Observations and inanities by a second-shift assistant supervisor in the Puppy-Grinding division of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy® (our motto: "Sure it's cruel, but think of the jobs!"), your host, Brent Rasmussen.
He must not have believed enough.
A clear case of 'common descent' if I've ever heard one:
Body of ballooning priest found at sea
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The body of a Brazilian priest who floated out over the ocean suspended by hundreds of helium-filled party balloons, has been found off the coast of southeastern Brazil, police have confirmed.
The corpse of Father Adelir Antonio de Carli was spotted by a tugboat at sea near the city of Macae, three months after he disappeared while flying a contraption buoyed by balloons over the Atlantic Ocean in a fund-raising stunt.
Too bad he didn't pray to the Flying Spaghetti Monster, eh?
*sigh*
No, I'm not going to say "how sad". Guy tried to pull an idiotic stunt (even if it has been done multiple times). That he was a priest who was doing it so that he could help spread the 'Good News!' doesn't change the fact that he took a risk and got caught. Nothing tragic to see here, move along folks, move along.
I've done stupid and dangerous things. And so far have been more or less lucky enough to escape them unscathed. There was no guardian angel or big bearded guy in the sky watching out for me.
Same as there was no God to save the priest from his own foolish actions. He just got unlucky.
Jim Downey
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I feel the same about his passing as I would any person who dies while cliff diving, rock climbing, parachuting, or alligator wrestling - more power to 'em, but expect no sympathy. At least he didn't try sailing during a hurricane and put other people's lives at risk trying to rescue him.
He got a Darwin!
It's Official!
Jim Downey
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I have friends who fly planes, and I can tell you the path to getting a pilot's license is long, difficult and mentally demanding.
One of the stories I read about this guy back when he first vanished said that shortly before contact was lost, he was calling frantically for help in learning how to use the GPS he had along.
He went flying in an iffy craft, probably didn't check the winds, and didn't even know how to operate his one flight instrument.
I'd bet a million that he was "trusting to God" to see him safely through the experience.
It's just another cautionary tale of the dangers of living your life as one of the reality-challenged.
Proof of prophecy
Stories like this should be a magnet for seers and occult visionaries the world over. They could say things like "I see a bad end for this event - he is no longer with us." and be right for a change. Even I can see the future when drunk Uncle Alex decides to show the family how he can pull the tablecloth out from under granny's Waterford crystal glasses, and the outcome of this event was at least that obvious.
If only he had taken along a
If only he had taken along a despot.
I respond to this news the
I respond to this news the way I respond to many similar stories: "the average intelligence of the human race has just increased incrementally." Did I learn that from Heinlein or Niven? I can't remember.
Ballooning Priest
When I saw the headline, I thought it meant that his body had bloated after being in the water...
Pity ol' J.H.C. wasn't standing around on the water when the guy came down.
- No More Mr. Nice Guy!
Of course it's a tragedy
It wasn't an accident, and it certainly wasn't a great loss.
(What am I talking about?)
Rob Miles
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There are only 10 types of people in the world;
those who understand binary and those who don't.
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