God Doesn’t Like to Be Tested
June 8th, 2006
From Reuters, the ultimate epistemological test:
A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in Kiev zoo after he crept into the animal’s enclosure, a zoo official said on Monday.“The man shouted ‘God will save me, if he exists’, lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions,” the official said.
“A lioness went straight for him, knocked him down and severed his carotid artery.”
Either God doesn’t exist, or He loves irony. Kind of like that evangelist preaching at a church in Ohio who asked God for a sign, and lightning promptly struck his church set it on fire.
I’m pretty sure that the only thing being tested in this case is that poor man’s sanity. This is exactly the kind of thing people who have had psychotic breaks might do.
Besides, God can choose to ignore it when his children endanger themselves…just like any other bad parent. 😉