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RE: If you have faith-
July 30, 2015 at 2:08 pm
(July 30, 2015 at 1:17 pm)Spooky Wrote: (July 30, 2015 at 1:15 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Yea, growing up in N Platte about once every 3 to 4 years some yahoo would drive out on the lake and fall through. We'd try to find out when the vehicle was going to be retrieved and make a day of it watching. Hilarity would always ensue!
Some of those operations are pretty slick. They've got it figured out pretty well. The only problem, besides the fact that your car is totaled, is in SD I know you get a fine for everyday your car is in the lake. Yup, the fine ran in NE also. The SD guys must have been way smarter than the NE guys. I think the last extraction I saw was around 1978, the National Guard had to come out with a tank retriever. That wasn't going on the ice, they didn't have enough cable, there they tied to on the vehicle broke. A fine day has had by all!
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July 30, 2015 at 2:10 pm
(July 30, 2015 at 2:08 pm)Spooky Wrote: (July 30, 2015 at 2:07 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: LOL heard this one a few years ago. Just seems to be a story that has been recycled with no bylines or citations.
http://hoaxes.org/weblog/comments/pastor...k_on_water
Heh, fair enough.
Sad fact is though, I believe there are people stupid enough to do this.
Oh no doubt there are certain ACTUAL cases similar to this (I remember one in mid 90's of a preacher in snake pit), but they are real loons.
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July 30, 2015 at 2:15 pm
I couldn't help but laugh a little. At least this person wasn't dishonest, made these claims, and never proved any of it to his congregation. Kudos for having the balls (faith) to do it front of your congregation. But,  for having almost no common sense.
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July 30, 2015 at 2:23 pm
(July 30, 2015 at 2:08 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Yup, the fine ran in NE also. The SD guys must have been way smarter than the NE guys. I think the last extraction I saw was around 1978, the National Guard had to come out with a tank retriever. That wasn't going on the ice, they didn't have enough cable, there they tied to on the vehicle broke. A fine day has had by all!
I have seen a rig similar to this being used:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k6rR9zXNos
Lots of fun to bring a chair and some schnapps and watch the show 
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July 30, 2015 at 2:37 pm
(July 30, 2015 at 1:30 pm)Spooky Wrote: (July 30, 2015 at 1:20 pm)Arrogant Christian Wrote: Regardless of your stance on religion, how effed up did this guy have to be to think that he was actually Christ?!
Quote:Luke 17:6
And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
I doubt he thought he was god, so much as he thought he had sufficient faith.
Yes. They should all be doing this sort of thing. Either that or admit that they don't really believe what they have been claiming to believe. They are really just so full of shit, not believing the things they claim to believe. People who do not believe the Bible should admit it and stop playing games. If you claim to believe, I say, prove it and start walking on water and performing other miracles. Dumbass lying fuckers.
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July 30, 2015 at 2:46 pm
Quote: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.”
I disagree with that conclusion. Anything that helps reduce the number of dickheads should be encouraged.
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July 30, 2015 at 2:52 pm
Say..... this website, from the bottom of the article... could provide hours of entertainment!
http://news24zim.com/christian-bizarre/
Quote:CHRISTIANS GONE MAD
http://news24zim.com/2015/07/27/prophet-...ike-jesus/
Quote:Quote:Pastor Asks To Be Buried Alive, So That He Resurrects Like Jesus: Dies
That kind of stupid is fucking priceless.
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July 30, 2015 at 2:53 pm
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Yay Christianity! Jackasses lol
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July 31, 2015 at 3:49 am
(July 30, 2015 at 11:55 am)Spooky Wrote: You just might be stupid enough to kill yourself:
Quote:Pastor Tries To Walk On Water Like Jesus Did, Drowns In front Of Congregation
Link to Story Thanks for the link. People are definitely insane.
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July 31, 2015 at 3:56 am
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(July 30, 2015 at 11:55 am)Spooky Wrote: You just might be stupid enough to kill yourself:
Quote:Pastor Tries To Walk On Water Like Jesus Did, Drowns In front Of Congregation
Link to Story
This Afghan boy knows how to walk on water. http://www.csmonitor.com/Photo-Galleries...-30#925580
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