Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 19, 2011
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Transcript:
The lyrics of Japan's national anthem come from a poem that is more than 1000 years old! Sweden's Sala silver mine has a hotel room located 508 feet below ground! Eye gore! 46-year-old Aldo Bianchini tore out his own eyes with his bare hands in the middle of an Oct. 2, 2011 church service in Viareggio, Italy!
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FatTonyBalducci almost 13 years ago
WTF???
billcor almost 13 years ago
if thine eye offends thee.. ok the other one too.
Aussie Down Under almost 13 years ago
I can’t see the point in what he did. Can’t say he didn’t eyeball the situation. Probably just a case of not seeing eye to eye with the congregation.
Starrman69 almost 13 years ago
Defintely an eye popping moment, I couldn’t see myself doing that…
sandramackin almost 13 years ago
@iluvcomics- Oh Sure! No descrimination here! If one does a crazy acy, then all church people are crazy!! Is this where profiling comes from?!
leweclectic almost 13 years ago
To answer the question of “Why” that a bloger posted above: Emergency responders said Bianchini was calm and lucid when they arrived at the scene and told them a “voice told him” to rip his eyes out, according to news agency ANSA.The Doctor noted that he"Thought" the man had suffered from mental illness in the past and that it would have taken super human strength to do what he did.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/man_rips_own_eyes_out_in_italian_BHNjjVWGXwZogsOoBVyMCL#ixzz1gz10Qcqu
Lazydoggs3 almost 13 years ago
That must have been one really boring service to do something like that
chris_weaver almost 13 years ago
But the view from the hotel room is really awful!
Dberrymanal1 almost 13 years ago
As a Christian it truly saddens me to see finatics like that give Christianity a bad name. Jesus made it simple for us by His suffering. He suffered for us so we would not have to. I’ve also heard of people crucifying themselves on crosses thinking that honors Jesus, It does not! It is an offense to Him. Who is to blame? False preachers who claim they know what the Bible means. Too many people listen to them instead of studying His word themselves and making up their own minds what it means.
MrsETPerry almost 13 years ago
@Zyreenesque That just made me laugh out loud….The guy was trying to live by what HE thought was for him to do in church. Truth is he was guilted by some emotion which triggered some impure thooughts to which he felt better to suffer by his own hands, than the wrath by our saviour Jesus Christ, smh. His heart was in the right place, but his perspective was corrupt.
trekkermint almost 13 years ago
really, eye did not need to know that
Koolfunkygrrl almost 13 years ago
An eye for an eye…..
Puddleglum2 almost 13 years ago
It’s hyperbole to emphasize the importance of getting rid of anything that hinders us from being obedient to God!
natureboyfig4 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Yeesh. In most churches, plunking a few coins into the plate would suffice!