It's sad he died... but

[anysia]

A priest has died after trying to demonstrate how Jesus walked on water.

Evangelist preacher Franck Kabele, 35, told his congregation he could repeat the biblical miracle.
But he drowned after walking out to sea from a beach in the capital Libreville in Gabon, west Africa.
One eyewitness said: “He told churchgoers he’d had a revelation that if he had enough faith, he could walk on water like Jesus.
“He took his congregation to the beach saying he would walk across the Komo estuary, which takes 20 minutes by boat.
“He walked into the water, which soon passed over his head and he never came back.”

Franck Kabele, Religion News Blog [Comments (27)] [2008-Dec-28]

Guess that nifty revelation forgot to tell him where the rocks were.

Comments

[bunny-m.livejournal.com]

I guess he just didn't have enough faith, huh?

[anysia.livejournal.com]

He had lots of faith.... so much so that he kept walking with his head under water until he drowned.

[bunny-m.livejournal.com]

Ahh, that killer grey area between 'faith strong enough to let you walk on water' and 'faith weak enough for you to stop yourself from drowning'.

OTOH, on less evangelist in the world, and one more practical demonstration of evolution in action.

And any time an evangelist manages to top themselves in an embarrassingly stupid and public way, the better off the world is, IMO.

[anysia.livejournal.com]

I wonder how many more fundies/evangelists we could get to try this.

[bunny-m.livejournal.com]

Other than 'Not enough?' =)

[discordia13.livejournal.com]

Everything Floats Eventually...