From correspondents in Constanta, Romania
April 13, 2004
A 15-year-old Romanian altar boy fell into a coma after a church bell fell on his head during an Easter service in his village in eastern Romania, police said today.
The boy, who was a regular worshipper at the Orthodox church in the village of Movila Verde, was standing in the wooden bell tower during the Easter service yesterday when the bronze bell broke loose and smashed onto his head, fracturing his skull and legs.
He was hospitalised in the Black Sea port of Constanta, 40km north-east of the village, and was in a coma for 24 hours, said village police spokesman Alim Tanior.
He came out of the coma today.
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Well if there is not a god, then you are the less misguided. (about this one issue)
If there IS a god, then you are both misguided IMO.
You know how I feel about "brand name religions". If God exists, he/she/it would have to be accepting of all "believers" on an equal opportunity basis. But organized religions universally say this is not how "God" does things.
Too many religions. None of them can be exclusively "right". Therefore they are all inherently "wrong" if for no other reason than not to accept the simple concept that "brand names" make no sense, are inherently based on bigotry, arrogance and closed mindedness.
And if any specific brand name religion is exactly right, how come every denomination of every religion needs money? Wouldn't the "right" one be provided for by divine intervention?