God told him to do it...

[Charlie in Dayton]

"Man Jumps In Lions' Pit, Pretends To Bullfight' (http://www.local6.com/news/2758425/detail.html)

"...According to hospital officials, Tomas says he was ordered by voices from God to go in and taunt the lions."

In the category of Famous Last Words, second only to "Here, hold my beer and watch this!"

[Skeptical Greg]

Tomas must have recieved a message that was really intended for Daniel... I'm sure there is someone he can sue over this...

[Yahweh]

Let me be the first to say "bwahahahahaha". [/morbidhumor]

[TruthSeeker]

Poor Tomas needs a really good psychiatrist.

[Ralph]

We can all breathe a sigh of relief that he didn't bore the lion to death.

[c4ts]

This must have been the same God who appeared to Jack Chick as Dr. No-Face.

[El Greco]

Now he can say that it was God who told the lion not to hurt him.

[Iacchus]

Originally posted by Charlie in Dayton
"Man Jumps In Lions' Pit, Pretends To Bullfight' (http://www.local6.com/news/2758425/detail.html)

"...According to hospital officials, Tomas says he was ordered by voices from God to go in and taunt the lions."

In the category of Famous Last Words, second only to "Here, hold my beer and watch this!" Or, it could have been some "other" spirit than God? People hear voices all the time (ususally as the result of some trauma), which does not mean they haven't become entangled somehow with the "spiritual realm."

[RussDill]

Originally posted by Iacchus
Or, it could have been some "other" spirit than God? People hear voices all the time (ususally as the result of some trauma), which does not mean they haven't become entangled somehow with the "spiritual realm."

Umm...right..Anyway, your statement discredits yourself further, because why should we listen to anyone who claims to be communicating with the spirit realm:

They all say different things.

Very often, it seems, they ask people to kill.

Sometimes, they just ask them to end their own life.

Many other times, they ask people to do incredibly stupid things.

I've often seen spirits communicate that the month of febuary is important, or that someone's pain is "acknowledged"

I've seen whete "spirits" have inspired religious text. The texts conflict with eachother, and with other religious texts, often contain hateful information (more on that spirit telling people to kill again...)

What I haven't seen:

I haven't seen any great writers communicate from the spirit world their newest book.

I haven't see any theorists (like einstien) communicate back new stuff they discovered in the afterlife.

I have never heard a bach symphony that he has written after he died.

I haven't seen murder victims finding their killer

we can go on and on here...

Assuming there is any communication from the spirit world, I think it's pretty clear that we should *never*, *ever* listen to a damn word they say.

[LW]

Originally posted by Charlie in Dayton
God told him to do it...


And apparently Jesus told (http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=24&art_id=qw1073908447473B235&set_id=1) Mihajlo Mihajlovic that he should kill Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh.

[c4ts]

Originally posted by Iacchus
Or, it could have been some "other" spirit than God? People hear voices all the time (ususally as the result of some trauma), which does not mean they haven't become entangled somehow with the "spiritual realm."

Way to shift the blame. Whenever God tells someone to do something you don't like it's suddenly another spirit or divine entity. The whole point of monotheism is lost on you.

[Schizobunny]

God told me to jump off a cliff once. I guess it kind of goes with the saying if he jumped off a cliff would you?

[c4ts]

God says a lot of things.

[RussDill]

I think this can be summed up by saying:

God talks a lot of dung, but can't back it up.