‘God will save me, if he exists’

 BBC

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."  ————————————

By Scott Adams: 

This story presents more questions than answers. For example, was the guy a true believer trying to prove his faith, or was he an atheist that was tired of no one understanding his arguments? If he was a believer, was his faith too weak? Or was he unlucky and caught God on a break? Maybe God just turned to one of his cherubs and muttered something like “I don’t roll like that,” because it seemed funny. If he did, the cherub would not laugh, because cherubs are basically babies with wings. So God would either have to resort to a poop joke or a miracle to make that baby laugh.

All we can hope is that people learn something from this tragedy. For example, the next time that a believer jumps into the lion habitat, he should yell “If God exists, he will order this lion to kill me!” That way, everyone wins.