(Easter) Egg In the Face
Yeah, yeah. I know I said I wouldn’t be back until Monday, but I couldn’t pass this one up for Easter.
From the guest bloggers over at Media Orchard, I give you this quote (emphasis, mine):
“God made me cancel my own crucifixion”
A British broadcaster who traveled to the Philippines to be crucified on Good Friday for a television programme pulled out of the stunt in tears yesterday — and blamed God for his decision.
Dominik Diamond broke down and wept after watching nine Filipinos take their turn to be whipped and nailed on crosses and realising that his turn was next. “God wanted me only to pray at the foot of my cross,” he sobbed, sinking to his knees and praying as local people and tourists started to boo.
Five, the television channel, denied it was disappointed that Diamond, a radio and TV presenter and outspoken Daily Star columnist, had decided against being crucified. No date has been set for the broadcast of the programme. If shown, it may have to change its original working title, Crucify Me. (The Times)
Setting aside the comedically bizarre, far-too-easy-to-take-a-swipe-at notion of the whole event itself, let’s reflect on this quote for a minute: “God wanted me only to pray at the foot of my cross.”
“God wanted me only to pray at the foot of my cross”? No, I think after desiring to turn the event into a broadcast media spectacle of sensationalistic self-promotion, what God really wanted was for Mr. Diamond to make a pathetic, sniveling ass of himself in front of the international news media.
God: 1, Dominik Diamond: 0.
Email Article Sunday, April 16th, 2006 at 09:58am Mack Simpson
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2 Comments Add your own
1. Andrea Weckerle | April 17th, 2006 at 6:07 pm
Mack,
Full credit goes to Bill on this one!
2. Anonymous | April 18th, 2006 at 4:12 am
That God, he’s always ruining the fun.
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