Pastor attempts to walk on water, gets eaten by crocodiles

[True Dough]

That's unfortunate...

A Zimbabwean church pastor attempting to demonstrate how Jesus walked on water by crossing a river on foot was eaten alive when he was attacked by three crocodiles.

Jonathan Mthethwa of the Saint of the Last Days church brought his congregation to the area known locally as Crocodile River before attempting his biblical recreation.

According to witnesses, the pastor entered the water and waded out approximately 30 metres before attempting to make his way to the surface. Unfortunately for the pastor, three crocodiles pounced and devoured him.

Only his sandals and underwear were recovered, according to a report in the Daily Post.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4505420/Pastor-eaten-crocodiles-demonstrating-Jesus-water-walk.html

[SharonAnn]

1. Guess he proved something, all right. Religion doesn't give you super-powers.

[Eyeball_Kid]

2. Ouch.

[Binkie The Clown]

3. "God works in mysterious ways." n/t

[True Dough]

4. For all we know

those crocodiles could have spent weeks praying for food!

[Binkie The Clown]

13. Sobek, the crocodile god of ancient Egypt, answered their prayers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobek

[Liberty Belle]

5. Darwin Award candidate, for sure.

The annual posthumous "honor" for people who die in stupid ways that prove Darwin's survival of the fittest theory.

[trusty elf]

6. pearly gators?

[Pachamama]

7. Bad elf....

[vicman]

9. I like

these last two posts. I must point out however, that The Daily News is not exactly a "credible" news source. Yet I do believe that there is someone on this great big planet who will someday be stupid enough to try this. You can't go broke betting against human stupidity.

[SwissTony]

8. Daily Fail. Nuff sed n.t.

[True Dough]

12. The reporting originates with Zimbabwe Today

I'm unsure how credible that entity is, but here's a link:

http://zimbabwe-today.com/pastor-trying-walk-water-crocodile-river-gets-eaten-3-crocodiles/

[tanyev]

10. Inadvertently proving the existence and preeminence of Sobek?

[COLGATE4]

11. Croc conversation as reported by eyewitnesses:

"Praise Jesus!". "You're right, brother - please pass the salt".

[Lordquinton]

14. Tragic, but at least he had the convictions of his faith

No interpreting it the correct way or weasal words for something that is supposed to be divine.

[MineralMan]

15. Gone to meet his Maker, it seems,

courtesy of reptilian creations.

[Angry Dragon]

16. I did LOL

I guess his god needed him

[rug]

17. Fake.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pastor-eaten-by-crocodile-while-imitating-jesus-walking-water-1621603

[True Dough]

18. Oh well

If any of the faithful wants to attempt this little experiment for real, they can certainly feel free.

[Bretton Garcia]

19. "Unverified" does not equal false, in every case.

All it takes for a reporter to be unable to verify something, is, among other things, to simply be incompetent or biased in investigations.

In any case? Many, many events deep in Africa are indeed hard to verify, even today. To refute or confirm; either one.

[rug]

20. Feel free to believe this story despite evidence to the contrary.

[Bretton Garcia]

21. Refuted by lack of internet verification from Africa?

[rug]

22. Africa has internet.

[Bretton Garcia]

23. 1/40 what we do?

[AtheistCrusader]

24. Funny, I've used that phrase on Christians before.

Eye of the beholder and all that.

[rug]

25. Where do you think I took it from?

[Doreen]

26. I can not quit laughing!!!