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."
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okay - this guy was a moron for trying to walk on water and for -whatever reason - not stopping when (of should I say if) he realized it wasn't working. However, what about the people watching? Did no one try to help this guy? Did they think they could "pray" him some help?
Sounds that more Xians should try this, as well as the snake-"trick", since it seems to work!
Papabear, he walked into the sea. Are there people so lean they sink in saltwater?
Ooh, lets add this guy to the man eaten by the lion in Kiev. Don't feel bad about him though, a bunch of my fundy friends where laughing about the kiev guy yesterday, apparently they have this 'don't test god clause'.
Well, you gotta admire the guy's unwavering faith.
If only more fundies would follow this example. And they should, for, as jesus said...
"I will walk on water, as jesus did!"
Hello, Mr. Preacher-dude, you have to have the faith of a mustard seed, not the brain of appox. that size.
I agree with Brain on this one... at what point was he going to give up, having promised that his audience would see an amazing miracle? Maybe his own faith was at such major stake in this that he'd rather let the sea take him than live the rest of his life feeling a spiritual failure. Very sad, really.
Most likely this was a fabrication. If not, 10-to-1 he'd just taken everybody's money, and he didn't really drown. Some con artists' MO is to promise a big miracle that if it fails will lead to death, collect money, and fake their own death.
I suspect that he didn't swim because of the robes he was probably wearing(it wouldn't show much faith to try it in a speedo), and wet clothing, especially something as loose as a robe,are not very conducive to swimming. Although, he could have stopped before he was breathing in water.
There was an article about it in the papers, I think it was last week (of course, sometimes papers unwittingly spread urban legends, but...)
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Do we really need any comments on the stupidity and arrogance of this guy?, if I were to explain the people why it happened I would say that it is not God´s punishment but logical consequences of trespassing common sense. Besides, I was trying to remember one of the temptations in the dessert and the answer Jesus gave to the Devil. He well knew why.
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haha, what an asshole
Ah, but this was in Africa!
I deman that ALL Christians attempt this trial of faith immediately. What have you got to lose? If you walk on water after invoking the assistance of the Holy Spirit, I (and undoubtedly many others) will denounce my ungodly adherence to Atheism and become the most fundamentalist Christian you ever did see. On the other hand, if you sink like a stone and drown like an unwanted kitten in a hessian sack, you'll get to be face-to-face with Jesus without having to wait around for that rapture that you're so keen on. So it's really win-win for you, isn't it? Now get ye down to the seaside/lakeside/riverback, and get walking on that water. Do it for JESUS!
I'm suprised that no one stopped him.....
Then again, I probably should be not suprised if it was the church goers that was watching.
Wow, I wonder what the crowd was thinking when the water passed the guys chest . . . didn't any of them think to maybe mention to the guy he wasn't actually, you know, walking on water?
Also, this only has a 4? Really?
This story is so bull; I mean the moment water went beyond your ankles you would know that it's not working, and to a demagogue, reputation is everything, so wouldn't he want to check his own claim before making a public spectacle out of it? The ONLY possible way this story can be true is, if the man was very seriously mentally ill, in which case this incident is just terribly tragic. I'm surprised that all the self-proclaimed enlightened ones, with overgrown intellects, and bulging brains would so completely fail to see this.
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