There’s faith, and then there’s stupidity:
A lioness at Kiev’s zoo has killed a man who climbed into her enclosure.
A Ukrainian of Azerbaijani origin lowered himself into the enclosure using a rope. He was quoted as saying God would save him.
One of four lions in the enclosure seized the 45-year-old by the throat, and he died at the scene.
The zoo – which keeps the lions on an “island” protected by concrete blocks – was packed with visitors at the time of the attack on Sunday.
“The man shouted ‘God will save me, if he exists’, lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions,” a zoo official told Reuters news agency.
“A lioness went straight for him, knocked him down and severed his carotid artery.”
And just what does God himself have to say about this:
“You shall not put the LORD, your God, to the test, as you did at Massah.”
Because, if you do, you’re gonna look like an idiot.
H/T: Ann Althouse
Maybe some parts of the Bible need to be labeled “DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME.”