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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 12:29 AM
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Florida man's drowning in Antioch lake related to Rapture prediction, detective says
Source: Contra Costa Times

Victor Frasno thought God was on the other side of an Antioch lake, so he tried not once, but twice to get across, even though he could not swim.

God would help him reach the other side of the 80-acre reservoir, he told his older brother. The brother was also "chosen," so he pulled him into the frigid water, too.

After a chaotic hour or so at the sprawling Contra Loma Regional Park, battling with his brother and sister-in-law in and out of the frigid water, Frasno drowned.

... "I believe it probably had something to do with the rapture because this wasn't his normal behavior," said Detective Holly Sontag, who investigated the drowning for the East Bay Regional Park District police, which oversees the park.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_18140764
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givemebackmycountry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 12:46 AM
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1. I keep saying that...
There is no insanity, like religious insanity.
And I keep getting proven right.

Poor man, he didn't have to do this.
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pipoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 05:53 AM
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5. Really?
Suspect in Shooting of Giffords Ruled Unfit for Trial

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x420983


No, insanity is insanity...there are plenty of insane people who have no religious bent.
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Journeyman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 01:27 AM
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2. There were times when even Jesus Christ walked *around* the water. . .
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Anakin Skywalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 02:19 AM
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3. What the hell? The water is not "frigid" at this time of year!
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pipoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 05:58 AM
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6. CA has been unseasonally cold this spring
the low at Antioch today was 47 degrees, high of 67...frigid? I don't know....cold enough to cause muscle cramping? Likely.
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SemperEadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 05:07 AM
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4. wow...
Dude, God was the voice that was telling you "you know you can't swim... you know you can't swim... you know you can't swim".
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geckosfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 06:11 AM
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7. frigid water? in CA?
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 10:07 AM
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12. Snow melt?
Edited on Thu May-26-11 10:08 AM by AngryAmish
Parts of CA have snow dozens of feet deep.

On edit, it is a reservoir so it is catching snow melt.
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mwb970 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 06:48 AM
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8. More from the article....
Friday, as Family Radio President Harold Camping continued to insist the end was near and the rapture became a Facebook one-liner, Frasno, his 27-year-old brother and his brother's wife went to Contra Loma park, sat on some rocks and spoke about religion, family and life. "He started talking about God profoundly, but nothing abnormal at that point," Sontag said.

Later that evening, Frasno's behavior deteriorated. As he sat in his brother's apartment, Frasno began watching UFO videos and quoting Scripture from the book of Ezekiel, Sontag said.

Frasno insisted on returning to the south Antioch park. His brother and sister-in-law, who were not identified, went with him, worried for his safety. The trio walked along the trail adjacent to the reservoir and his religious rants continued, Sontag said.

"He told his family that he now understood the Bible and that God was going to come to see him," she said.

The poor guy was only 25 years old. And so toxic religiosity claims another victim. I sympathize, but it's hard to put myself in his shoes because I simply can't imagine having my mind taken over by the crazy ideas and obsessions these religious people experience. I was obsessed with the Beatles when I was a kid, but it never made me want to drown myself in a lake.

:shrug:
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 08:24 AM
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11. "I was obsessed with the Beatles when I was a kid"...
but I'm sure you got a moptop hair cut.

:rofl:

Cheers!
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 07:07 AM
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9. Isn't amazing how hard it is to tell "very religious" apart from "crazy?" n/t
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 08:22 AM
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10. And just what was his "normal behavior"? nt
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