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Christian Missionary To the Lions!

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TAIPEI (Reuters) - A man leaped into a lion's den at the Taipei Zoo to try to convert the king of beasts to Christianity, but was bitten in the leg for his efforts.

"Jesus will save you!" shouted the 46-year-old man at two African lions lounging under a tree a few metres away.

"Come bite me!" he said with both hands raised, television footage showed.

One of the lions, a large male with a shaggy mane, bit the man in his right leg before zoo workers drove it off with water hoses and tranquilliser guns.

Newspapers said that the lions had been fed earlier in the day, otherwise the man might have been more seriously hurt ... or worse.
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You're kidding? I must now invent a new level of stupidity if this is true.

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Unfortunately, they missed the portion of the anatomy that would qualify him for a Darwin Award. Stupid frickin' lions.
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that is fucking funny. Pitty they didnt bite off his testicles. He is now not a Darwin Award candidate.
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HA! Jesus may love you, but we all think you're a fucking moron!
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Alyrium Denryle wrote:that is fucking funny. Pitty they didnt bite off his testicles. He is now not a Darwin Award candidate.
There's always hope: Someone that stupid is bound to find a way to remove themselves from the gene pool eventually...
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they should check the loony bins nearby for any recent releases or escapees. they're clearly missing one.
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"Hey, God called. Next you must save the alligators..."
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They must have been aetheist-lions, of course. The man is probably praying for them, right now.
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Col. Crackpot wrote:HA! Jesus may love you, but we all think you're a fucking moron!
Nooo, Jesus merely likes this one. :D
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Petrosjko wrote:"Hey, God called. Next you must save the alligators..."
the snakes in iraq's desert are atheist. he clearly needs to go there and save them first before it's too late.
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These people are aiming to set new standards of stupidity it seems.
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Frank Hipper wrote:
Col. Crackpot wrote:HA! Jesus may love you, but we all think you're a fucking moron!
Nooo, Jesus merely likes this one. :D
No, Jesus loves the lions. He didn't want them to get indigestion, so he told them "no snacking between meals".
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Meh. Lion should have bit up a little higher, to prevent him from breeding. :P
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Well...maybe he'll try again and the result will be more entertaining. I mean... most people will try something once...and then twice....and sometimes even a third time.
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Perhaps he's just trying to bring back the glory days of Rome?
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Gandalf wrote:Perhaps he's just trying to bring back the glory days of Rome?
i don't recall romans ever trying to convert lions to christianity in their glory days. . . .
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Darth_Zod wrote:
Gandalf wrote:Perhaps he's just trying to bring back the glory days of Rome?
i don't recall romans ever trying to convert lions to christianity in their glory days. . . .
Hey, if I was in a coliseum with a bunch of lions, I'd be willing to try anything. :D
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Missionaries, pheh, hahahaha! :D
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no, no, no
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save them heathan, pagan paranha in the amazon basin...
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The Yosemite Bear wrote:no, no, no
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save them heathan, pagan paranha in the amazon basin...
That'll only work if he has bleeding stigmata.
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looks at hammer and tent spikes

that can be arranged
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Post by Petrosjko »

"There's all them poooooor polar bearz out there just a'cryin' for salvation, son... git crackin'!"

This is something we need to encourage for a variety of reasons, not the last of which is that it keeps them off my doorstep.

I certainly can empathize with the lions in question. I've felt like biting missionaries before.
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He might not manage a Darwin Award, but he's definately in line for an Honourable Mention.
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:banghead:

Oh, wait...according to the full story, the guy is a loony; he "imagined he heard voices."
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