Testing Your Faith

June 5th, 2006

I saw the headline today “Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God,” and just had to read. I am often amazed in what people will do to test their faith, fate, and basic common sense.

KIEV (Reuters) - 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.”

The incident, Sunday evening when the zoo was packed with visitors, was the first of its kind at the attraction. Lions and tigers are kept in an “animal island” protected by thick concrete blocks.

From Yahoo! News

I was most struck with the apparent matter-of-factness of the lioness’s actions — straight for him, knocked down, artery severed, dead.

Now I am not going to even go into a religious discussion here. I can only assume that this man was not operating at full capacity. I started to wonder if there have been similar incidents, however most searches containing “God will save me” returned jokes.

I suppose maybe someone should have challenged this individual that perhaps God does exist and that he tried to keep you safe by keeping the lions on AN ANIMAL ISLAND protected by THICK CONCRETE BLOCKS.

Rest in pieces.

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