Message From God? Employee of Petersburg, Kentucky’s Creation Museum struck by lightning today.

[kpete]

An employee of Petersburg, Kentucky’s Creation Museum was struck by lightning Wednesday while clearing guests from a zip line attraction at the museum during a thunderstorm. According to Kentucky’s WLWT.com, the man was helping guests down from the wires as thunderstorms rolled into the area.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/21/creationism-museum-employee-injured-by-lightning-strike-while-on-the-job/

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Zip lining. Ah, yes. Just like they did it in the bible.

[obxhead]

10. How else do you think they got on top of those dinosaurs

so they could ride them around?

[pscot]

2. what other explanation can there be?

[Curmudgeoness]

3. There is just nothing kind that I can say about this.

[rurallib]

6. he proved that electricity acts like science has proven it would

that's commendable

[jberryhill]

4. That's awful, is he okay?

Not anything I'd wish on anyone.

[kpete]

7. exact quote

He was taken to a nearby hospital, but his injuries were said to be superficial.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/21/creationism-museum-employee-injured-by-lightning-strike-while-on-the-job/

[jberryhill]

13. It's a good thing he was getting others out of there

[RZM]

5. From the sound of it

He put himself at risk to help out others and that's why it happened.

[Jackpine Radical]

12. That's eactly what I was thinking.

Beneath whatever lunatic worldview one like him must have acquired in order to work at a place like that, there remains a decent human who put himself at risk for others.

For me, this latter part of his totality is central.

[Tanuki]

20. Since jobs are probably pretty hard to come by in Petersburg, Kentucky,

I don't think we can even make any assumptions about his worldview. I am glad that he wasn't hurt seriously, and I agree with your assessment of his decency and bravery.

[kentuck]

8. It wasn't God...

It was just his Boss...

[notadmblnd]

9. LOL

snort lol

[Bragi]

11. God's targeted visitor cluster

I think this sentence says it all:

"The zip lines were installed in the spring to help the Christian-themed museum attract a wider group of visitors"

What's next? Shark tanks?

(I visited this place about 5 BZ (Before Ziplines) and it was a $25 disappointment. I thought they'd maybe try to muster some kind of serious anti-science defense of biblical fundamentalism, but instead it was just a series of exhibits mostly saying things like "Science says X" but "The Bible says Y", and that was it. No argument, no attack on science, just the juxtaposition of what the Bible says and what science says, the idea being, I guess, that we'd thus see the falsity of science. Anyway, while the intellectual underpinning of the whole museum was dull and lame, there were some fun exhibits, with people riding dinosaurs, and there was a nice miniature diorama of Noah's ark and and the flood. But really, $25?)

[Stinky The Clown]

14. Troof Tops Fikshun

[Coyotl]

15. Thanks to the zip line, the Creationist Museum has visitors!

And now God wants to shut that down

[hrmjustin]

16. I am glad the employee is ok, and God does not send lightening strikes.

[Demo_Chris]

17. Glad he's okay. And remember, for all we know he's an atheist. Like me. nt

[Vinnie From Indy]

18. Must have been Old Testament God...

He was a murdering psychopath.

http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/ot_list.html

[Scuba]

19. From the archives: Touchdown Jesus zapped by lightening, Gay Pride parade unscathed.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8569237

[marions ghost]

21. Touchdown Jesus

[A Little Weird]

22. Two other men were killed

Two other men were killed by a lightning strike in a separate incident in Kentucky. I don't know their political affiliation so I'm not sure if I should celebrate.




http://www.lex18.com/news/two-dead-one-hurt-in-garrard-county-lightning-strike/

[NV Whino]

23. Okay, I'm going to fry in hell

I laughed.