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Title: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kazan on June 05, 2006, 10:55:26 am
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-06-05T133715Z_01_L05642927_RTRUKOC_0_US-UKRAINE-LION.xml&src=rss
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Nuclear1 on June 05, 2006, 10:56:24 am
*facepalms*
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Colonol Dekker on June 05, 2006, 11:06:28 am
"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.


Irrefutable proof of gods innexistence, ALthough god might be real and just weeding out the morons from society....... <Philosophical>
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Turambar on June 05, 2006, 11:06:50 am
and the Darwin award goes to.... !

thank you for removing yourself from the gene pool
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kazan on June 05, 2006, 11:10:14 am
he _may_ qualify for the darwin awards because of his declaration - but normally getting mauled and killed by animals is too mundate

this article made me laugh out loud at work - literally
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Ferret on June 05, 2006, 11:30:14 am
F-in hilarious. What a complete moron.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: karajorma on June 05, 2006, 11:32:56 am
Am I the only one wondering why he removed his shoes? I mean the rest is just standard insanity but the shoe thing puzzles me.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kosh on June 05, 2006, 11:34:15 am
I read a story a couple of years ago about a man in Taipei who got bitten after trying to convert a lion to Jesus.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kazan on June 05, 2006, 11:36:00 am
In [formerly] Soviet Russa - lions hunt you!
Silly christians, lions eat you!
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: karajorma on June 05, 2006, 11:43:21 am
Why always lions and tigers? Why not practice with cows first and work your way up to lions and tigers? :D
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Rictor on June 05, 2006, 11:58:25 am
Back in the day, they actually had to throw the Christians to the lions. Now, they seem to be much more accomodating.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: aldo_14 on June 05, 2006, 12:03:37 pm
Am I the only one wondering why he removed his shoes? I mean the rest is just standard insanity but the shoe thing puzzles me.

Well, I think it's made very clear by the bits they left out the bible that God, really, really hates shoes.  I mean, really.  More than gays, or evolution, or people who don't say 'thank you' and park in disabled spaces and such.  If you think Sodom and Gomorrah did badly from Gods Wrath, you should see what he did to the shoe factories.

And Jesus wore sandals, which really just caps it off.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kernal on June 05, 2006, 12:40:49 pm
"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.


Irrefutable proof of gods innexistence, ALthough god might be real and just weeding out the morons from society....... <Philosophical>

No it doesn`t, (about saying that was proof god doesn`t exist) it just shows the man was a idiot. All the stories in bible people read are about people that were led by god and thats why they were saved when they got into trouble Like for example Daniel and the lion. There was no reason for him to go down there. I`m even not quite sure if he was Christion. He could have been Jewish, Islamic, or morman. A clue  is that when Chritions pray they say "In Jesus name" they dont`t say god. Also God doesn`t show up because one lone nut wants to see him. :)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kazan on June 05, 2006, 12:42:45 pm
Also God doesn`t show up because he doesn't exist. :)

corrected for flamewar goodness  ;)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Ferret on June 05, 2006, 12:45:39 pm
Also God doesn`t show up because he doesn't exist. :)

corrected for flamewar goodness  ;)
Oh no you didN'T?!
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kernal on June 05, 2006, 12:57:24 pm
Also God doesn`t show up because he doesn't exist. :)

corrected for flamewar goodness  ;)
:wtf: :rolleyes:
yay...
 your just wasting my time now Kazan....
 God doesn`t want to show because he nos Kazon is still on Earth.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kazan on June 05, 2006, 01:03:13 pm
yup G0d ph34r5 me
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: achtung on June 05, 2006, 01:03:24 pm
:lol:

I love this, seems like Christan fundies are just like Islamic fundies.  A totally self-eliminating problem.  :D
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Flipside on June 05, 2006, 01:29:46 pm
LOL He's not a Christian Fundie though, a Fundie wouldn't have tagged 'if he exists' to that line.

I mean, seriously, if you're going to work along the lines of 'If God Exists', wouldn't it be wiser to do something like 'If God Exists, this Tennis ball I'm holding will fall up when I let go'.

You still look stupid, but it's a lot safer ;)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Nuclear1 on June 05, 2006, 01:39:04 pm
Also God doesn`t show up because he doesn't exist. :)

corrected for flamewar goodness  ;)
:wtf: :rolleyes:
yay...
 your just wasting my time now Kazan....
 God doesn`t want to show because he nos Kazon is still on Earth.

Oh ho, this is going to be interesting.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: aldo_14 on June 05, 2006, 01:47:31 pm
Asbesto pants!

Get yer asbestos pants right here!

While they last!  Limited supply only - first come, first served!
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Flipside on June 05, 2006, 01:57:31 pm
Ooooh! They itch!
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Fragrag on June 05, 2006, 01:59:27 pm
Ooooh! They itch!

Oi, you, stop scratching your nuts!
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Ford Prefect on June 05, 2006, 02:19:21 pm
Sounds to me like this man was having a bit of an existential crisis.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: aldo_14 on June 05, 2006, 02:21:47 pm
Sounds to me like this man was having a bit of an existential crisis.

Well, it's solved - he no longer exists.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Flipside on June 05, 2006, 02:22:19 pm
Well, at least he can deal with it on a one-one basis now ;)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Turambar on June 05, 2006, 02:32:46 pm
with this, i think that lions could take a spot on colbert's Threat list, maybe right below Bears
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: aldo_14 on June 05, 2006, 02:38:28 pm
Well, at least he can deal with it on a one-one basis now ;)

"You bastard, why didn't you save me?!"
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Turambar on June 05, 2006, 02:56:13 pm

"You bastard, why didn't you save me?!"

cause youre stupid, lol
no rez 4 u
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: AlphaOne on June 05, 2006, 03:01:14 pm
How completely moronic do you have to be to do something like that?? Must of been a mental pacient or something like that!
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Jetmech Jr. on June 05, 2006, 03:02:14 pm
How completely moronic do you have to be to do something like that?? Must of been a mental pacient or something like that!

Methinks you'd be surprised.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Deepblue on June 05, 2006, 04:52:00 pm
"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.


Irrefutable proof of gods innexistence, ALthough god might be real and just weeding out the morons from society....... <Philosophical>

No it doesn`t, (about saying that was proof god doesn`t exist) it just shows the man was a idiot. All the stories in bible people read are about people that were led by god and thats why they were saved when they got into trouble Like for example Daniel and the lion. There was no reason for him to go down there. I`m even not quite sure if he was Christion. He could have been Jewish, Islamic, or morman. A clue  is that when Chritions pray they say "In Jesus name" they dont`t say god. Also God doesn`t show up because one lone nut wants to see him. :)

Last time a checked mormons were christians... I have a couple of mormon friends and when they pray, they say "in Jesus' name, amen."
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kazan on June 05, 2006, 04:55:13 pm
mormons are technically christians
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kernal on June 05, 2006, 05:27:55 pm
Yes and no
http://www.bible-truth.org/arelds.htm
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Flipside on June 05, 2006, 05:30:20 pm
God doesn't always move in mysterious ways, jumping into a cage with a Lion is going promote a very non-mysterious type after effect ;)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Mars on June 05, 2006, 05:33:40 pm
I think it would be very mysterious of God to save him, then it'd be a case of "just who's side are you on God?"
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: WeatherOp on June 05, 2006, 05:40:24 pm
Quote
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

Deuteronomy 6:16

I think this just about sums it up.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Flipside on June 05, 2006, 05:45:03 pm
Now, if he'd been hit by lightning before the Lion could reach him, then I'd have been impressed ;)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kazan on June 05, 2006, 05:57:48 pm
Quote
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

Deuteronomy 6:16

I think this just about sums it up.

yup, god is a cop out

 :D

/flame on
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Flipside on June 05, 2006, 06:15:05 pm
(http://www.creativescreenwriting.com/csdaily/csdart/images/2005-12-Dec/Fantastic%20Four%20-%20Even%20better%20than%20Dan%20Ackroyds%20Johnny%20the%20Human%20Torch%20Halloween%20costume%20(350w).jpg)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Goober5000 on June 05, 2006, 06:22:23 pm
corrected for flamewar goodness  ;)

/flame on

Are you trying to provoke a flame war?
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Deepblue on June 05, 2006, 06:30:31 pm
Yes and no
http://www.bible-truth.org/arelds.htm

That link has many, many glaring errors on the bible. Not to mention the entire site is...

well, you get the idea.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Ace on June 05, 2006, 06:36:19 pm
Quote
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

Deuteronomy 6:16

I think this just about sums it up.

Bastard, turning all of those beautiful bikini-clad women at Massah Beach into salt cubes.

Seriously, what the hell? I mean, the original Star Trek had a better special effects budget than this moron....

...and then you just go along with it:
"We don't really need women! Hey, let's wrap them up in tons of clothes so we don't tempt god. What the? A woman... in... pants? GOD WILL SMITE YE!"
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Mars on June 05, 2006, 06:39:23 pm
That's a morman bible, it has some... modifications. I'm not going to say anything other than, I wouldn't take it as a viable representation of most Bibles.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kazan on June 05, 2006, 06:51:59 pm
corrected for flamewar goodness  ;)

/flame on

Are you trying to provoke a flame war?

just being a pain in the ass
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: WeatherOp on June 05, 2006, 07:22:13 pm
Quote
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

Deuteronomy 6:16

I think this just about sums it up.

Bastard, turning all of those beautiful bikini-clad women at Massah Beach into salt cubes.

Seriously, what the hell? I mean, the original Star Trek had a better special effects budget than this moron....

...and then you just go along with it:
"We don't really need women! Hey, let's wrap them up in tons of clothes so we don't tempt god. What the? A woman... in... pants? GOD WILL SMITE YE!"

Quote
# Exodus 17:7
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Ahem.


yup, god is a cop out

 :D
/flame on

wow 0/2, you have lost your touch. :p
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Deepblue on June 05, 2006, 07:30:53 pm
That's a morman bible, it has some... modifications. I'm not going to say anything other than, I wouldn't take it as a viable representation of most Bibles.

Mormon bible??? It's the KJV. Second best version after the Greek.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Mars on June 05, 2006, 07:33:15 pm
And I prove myself a fool thrice today   :hopping:.

I just glanced, and at the wrong link, please ignore me and pretend I never, ever, ever existed.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Goober5000 on June 05, 2006, 07:36:04 pm
just being a pain in the ass

Okay, well keep in mind that intentionally provoking a flame war is a good way to get monkeyed. :p

And you're on your last strike too, so be careful.  Debate is fine; flaming is not.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kernal on June 05, 2006, 07:46:50 pm
Yes and no
http://www.bible-truth.org/arelds.htm

That link has many, many glaring errors on the bible. Not to mention the entire site is...

well, you get the idea.

Whats wrong with it? I gave it a quick run through and I thought it was good enough to get the point across.
That's a morman bible, it has some... modifications. I'm not going to say anything other than, I wouldn't take it as a viable representation of most Bibles.


That is bit of a step backwords. There is a big difference. Mormans have a extra testament in their bible. It talks about them haveing thier own world when they die. Thats not all whats in it but, I`ve got to go so farewell.  :o 
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Deepblue on June 05, 2006, 08:22:17 pm
Yes and no
http://www.bible-truth.org/arelds.htm

That link has many, many glaring errors on the bible. Not to mention the entire site is...

well, you get the idea.

Whats wrong with it? I gave it a quick run through and I thought it was good enough to get the point across.
That's a morman bible, it has some... modifications. I'm not going to say anything other than, I wouldn't take it as a viable representation of most Bibles.


That is bit of a step backwords. There is a big difference. Mormans have a extra testament in their bible. It talks about them haveing thier own world when they die. Thats not all whats in it but, I`ve got to go so farewell.  :o 
What?

Looking stuff up, standard mormon scripture is as follows:

The Old Testament (KJV)
The New Testament (KJV)
The Book of Mormon (what they believe to be an abridged account of the people on the American continent)
Doctrine and Covenants (what they believe to be modern revelation from their prophets as in the old/new testament)
Pearl of Great Price (translated scrolls for Abraham and Moses, apparently were authenticated/dated)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Ace on June 05, 2006, 08:24:03 pm
Quote
# Exodus 17:7
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Seriously, are you people incapable of realising humor?

OMG!!! HE MADES FUNZ!!! MUST SAY ZE QUOTE BECAUSE WHEN HE ZEES IT HE WILL ACCEPT ZE FUHRER AND ZE MASTER FAITH!

 ::)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: WeatherOp on June 05, 2006, 09:26:41 pm
Quote
# Exodus 17:7
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

Seriously, are you people incapable of realising humor?

OMG!!! HE MADES FUNZ!!! MUST SAY ZE QUOTE BECAUSE WHEN HE ZEES IT HE WILL ACCEPT ZE FUHRER AND ZE MASTER FAITH!

:rollseyes:

No, just incapable of understanding dumb posts. :p
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kernal on June 05, 2006, 09:30:56 pm

What?

Looking stuff up, standard mormon scripture is as follows:

The Old Testament (KJV)
The New Testament (KJV)
The Book of Mormon (what they believe to be an abridged account of the people on the American continent)
Doctrine and Covenants (what they believe to be modern revelation from their prophets as in the old/new testament)
Pearl of Great Price (translated scrolls for Abraham and Moses, apparently were authenticated/dated)


You just made my life easier. ;7

Christions believe:
The Old Testament (KJV)
The New Testament (KJV)

While the mormons believe:
The Book of Mormon (what they believe to be an abridged account of the people on the American continent)
Doctrine and Covenants (what they believe to be modern revelation from their prophets as in the old/new testament)
Pearl of Great Price (translated scrolls for Abraham and Moses, apparently were authenticated/dated)

Mormons believed that the old and new had been currupted over so a guy named Joseph Smith revised them added many other books and wrote many Phrophices which turned out to be wrong.
http://www.exmormon.com/mormonism/falseprophetjs.htm

As you can see mormanism and Christianity are not the same religon.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Ace on June 05, 2006, 09:38:46 pm
No, just incapable of understanding dumb posts. :p

It's only dumb to comedic mundanes. Plus you're just angry that you can't convince women to put that veil on, let alone participate in the Mormon sacred undergarmet porn industry ;)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: WeatherOp on June 05, 2006, 09:45:51 pm


It's only dumb to comedic mundanes. Plus you're just angry that you can't convince women to put that veil on, let alone participate in the Mormon sacred undergarmet porn industry ;)


Looks like someone is in to something. What would your mom say about you watching undergarmet porn. :p
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Flipside on June 05, 2006, 09:49:20 pm
Tread carefully, I hear the cry of Primates ;)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Grug on June 05, 2006, 09:50:05 pm
IIRC, a Christian is anyone who believes in and follows the teachings of Jesus Christ...
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Ace on June 05, 2006, 10:14:04 pm
Tread carefully, I hear the cry of Primates ;)

Don't say that, he might try to 'intelligently design' himself better comebacks! ;)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Mefustae on June 05, 2006, 10:25:08 pm
Okay, I think I know why he took off his shoes.

Did anyone see that movie 'Accidental Hero', the one with Dustin Hoffman saving all those people from a plane-crash and then not wanting to be a hero, but they find his shoes. Well, at the end of the movie, he's in the Zoo with his kid, and a woman starts screaming from offscreen that her kid fell into the Lion enclosure, and Hoffman's character is once again called on to be a hero [after shouting at the woman to find the damn Zookeeper or something], so he says to his son, 'here, hold my shoes', so as not to be identified afterwards, and the movie ends.

Not only was he a nut [although I can see the method within his madness], he was a movie-buff. Definitive proof that not only does God not exist, but that Dustin Hoffman created the universe.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Deepblue on June 05, 2006, 11:27:43 pm
IIRC, a Christian is anyone who believes in and follows the teachings of Jesus Christ...

Exactly.

I think Kernal is trying to say mormons are not Protestants or Catholics.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Grug on June 06, 2006, 12:18:42 am
Concerning the distinction of who is Christian and who isn't, yes, you did come up with the common-usage definition.

Theologically speaking, however, calling the Mormons Christian is...suspect. They reject both the Nicean Creed and the Council of Nicea, which was devised/occurred well before the division of Christianity into sects. This is essentially to reject Christianity from its founding as an institution, and to reject much of the basic doctrine that pervades all forms of it.

Kernal is essentially correct. The Mormons aren't Christian. They may have some of the same book, but they subscribe to a completely different interpretation of it from everyone else.

*shrugs* Same diff to me. They following some of the teachings of Christ, and the broad definition of Christianity remains. They may be some type of break away yeah but bleh.

Ditto Deepblue.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Deepblue on June 06, 2006, 01:47:35 am
Uh, timewarp??? I don't see the post you quoted...

Whatever, back to the topic at hand.

This guy is (was) a freakin' idiot.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: AlphaOne on June 06, 2006, 02:15:06 am
No arguement form me! He might as well strapped a bomb to him go wandering through the desert and pull the trigger while asking for God to come and save him. Same effect-death...altough in rather different and more scattered way! :P
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Grug on June 06, 2006, 03:59:28 am
Uh, timewarp??? I don't see the post you quoted...

Whatever, back to the topic at hand.

This guy is (was) a freakin' idiot.

I was PM'd it cause he's monkeyed.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Deepblue on June 06, 2006, 08:00:34 am
That's dedication.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Grug on June 06, 2006, 08:03:20 am
LoL yeah. :p
*shrugs*
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Sandwich on June 10, 2006, 06:39:06 pm
I know I always say this, but please don't ever claim the KJV to be anything resembling "good", "accurate", "the best", etc. As a translation, the KJV is bad. Yeah, it all sounds nice and King Jameth-y, but the accuracy is way off. Try the ASV for King Jameth-y sounding + much more accurate translation.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kazan on June 10, 2006, 10:25:04 pm
i don't care what translation you swear by - they're all crocks of crap
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: NGTM-1R on June 10, 2006, 10:39:13 pm
It kinda amuses me, Kazan, that you out-and-out lied in the thread title.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Turambar on June 10, 2006, 10:44:07 pm
we've gotten to a point in the evolution of the human race where religion is no longer necessary to instill morals in people, and is starting to have the opposite effect.  we're in the transition phase right now.  of course it makes sense that the religious will act in a hostile manner when confronted with this, but it'll pass.  if not in our lifetimes, than later in human history.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: WeatherOp on June 10, 2006, 10:45:31 pm
I know I always say this, but please don't ever claim the KJV to be anything resembling "good", "accurate", "the best", etc. As a translation, the KJV is bad. Yeah, it all sounds nice and King Jameth-y, but the accuracy is way off. Try the ASV for King Jameth-y sounding + much more accurate translation.

I respect your opinion, but I can't agree. What kind of bible you use is really between you and God, not you and me. ;)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Deepblue on June 10, 2006, 11:06:42 pm
What I meant was that the KJV is probably the best english version available. Unless you have a different suggestion?
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Kazan on June 10, 2006, 11:12:18 pm
actually the KJV is a terrible translation with a bunch of willfull mistranslations
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Mars on June 10, 2006, 11:41:10 pm
I wouldn't say KJ himself was exactly unbiased, but I have no idea about the translation, but it's apparent there are Criticisms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJV#Criticism)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Shadow0000 on June 10, 2006, 11:51:08 pm
I read that too...

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In my country a man did exactly the same, however he don't claim anything, he do it without making any statement before jumping in, however there was no real interview after, so, maybe it's the same as this guy...

However he survived, the lions just store him as a snack, just a paw over him and he was defenseless as a baby, however he survived, as the lions didn't ate or harm him, the irony is that for the act he made it seems he wanted to die, but not suicide, even so he failed miserabily...unless he only wanted to drawn attention without harming anybody else...
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Mars on June 10, 2006, 11:57:19 pm
Except that obviously puts people at risk, what if somone tries to save you? If your going to take yourself out and make a show of it, go take pills and wander around in a crowded area away from a hospital.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Mefustae on June 11, 2006, 12:33:43 am
Nah, jump off a high building into a crowd, make sure you don't go to hell alone.  :drevil:
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Shadow0000 on June 11, 2006, 12:53:53 am
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Except that obviously puts people at risk, what if somone tries to save you? If your going to take yourself out and make a show of it, go take pills and wander around in a crowded area away from a hospital.

Well that's not at all his problem, for various reasons, he didn't asked for help, and most important, he is supposed to be dead first, one doesn't enter intentionally in a place full of lions expecting to be rescued or just to step out and say "I am alive, god exist, and I am a moron", also if he wants he can make it again, and again, no one is going to stop him or anyone, that's the reason he succed in entering the first time, so...

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Nah, jump off a high building into a crowd, make sure you don't go to hell alone.

 :lol:  That could almost be taken almost as an homicide, or an attemp at least, there have been cases where the suicide or jumper, has fall on a "victim", the suicide survives and as she/he absorbed part of the impact, it results more injured that the suicide itself...
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Goober5000 on June 11, 2006, 01:16:56 am
we've gotten to a point in the evolution of the human race where religion is no longer necessary to instill morals in people, and is starting to have the opposite effect.  we're in the transition phase right now.  of course it makes sense that the religious will act in a hostile manner when confronted with this, but it'll pass.  if not in our lifetimes, than later in human history.

O RLY?

I seem to recall that Voltaire said something similar.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Mars on June 11, 2006, 02:16:35 am
I'd tend to agree with Turambar, except I think the human race might be going backwards.

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...Voltaire...
Why is everyone more ed-u-makated then me? The only thing I know about Voltaire was that he was involved in the French reveloution, I'm not even sure if it was directly or indirectly.

Oh wait, your over 20

I still have a ways to go.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: AlphaOne on June 11, 2006, 02:27:27 am
People like hese idiots simply polute the gene pool of the human species. Not that the human species as a whole are woth much. From mi point og view actualy. The humans are not much better then animals and in many cases even worse. But still one can only hope for better human ace in the future.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Mars on June 11, 2006, 02:51:14 am
People like hese idiots simply polute the gene pool of the human species. Not that the human species as a whole are woth much. From mi point og view actualy. The humans are not much better then animals and in many cases even worse. But still one can only hope for better human ace in the future.
Just because I don't know about Voltaire?  :(
 ;)
Well, I guess he's not polluting the gene pool anymore.

I'm sure everyone here already knows about them, but just a subtle reminder: Darwin Awards (http://www.darwinawards.com)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: AlphaOne on June 11, 2006, 03:34:58 am
Has nothing to do with you or with Voltaire Mars. It was a comment to the freaking idiot that got killed by the lions. Oh and a general comment at that since most of the human race is a very minor step above animals. Well at least some of them are above dont know about the rest. Dont take it personal guis this arguemnt is based on all the s**t that people make eachother go through like wars famine and all that stuff.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Mars on June 11, 2006, 04:07:02 am
I was... kidding (look at smiley faces / emotion icons)

 :D
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Descenterace on June 11, 2006, 05:12:37 am
Depending on what measure you're using, humans are a lot better than animals. I mean, we're delving into the obscure areas of the laws of physics, and there's almost nowhere on Earth we can't live. Most animals are only adapted to certain areas.

From another point of view: At least the animals don't completely screw up the environment.

See? 'Better' is a term that needs qualifying. It's being applied to a multidimensional field.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: aldo_14 on June 11, 2006, 05:42:51 am
we've gotten to a point in the evolution of the human race where religion is no longer necessary to instill morals in people, and is starting to have the opposite effect.  we're in the transition phase right now.  of course it makes sense that the religious will act in a hostile manner when confronted with this, but it'll pass.  if not in our lifetimes, than later in human history.

O RLY?

I seem to recall that Voltaire said something similar.

"Dogma leads to fanaticism and strife; morality everywhere inspires harmony."

:)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: AlphaOne on June 11, 2006, 05:47:04 am
I think we all know what field I was refering to.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: aldo_14 on June 11, 2006, 06:31:43 am
Personally, I don't have a scooby what you're on about.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: AlphaOne on June 11, 2006, 06:34:30 am
err.. i was just refering to humans actualy beeing inferior tu animals. Why? Because animals dont kill eachother for the fun of it. animals dont torture eachother for the fun of it and they sre as hell dont comite stupid acts of suicide in the hope that some animal god will help them. Oh and they dont tras the planet the same way humans do.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Herra Tohtori on June 11, 2006, 07:37:41 am
Bah... I personally don't find this as funny as many of you do. Reason provided next:

When I went to Finnish army, there was a guy in same company that went haywire after few weeks and jumped off the barracks roof after saying that God will save him. I didn't really know the guy nor did I see the event but according to quite reliable sources he did babble about God saving him even after he had jumped and regained consciousness... I don't really know what happened to him afterwards or how extensive his injuries were but he ain't going back into service, that's for sure.

So I wouldn't automatically rank the man stupid, more likely he was just some poor guy who got unlucky and flipped inside his head. That can happen even without the stupidity. Though the "if" word in what this lion lunch said before jumping is quite baffling... you see, the guy who jumped off the roof was completely sure that god existed and would save him. Well, AFAIK he didn't die so perhaps he indeed was saved... whereas the man who jumped to lions dared to doubt with the word "if" and hence wasn't saved. Though that's quite unlikely IMO... More likely it's just the barracks not being high enough to be as lethal as the lion that made the difference. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: AlphaOne on June 11, 2006, 08:14:34 am
actualy know cases o someone falling off a 1.5 m ladder and died. And oanother one fell from a 1 m ladder and got pinned to a wheelchair while another one fell from the 4th flour of a building and got just 3 broke ribs. Hows that for ....er......i dont know what to call it. Its true i personaly know both the guy who got pinned to a wheelchair and the guy who fell from the 4'th flour.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: Goober5000 on June 11, 2006, 08:49:54 am
"Dogma leads to fanaticism and strife; morality everywhere inspires harmony."

:)

This I agree with. :)
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: aldo_14 on June 11, 2006, 10:59:13 am
err.. i was just refering to humans actualy beeing inferior tu animals. Why? Because animals dont kill eachother for the fun of it. animals dont torture eachother for the fun of it and they sre as hell dont comite stupid acts of suicide in the hope that some animal god will help them. Oh and they dont tras the planet the same way humans do.

Um, on the other hand, the things that give us the capacity for doing stupid things are also what make us the dominant species on this planet.
Title: Re: Man: God will protect me from the lioness, Lioness: O'RLY?
Post by: pecenipicek on June 11, 2006, 12:49:54 pm
No arguement form me! He might as well strapped a bomb to him go wandering through the desert and pull the trigger while asking for God to come and save him. Same effect-death...altough in rather different and more scattered way! :P
"Lord, what should i do when i pull the pin?"
"Well, the standard operating procedure is scatter yourself over as wide an area as possible."




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