God hates children.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:37 am

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12467604/?GT1=7938

MEXICO CITY - Five Mexican children were killed when a large metal cross they were praying at was struck by lightning in central Mexico, local media reported Monday.

Five children between 9 and 16 years old died and several others suffered burns when lightning struck a white-painted metal cross set on a hill in the town of Santa Maria del Rio early on Sunday, according to two newspaper reports.

“The lightning went straight into them and killed them instantly,” local Red Cross chief Eduardo Suarez told the daily El Norte.

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:44 am

Not surprising, really.

"Hey... why are you worshipping an effigy of what they nailed my boy to? Metallic... Ooh... conducive! I have a cunning plan..."

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:56 am

...Tony Robinson is God?

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:54 pm

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:20 pm

Sometimes Gods gotta lay the smackdown, and show he means business

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:19 pm

I'm laughing at the deaths of children... you bastards.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:39 pm

Yeah, atheists and there sense of amusement.

May they rest in peace.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:47 pm

God and his sense of Irony then?

Post by **Kaylee** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:11 pm

The Last Autobot wrote:Yeah, atheists and there sense of amusement.

May they rest in peace.

It's not their sole domain; plenty of theists derive happiness from nasty events. The celebrations in Iran and Syria on September the 11th spring to mind.

EDITTED for spudlike grammar

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:00 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:
The Last Autobot wrote:Yeah, atheists and there sense of amusement.

May they rest in peace.
It's not their sole domain; plenty of theists derive happiness from nasty events. The celebrations in Iran and Syria on September the 11th spring to mind.

EDITTED for spudlike grammar

And I guess it makes it right the other way around

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:39 pm

Schadenfreude is not a sin.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:39 pm

Nor does it get as high a word score as you'd think in scrabble.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:59 pm

Brendocon wrote:Schadenfreude is not a sin.

Neid zu fühlen ist menschlich, Schadenfreude zu genießen teuflisch

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:17 pm

I think ppl are missing the point here, obviously the death of the children isnt funny - what is amusing, and in the sense of pure Irony, is that they died preying to thier god.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:57 am

They could have died preying on their god...

Atheists, theists... I always forget who's who around here. Maybe cuz I'm floundering about at the moment.

Post by **Best First** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:43 am

The Last Autobot wrote:Yeah, atheists and there sense of amusement.

May they rest in peace.

surely, in this case at least, it would be better to be an athiest and see the (darkly) funny side to a tragic event given certain beliefes, than a believer who thinks that bbq'd kiddie is divine plan material?

anyway, i'm agnostic...

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:53 am

Best First wrote:anyway, i'm agnostic...

You can get a cream for that.

Post by **Best First** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:29 am

i'm not sure whether i believe that or not...

Post by **snarl** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:39 am

Do we know for a fact that they didn't have bad AIDS and were in fact praying for a swift end to their suffering?

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:51 am

I think the point here is that people who stand next to a big metal pole on top of a hill in a thunderstorm are natural Darwin Award winners, whether they believe in God or not. The fact that they were praying is kind of sad, as they probably believed they were doing something worthwhile.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:07 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:I think the point here is that people who stand next to a big metal pole on top of a hill in a thunderstorm are natural Darwin Award winners, whether they believe in God or not. The fact that they were praying is kind of sad, as they probably believed they were doing something worthwhile.

The article didn't actually mention the weather conditions, but as it was at the summit of a hill in Mexico at around midnight, it is safe to assume that there'd be a fair amount of static electricity lurking for victims who happen to stand next to conductive structures.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:15 pm

Lightning strikes when there isn't a thunderstorm are kind of rare, aren't they? Or is that the point? Why were they praying at midnight, anyway?

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:33 pm

They're children. Children are stupid and do stupid things.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:54 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:Lightning strikes when there isn't a thunderstorm are kind of rare, aren't they? Or is that the point? Why were they praying at midnight, anyway?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning

It's all to do with the atmospheric conditions. It can happen anywhere where the air is sufficiently ionised. It's just that those conditions are more commonly available during storms.

Post by **Best First** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:56 pm

i keep tellig my driving instructor thwe reason i do 5 point turns is because i'm a satanist...

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:42 pm

I told my friend about this. He laughed. I laughed. We both laughed. Struck by lightning while praying...

This can mean one of two things:

1) There is no God.

2) There IS a God and he's a terrific asshole.

Vince McMahon should bring this up at Backlash.

(If you don't get that last comment, you're probably better for it.)

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:13 pm

Professor Smooth wrote:Vince McMahon should bring this up at Backlash.

(If you don't get that last comment, you're probably better for it.)

I read something about that. I saw the card and knew it meant one of two things. I really didn't know which was worse.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:20 pm

sprunkner wrote:I'm laughing at the deaths of children... you bastards.

I'm not. And I'm an agnostic.

(yes... I recently realized I have a similar faith to Besters, and yes, I do grind my teeth every night that I go to sleep and the demons of the mind comes forth when I think about it..)

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:29 pm

...I couldn't resist...

http://realwrestlecrap.proboards89.com/ ... 1146074022

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:35 pm

Is that... is that his sig?