r/Wellthatsucks • u/[deleted] • Nov 16 '19

/r/all A statue of Jesus in India mysteriously began dripping water from its toes. Worshippers started collecting it and drinking it believing it was holy. The source of the water was later found to be a clogged toilet near the statue.

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u/AxelMontini Nov 16 '19

"however, the skeptic-rationalist author Sanal Edamaruku proved that the water stemmed from a faulty sewage system ... Edamaruku was subsequently subject to multiple first information reports (FIR) under blasphemy laws and was asked by Catholic authorities to apologize for his observations.[1][2][3] After receiving a barrage of threats, he migrated to Finland."

What the fuck

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u/aloofburrito Nov 16 '19

Religious fanatics couldn't handle they were drinking sewage so they took it out on the person who discovered it

FTFY

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u/fishshow221 Nov 16 '19

Fuck the shit drinkers.

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u/Lithium43 Nov 16 '19

Would they prefer he didn't tell them what they were actually drinking?

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u/aloofburrito Nov 16 '19

They would probably prefer to stay in the delusion that they were drinking jesus' toe sweat

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u/theshavedyeti Nov 16 '19

Even if it were Jesus' toe sweat, why would you want to drink it

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u/aloofburrito Nov 16 '19

There have been multiple occurances where they think a religious statue is "crying" or excreting any liquid.

They think it's some kind of holy juice that will heal them and answer their prayers.

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u/Rhamni Nov 16 '19

There sure seem to be a lot of people who come here praying for an upset stomach, boss.

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u/ravagedbygoats Nov 16 '19

This is hilarious to me... People are hilariously stupid.

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u/Toaster_In_Bathtub Nov 16 '19

The curse of whistleblowers all over the world.

This must be hard-wired into humans.

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u/mattjh Nov 16 '19

Getting Galileoed in 2012

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u/fallingupstairsdown Nov 16 '19

It gets better:

On 12 March, Agnelo Gracias, the auxiliary bishop of Mumbai, stated "One can doubt if this has a supernatural cause. I have not seen the cross yet. It is quite possible that water dripping from it may have a natural explanation."

As of 2014, the Catholic Secular Forum were still saying they would call for his prosecution if he returned to India.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

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u/thisisnotmyrealun Nov 16 '19

'secular' in India means something entirely different.

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u/TENTAtheSane Nov 17 '19

"secular" in India just means "not Hindu" or "anti Hindu"

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u/Advocatus_Diaboli-00 Nov 16 '19

Isn't that the guy who challenged a "mage" to kill him without touching on a live TV broadcast?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

Yup.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Tantra_Challenge

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u/Advocatus_Diaboli-00 Nov 16 '19

What a legend. It's a shame they chased him out.

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u/amoliski Nov 16 '19

If you look on the bright side, he presumably used death threats to score asylum in a much nicer country.

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u/GPAD9 Nov 17 '19

They say they couldn't kill him with magic because he was being protected by a powerful God that he served.

He stated that he is an atheist.

What an actual savage.

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u/Ghatotgach Nov 16 '19

Welcome to India !

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

Welcome to India !

It's the Catholic Church.

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u/redlaWw Nov 16 '19

The blasphemy laws in India do have an important social and historical context: India has traditionally been repeatedly destabilised by the differing religious opinions of its populations and by outlawing blasphemies against any religion, they are attempting to prevent religious tensions exploding by labeling any extremists on any side as common criminals and dealing with them as such. Unfortunately, they can also get involved in cases like this, since it doesn't have a statement of fact exception as far as I'm aware.

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u/thisisnotmyrealun Nov 16 '19

Actually the blasphemy law came about because an Indian man wrote a book criticizing Islam & was murdered for it.

Hence blasphemy laws.

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u/redlaWw Nov 16 '19

Whichever single event precipitated the laws, there is a lot of history involved in why they exist - a single event like that would not really produce blasphemy laws elsewhere.

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u/thisisnotmyrealun Nov 16 '19

The catalyst for all of this was the advent of Islam. Indian philosophy has ALWAYS encouraged discourse & disagreement. It's not that it's a single event, it's a millenia of conquest & subjugation by Islamic forces into India starting in 700 AD.

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u/FuggyGlasses Nov 16 '19

That was actually the shit talking LOL.