SourceReuters wrote: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.
This strikes me as medieval: Man challenging God to prove His existence, as if God, by virtue of His love or charity, could be blackmailed. Like God isn't busy with stuff, and can keep watching for when they're trying to float the next witch or pick up hot coals and not get burned, or whatever. If I were God (and I am not, no matter what emmline says), I'd be like: "Sorry, dude, I gave you free will and you're just going to have to deal with the lioness on your own." Except I wouldn't be saying it, I'd be emoting it all over the universe and all the places where I decided not to put any universe but to just leave empty or universeless or whatever I'd call it.
P.S.: What's with the shoes?
"It might be a bit better to tune to one of my fiddle's open strings, like A, rather than asking me for an F#." - Martin Milner
