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Gabon: An evangelical preacher has drowned trying to replicate a miracle attributed to Jesus.
One eyewitness said:He told churchgoers he'd had a revelation that if he had enough faith, he could walk on water like Jesus.
“He took his congregation to the beach saying he would walk across the Komo estuary, which takes 20 minutes by boat.
“He walked into the water, which soon passed over his head and he never came back.
MIRACLE IS SUNK—The Daily Record, 30th August 2006.
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1: Posted by: Red Wolf | August 31, 2006 1:40 PM
Surely this sort of behaviour could be encouraged amongst the loony fundies.
2: Posted by: Branwen | August 31, 2006 9:08 PM
Wat een lul! :) (excuse my Dutch)
3: Posted by: Feòrag | September 1, 2006 1:39 AM
My very large Dutch dictionary goes straight from lukratief to lumineus, both of which I can guess the meaning, but lul you might have to explain (though I suspect it's rude).
Rude Dutch words known to denizens of Prattle Towers include klootzak, and all the boring, common ones.
4: Posted by: PurpelGirl | September 2, 2006 7:45 PM
Ah, a candidate for a Darwin award. And he successfully took he took his genes out of the gene pool.
5: Posted by: Feòrag | September 2, 2006 8:04 PM
He's only out of the gene pool if it was a clean cull i.e. he hadn't bred yet. This is unfortunately rare among loony fundies.
6: Posted by: PurpleGirl | September 3, 2006 3:11 AM
That is true. (Unfortunately.) But I'm still smiling inwardly at the idea.
7: Posted by: martyn | September 4, 2006 7:47 AM
If only we can get stephen green to think along the same lines and try it across the thames estuary.