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OrgoneConclusion
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Faith and Walking on Water
#7630534 - 11/13/07 01:19 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Faithful Flotation 2006 Darwin Award Nominee Confirmed True by Darwin
(August 2006, Libreville, Gabon) In August, a congregation's 35-year old pastor insisted one could literally walk on water, if one only had enough faith. Big and bold was his speech. He extolled the heavenly power possessed by a faithful man with such force that he may well have convinced himself. Whether or not he believed in his heart, his sermons left room for only shame should he leave his own faith untested. Thus, the pastor set out to walk across a major estuary, the path of a 20-minute ferry ride. But the man could not swim.
Lacking the miraculous powers of David Copperfield, let alone holy Jesus Christ, this ill-fated cleric found only a Darwin Award at the end of his final path.
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Icelander
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At least he tried and got an award. I wish more like him would do such.
-------------------- "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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Silversoul
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Should've started with a wading pool and worked his way up from there.
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Icelander
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Re: Faith and Walking on Water [Re: Silversoul]
#7630617 - 11/13/07 01:33 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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He just picked the wrong time of year for the demo.
-------------------- "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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Diploid
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Re: Faith and Walking on Water [Re: Icelander]
#7631067 - 11/13/07 03:16 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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The stars and planets weren't properly aligned at that time of year, eh?
-------------------- Republican Values: 1) You can't get married to your spouse who is the same sex as you. 2) You can't have an abortion no matter how much you don't want a child. 3) You can't have a certain plant in your possession or you'll get locked up with a rapist and a murderer. 4) We need a smaller, less-intrusive government.
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BlueCoyote
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Re: Faith and Walking on Water [Re: Diploid]
#7634312 - 11/14/07 10:14 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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No, the sea was not frozen
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Jack Albertson
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Re: Faith and Walking on Water [Re: BlueCoyote]
#7634324 - 11/14/07 10:18 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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he wasnt wearing his jesus christo brand sandals.
-------------------- Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose.Man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future. He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time TRANSCEND
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shakercee
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If he has complete faith in his savior, he would want to be crucified..
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