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Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God
Reuters ^ | June 5, 2006

Posted on 06/05/2006 7:18:09 AM PDT by presidio9

A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in Kiev zoo after he crept into the animal's enclosure, a zoo official said on Monday.

"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," the official said.

"A lioness went straight for him, knocked him down and severed his carotid artery."

The incident, Sunday evening when the zoo was packed with visitors, was the first of its kind at the attraction. Lions and tigers are kept in an "animal island" protected by thick concrete blocks.


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To: presidio9

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


21 posted on 06/05/2006 7:23:17 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft
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To: presidio9

Sometimes maybe Darwin was right!


22 posted on 06/05/2006 7:23:35 AM PDT by patriot_wes (Law of Unintended Consequences; Infant Baptism = an unbelieving, unsaved church.)
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To: presidio9
"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.

23 posted on 06/05/2006 7:23:42 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: presidio9

Christian version of the suicide bomber.


24 posted on 06/05/2006 7:23:49 AM PDT by B.Bumbleberry
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To: presidio9

Apparently the man was no Daniel.


25 posted on 06/05/2006 7:24:51 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (This is no time for bleeding hearts, pacifists, and appeasers to prevail in free world opinion.)
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To: presidio9
"The man shouted 'God will save me, if he exists'

Looks like God decided to add a little chlorine to the gene pool.
26 posted on 06/05/2006 7:25:09 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Support American sovereignty - boycott employers of illegal aliens)
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To: presidio9

"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.


27 posted on 06/05/2006 7:25:51 AM PDT by Vicomte13 (Paris vaut bien une messe.)
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To: presidio9

Roman redundancy idiocy.


28 posted on 06/05/2006 7:25:59 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: presidio9

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.


29 posted on 06/05/2006 7:26:06 AM PDT by girlscout
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To: presidio9

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

Sad story, probably schitzophrenic?


30 posted on 06/05/2006 7:26:41 AM PDT by ahayes (Yes, I have a devious plot. No, you may not know what it is.)
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To: CygnusXI; presidio9; sheik yerbouty

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.


31 posted on 06/05/2006 7:26:47 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: presidio9

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


32 posted on 06/05/2006 7:27:27 AM PDT by joebuck
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To: Fairview
Or the other classic retort:

God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is "No."
33 posted on 06/05/2006 7:27:54 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: presidio9
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."

34 posted on 06/05/2006 7:27:56 AM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: presidio9
Hmmm, I guess 'Daniel' doesn't translate into Ukrainian.
35 posted on 06/05/2006 7:28:35 AM PDT by Condor51 (Better to fight for something than live for nothing - Gen. George S. Patton)
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To: presidio9

It's not nice to full Mother Nature.


36 posted on 06/05/2006 7:31:12 AM PDT by Piranha
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To: presidio9
A common enough way to take oneself out: assume God will protect you from the big kitties.


37 posted on 06/05/2006 7:31:21 AM PDT by orionblamblam (I'm interested in science and preventing its corruption, so here I am.)
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To: presidio9
"The man shouted 'God will save me, if he exists"...

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

38 posted on 06/05/2006 7:31:21 AM PDT by Recovering Hermit (Apparently, most who protest for peace do so at the expense of hygiene.)
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To: ahayes
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.

39 posted on 06/05/2006 7:31:33 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Never ask a Kennedy if he'll have another drink. It's nobody's business how much he's had already.)
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To: presidio9

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.


40 posted on 06/05/2006 7:32:44 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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