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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:56 PM
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Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God
KIEV (Reuters) - 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."

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http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-06-05T123124Z_01_L05642927_RTRUKOC_0_US-UKRAINE-LION.xml
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:57 PM
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1. a sign? Pat? Jerry?
n/t
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Nimrod2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:57 PM
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2. Execellente ---- Thre is no God!!! rofl...
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sutz12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:57 PM
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3. Double whammy....
Not only did God let him die, but he'll be sent to hell for overweening pride. ;)
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mtnester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:36 PM
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33. Boy, did he sure learn a hard lesson about free will...n/t
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American liberal Donating Member (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:19 PM
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40. my thought EXACTLY when I read that story! n/t
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:58 PM
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4. God won't always protect people who don't use their god given brains
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Zynx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:58 PM
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5. The story about a flood, a car, a boat, and a helicopter comes to mind...
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:59 PM
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6. Too bad for him the lion didn't believe in the same god...... n/t




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MallRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 12:59 PM
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7. Was the lioness gay?
:evilgrin:
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LeftHander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:00 PM
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8. God responds....
God says: "I didn't make non-hungry lions...sheesh this guy gets the Darwin award."
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man4allcats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:15 PM
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23. So much for blind faith.
I second your motion for a Darwin award.
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:01 PM
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9. Christians vs Lions...
...always bet on the Lions. :thumbsup:
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shadowknows69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:04 PM
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14. Yeah I think I think they pretty much have only 1 win
Edited on Mon Jun-05-06 01:12 PM by shadowknows69
and that was Daniel.

<edit>2 wins, I saw Tarzan beat a lion once.
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MallRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:06 PM
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16. Unless Wayne Fontes is coaching.
:-)
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:03 PM
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35. Haaaaaawwww!
:rofl:
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:02 PM
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10. He did more to help Darwin's theory than his religion's....
Survival of the fittest, biatch!
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:03 PM
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11. The lion shall lie down with the lamb…
but the lamb won't get much sleep.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 10:25 PM
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45. Well, at least the guy wasn't a chicken...
:yoiks:
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grilled onions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:03 PM
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12. Pride goeth before the paw
Can you just see the preachers having a field day with this on on Sundays! You must believe!!!!(the bars are put there for a reason).
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:10 PM
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20. Yeah puts a whole new meaning to the term ...
"Here Kitty Kitty!" :P
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:04 PM
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13. Was the lioness a DU atheist?
Sorry, I couldn't resist. :hide:
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:08 PM
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19. No, she was very devout.
God awarded her prays by finally giving her a nice pink monkey to chew on.
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MallRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:05 PM
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15. Yes, God saves people...
...by giving them the common sense not to do this shit in the first place.

-MR
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:07 PM
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17. And Jesus answering said unto him.
It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Luke 4:12
If folks like this believe in their bible so strongly,
how come they never READ what it actually says? :wtf:
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:08 PM
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18. "The Great Gato of Kiev?"
:blush:
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:12 PM
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21. Trusting in God to keep you safe from bodily harm...
is simply a deathwish.
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nashville_brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:13 PM
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22. give that corpse THE DARWIN AWARD
http://www.darwinawards.com/
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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:16 PM
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24. They no longer accept entries of this sort. Too comon...
Not a Darwin (but not safe either)
* Whizzing on an electric wire
* Smoking in an oxygen tent
* Being hit by a train or automobile
* Aerosol cans, etc., in the oven
* Climbing into zoo cages
* Falling off precipice while posing or pissing
* Carbon monoxide poisoning
* Most autoerotic deaths
* all too common!
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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:30 PM
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31. Agreed. I have some of the books. Cool reading! nt.
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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:21 PM
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25. off to heaven
The lioness was god.
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Freddie Stubbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:21 PM
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26. Matthew 4: 5-7
Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the pinnacle of the temple,
and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written,'He will put his angels in charge of you.' and,'On their hands they will bear you up, so that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"

Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written,'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"

http://bible.cc/matthew/4-7.htm
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ContraBass Black Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:28 PM
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30. I quoted Luke's recount of that incident earlier today.
It's funny how this kind of thing comes up.
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im10ashus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:23 PM
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27. Darwinism in practice.
Thinning the herds.
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:27 PM
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28. Please take note lurking fundies
That little voice in your head that you constantly claim is God talking to you? STOP LISTENING TO IT!
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American liberal Donating Member (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:23 PM
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41. ROFLMAO
:rofl:
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Strong Atheist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:27 PM
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29. The world is full of idiots. nt.
Edited on Mon Jun-05-06 01:29 PM by Strong Atheist
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Taxloss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:35 PM
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32. If God does exist, it has a warped sense of humour. n/t
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msanthrope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 01:38 PM
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34. Darwin Award n/t
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Gold Metal Flake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:07 PM
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36. Message to morans: Lions know where your carotid artery is.
Even if you don't. Millions of years of EVOLUTION as predators and all that.

I suppose now the lioness will have to be destroyed?
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:17 PM
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37. You suppose, God said, "Since you have to ask...."
:shrug:
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:25 PM
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38. If only he'd respected the science lessons God reveals to mankind.
But no...Fairy tales are more appealing.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-05-06 02:32 PM
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39. All this proves is that God has a sense of humor
:rofl:
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:26 PM
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42. The bible says that you aren't supposed to do that
Matthew 4:5-7

5Then the devil took Him into (G)the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,
6and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written,
'(H)HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU';
and
'ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP,
SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'"
7Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, '(I)YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD
TO THE TEST.'"
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 09:55 PM
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43. it sounds to me like the guy was 100% correct.
Edited on Tue Jun-06-06 09:56 PM by QuestionAll
"...God will save me, if he exists".
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 10:24 PM
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44. Oops!
One doesn't ask God in vain to save a person.

Something about blowing his cover and all that... :rofl:
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