missionary was walking in Africa when he heard the ominous sound of a lion behind him. "Oh Lord," prayed the missionary, "Grant in Thy goodness that the lion walking behind me is a good Christian lion." And then, in the silence that followed, the missionary heard the lion praying too: "Oh Lord," he prayed, "We thank Thee for the food which we are about to receive."

[Condor51]

Hmmm, I guess 'Daniel' doesn't translate into Ukrainian.

[Piranha]

It's not nice to full Mother Nature.

[orionblamblam]

A common enough way to take oneself out: assume God will protect you from the big kitties.

[Recovering Hermit]

"The man shouted 'God will save me, if he exists"...

Followed closely by, "Then again, maybe not."

[KarlInOhio]

Either God does not exist or God didn't particularly like him.

Maybe God really liked him and wanted to see him personally that day... let's see, there's hit by car, struck by lightning, heart attack, ah, here it is...eaten by lion.

[RegulatorCountry]

It's best not to test God in such a manner. But, if you're going to invoke God's protection, it's best not to follow up that invocation by questioning the existence of God ... particularly after climbing into an enclosure with a large predator. There's this thing called "faith," you see, and this man was rather unclear on the concept.