Bloody end to Christian challenge in the lions' den

[emad]

Telegraph
(Filed: 04/11/2004)

A man "with psychological problems" leapt into the lions' den at Taipei zoo yesterday to try to convert the king of beasts to Christianity.

He was bitten on the leg and arm for his efforts.


The intruder approaching the lions at Taipei zoo

"Jesus will save you!" the 46-year-old man shouted at two lions lounging under a tree a few yards away at Taiwan's main zoo.

"Come bite me!" he shouted, with both hands raised. And they did. Without panicking, the man fell back on a stone ridge, as one lion jumped at him, biting him in the arm. It then clawed at his trousers before retreating in a scene captured by television news cameras.

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[TheMightyFavog]

1. This kind of fundamentalism needs a listing in the DSM-IV.

The sooner it happens, the sooner these people can be treated, and the better off we'll be.

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. If not for its social acceptability...

religious belief of any sort would be classified as a delusional mental disorder akin to schizophrenia.

[kikiek]

2. Wow..gotta quit watching Pat Robertson.

[slappypan]

3. "Why not lionize Christians?"

I forget who said that. Possibly the anarchist Bob Black.

[emad]

4. Another convert? or is he a Lebanese Falangist anyway?

[ironrooster]

5. secular humanism takes a hiatus

from Amerikan school curriculums - We need to bring back critical thinking. Without it, the weak have no protection from their own delusions or those fed to them. It appears that the Repug assault on public education over the last 20 years has worked to their great advantage. Keep people praying - trust in your elected leaders - you are getting sleepy... The ministers, pastors and priests have an interest in keeping this circle jerk going. I can't wait to be 'Left Behind' then we can have a just society. Or how about this - 'Colonize Mars with fundamentalists..'

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