Ok. I'm a bad person for laughing at this. But see if you can read it without smirking.

http://www.celebtricity.com/pastor-tries...gregation/

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Quote: Walking on water is not easy.  Not too many people have the ability.  Let’s see, there’s Jesus, and well, that’s about it.  Unfortunately for one pastor on the West Coast of Africa, his attempt to become the second man to make this impossible feat a reality cost him his life.

Pastor Franck Kabele, 35, told his congregation that he was capable of reenacting the very miracles of Jesus Christ.  He decided to make it clear through way of demonstration on Gabon’s beach in the capital city of Libreville.

Referencing Matthew 14:22-33, Kabele said that he received a revelation which told him that with enough faith he could achieve what Jesus was able to.

According to an eyewitness, Kabele took his congregation out to the beach.  He told them that he would cross the Kombo estuary by foot, which is normally a 20 minute boat ride.

Sadly by the second step into the water Kabele found himself completely submerged.  He never returned.

This is not the first incident of this nature in Africa.  At Ibadon zoo in south-west Nigeria, a self-proclaimed Prophet claimed to be able to do what the Daniel of the bible did by walking into a den full of lions.

Though he was warned numerous times by zoo keepers, according to NG Newspapers, the Prophet thought of them as nothing more than enemies of progress.  The Prophet, with a crowd of people watching, put on a long red robe and proceeded to enter the cage full of lions.

Within seconds of opening the door, the lions ripped the Prophet from flesh to bone.  The bible should come with a warning label, “Don’t try this at home.”"

Well, I think his congregation learned a valuable lesson.

The scope of human credulity and stupidity will never cease to amaze me!

And you still describe yourself as "functionally Christian" ? What are you waiting for, a sign from God?

*insert witty comment about natural selection here*

Being utterly wrong about certain things carries a high price.

(January 6, 2014 at 3:29 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Being utterly wrong about certain things carries a high price.

If those things concern the ability to walk on water or enter a lion enclosure then apparently so.


Personally the most I expect God to do for me is make me feel better when I feel bad. Which, since a few weeks ago, I've not been doing. So far my experiment with atheism kinda sucks. . I'm still waiting for the payoff!

Actually I saw it as sad, when people have the Bible and then put their meaning to it, it will always cost them. By the way Jacob(smooth) do you really think God should comfort the foolish, seems in the story you posted He doesn't.

GC

Depends if you think faith is foolish. Without a doubt those people had faith, far bigger than a mustard seed. Yet they sank.

(January 6, 2014 at 5:52 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Depends if you think faith is foolish. Without a doubt those people had faith, far bigger than a mustard seed. Yet they sank.

Reality is a bitch.

(January 6, 2014 at 5:06 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Personally the most I expect God to do for me is make me feel better when I feel bad. Which, since a few weeks ago, I've not been doing. So far my experiment with atheism kinda sucks. . I'm still waiting for the payoff!

Not to put too fine a point on it, but if you want to be comforted by an imaginary being, I'm sure we could all recommend plenty of fantasy novels you could read to get your mind off things.