God hates Baptists...strikes down minister....

[rfranklin]

Texas pastor electrocuted during baptism
Accident occured when 33-year-old priest reached for a microphone

Updated: 12:34 a.m. ET Oct. 31, 2005
WACO, Texas - A pastor performing a baptism was electrocuted inside his church Sunday morning after adjusting a nearby microphone while standing in water, a church employee said.

The Rev. Kyle Lake, 33, was stepping into the baptistery as he reached out for the microphone, which produced an electric shock, said University Baptist Church community pastor Ben Dudley.

Water in a baptistery usually reaches above the waist, said Byron Weathersbee, interim university chaplain at Baylor University.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9872514/

[sinkingfeeling]

1. See what happens when science is ignored?

[beam me up scottie]

8. ~

:evilgrin:

[evolved Anarchopunk]

2. That's good stuff. In front of 800 ppl? That's good stuff.

Thanks for posting. ;-)

[Lerkfish]

18. "good" in what way? hey, I'm philosophically opposed to rightwing

fundamentalism, but thinking someone getting electrocuted in front of 800 people is a "good" thing?

good grief, have you no humanity at all?

I can disagree with a group without laughing at their deaths.

[evolved Anarchopunk]

31. O and a hush falls over the thread as rational, well-meaning posters

attack the knee-jerk reactions of a few zealous coffee-drinkers like myself.

Fine, you don't find it funny. Well neither do I.... now.

But i'll admit, when i first read this that i F*ckin died laughing, died laughing in a small pool holding a microphone. Im sorry, but when an outdated cult-ish rituals gets you killed, it just means that you should have stayed home.

And thats it, I'm done. I wondered when i posted that too.. i was like "now that was a stupid knee-jerk reaction, it IS funny, but a man lost his life and i feel for his family..... I wonder if someone will call me evil or say i have no 'humanity'... nah, no way, ppl on DU understand"

You are disappointed w/me, and i'm disappointed w/ you. Can we leave it there, please? B/c you are assuming things about me which simply are not true and thats makes me angry.

[beam me up scottie]

32. You can still edit it if you hurry.

I've done that plenty of times.

[evolved Anarchopunk]

33. "I meant everything i said, everything i said i meant

Yo with all that's on the line, sometimes u gotta vent":evilgrin:

[beam me up scottie]

34. Ack!

Not another poet...
:evilgrin:

[thecrow]

3. Shocking!!!!

And must have been horrible for the congregation

[funflower]

4. Not funny. A man has died. Liberals respect the lives of all people.

[WA98296]

13. Agree completely. Not at all what liberals are about.

[RedEarth]

16. I agree... I find it disgusting

[beam me up scottie]

5. Darwin Award candidate.

Quite possibly a finalist.

[Lerkfish]

10. just curious: if an atheist were electrocuted, and I made jokes...

just how tolerant would the atheists be?

at any rate, it DOES point to a lack of understanding of electricity. Many people never consider microphones as conductors.

[beam me up scottie]

20. If it was a stupid one, I'd still laugh my ass off.

Do you think Darwin Awards are only for christians?

[funflower]

28. It's a very understandable mistake. I once touched a microphone and a

lamp at the same time and got a real jolt. It's not necessarily intuitive that microphones are so dangerous.

[beam me up scottie]

30. Um, yes it is.

Unless one thinks using electrical appliances while standing in a tub of water is safe.

[paparush]

11. Scottie

You got it! Darwin awards here we come!

[The Stranger]

6. That's pretty shocking.

:yoiks:

Er, sorry.

[Ian David]

7. Jesus was 33 years old when he died, too n/t

[southpaw]

14. My first thought as well...

The man was obviously a martyr.

Gawd is sending a message, here.

We'd be wise to look for the devine communique given to us in the form of a sizzling corpse.

[Ian David]

15. How many boyscouts were electrocuted this summer? n/t

[southpaw]

17. I give up... How many?

[Ian David]

21. I think seven at the jubilee, two on a mountain somewhere, and a girlscout

was killed by a falling tree or something.

Not to mention the dozens hospitalized with heatstroke waiting for Bush to show-up for his speech.

[FSogol]

22. Zero Scouts were electrocuted at the Jamboree.

4 Adult leaders were electrocuted.

[Ian David]

29. Scoutmasters don't count? okay. n/t

[Bluzmann57]

9. Not terribly bright

Any school age kid knows better than to handle electricity while in water. Obviously this guy didn't. Sympathies to his family. Tragic ending for such a young man.

[Hokie]

12. Darwin Award Nominee?

This was sad story. The guy had a wife and young children. However, it is incredibly stupid to touch any electrical apparatus connected to 120 vac while immersed in water.

[Nikki Stone 1]

19. Does this mean God is "Pro-death"?

Just asking....

[FSogol]

23. Yes, God is pro-death. Everyone dies in the end. n/t

[Nikki Stone 1]

27. I want that on a bumpersticker.

Of course my car might get keyed and my tires might be slashed, but...

[unrepuke]

26. Pro-Science / Anti-Faith, apparently. Heh heh

:evilgrin:

[raysr]

24. "Another one bites the dust, Hey!"

[leesa]

25. This is what happens when you deny science in favor of fantasy.

[qanda]

35. I just think some people on DU are so mean and hateful towards Christians

That this kind of thing makes them joyful and I find that pretty disgusting!

[Moderator]

36. Locking thread

This turned into a flamefest