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OrgoneConclusion
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Man attempts to convert lion to Christianity - and fails!
#9120552 - 10/23/08 10:33 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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November 3, 2004
A man was attacked and injured after jumping into a lion's den at the Taipei Zoo and trying to convert the lions to Christianity.
The 46-year-old man leaped into the den of African lions and shouted "Jesus will save you," according to the report. He also said, "Come bite me" before one of the male lions attacked and bit the man. (Cool. This demonstrates the lion's command of language.)
Video showed the lion ripping a jacket off the man at the zoo in Taiwan's capital, clawing him and then biting the man in the leg.
Zoo workers were able to drive off the lion with water hoses and tranquilizer guns.
The lions were fed earlier in the day otherwise the man might have been more seriously injured or killed.
Damn! We almost had another Darwin Award.
This story leaves many things to question. How does one successfully convert an animal to a religion? Do Lions have other gods?
More importantly is there a link (besides the obvious one) between mental illness and religion?
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MushroomTrip
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Re: Man attempts to convert lion to Christianity - and fails! [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#9120667 - 10/23/08 11:01 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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-------------------- All this time I've loved you And never known your face All this time I've missed you And searched this human race Here is true peace Here my heart knows calm Safe in your soul Bathed in your sighs
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OrgoneConclusion
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Re: Man attempts to convert lion to Christianity - and fails! [Re: MushroomTrip]
#9120675 - 10/23/08 11:03 AM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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Naturally, Red Pandas convert much more easily.
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Icelander
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Re: Man attempts to convert lion to Christianity - and fails! [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#9120967 - 10/23/08 12:01 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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Maybe he was a demon possessed lion.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Sleepwalker
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Re: Man attempts to convert lion to Christianity - and fails! [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
#9122546 - 10/23/08 05:40 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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Animals have souls?
Everything I thought I knew was a lie!!
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Icelander
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Re: Man attempts to convert lion to Christianity - and fails! [Re: Sleepwalker]
#9123183 - 10/23/08 07:46 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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No souls, just hooves and pads.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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Coaster
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Re: Man attempts to convert lion to Christianity - and fails! [Re: Icelander]
#9123195 - 10/23/08 07:49 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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he must have been a sinner so jesus punished him
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WhiskeyClone
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Re: Man attempts to convert lion to Christianity - and fails! [Re: MushroomTrip]
#9123334 - 10/23/08 08:14 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
MushroomTrip said:
-------------------- Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide: him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it. ~ R.W. Emerson, "Self-Reliance"
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Re: Man attempts to convert lion to Christianity - and fails! [Re: WhiskeyClone]
#9124242 - 10/23/08 10:45 PM (15 years, 5 months ago) |
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More importantly is there a link (besides the obvious one) between mental illness and religion?
I've been thinking about this allot lately. I am going through an epic amount of mental and physical stress lately, and I have been watching myself very closely for signs of a psychotic break. I honestly believe that my continual logical analysis of my thought process, and my actions is the only thing holding one off.
Religion it seems would serve as a wonderful coping mechanism, and would no doubt improve my subjective experience of my current situation. Though it would likely only exacerbate the condition in the long term.
Stress > mental instability > irrational belief systems > irrational actions > stress.....
Like a butt sexin from MC Escher himself.
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