Ala. Church Youth Swallow Live Goldfish

[julialnyc]

Ala. Church Youth Swallow Live Goldfish
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051006/ap_on_fe_st/fear_factor_ministry_2

FLORENCE, Ala. - The First Assembly of God Church has a Fear Factor ministry that lets youths swallow live goldfish in order to teach them about fear.



"We need to be realistic about what the Bible says about fear and not be afraid to share our faith in school," youth minister Anthony Martin told the TimesDaily in a story Thursday. "We can't let that fear rule our lives."

Martin said the ministry's participants are between the ages of 14 and 21 and that they had to get their parents to sign a waiver to be involved.

"Fear Factor" is a reality TV show in which contestants compete by participating in dangerous activities or by eating stomach-turning foods for cash prizes.

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[Arkana]

1. Yum.

[sasha031]

2. I have come to the conclusion

all religion is very bad for you. what sickos

[RoBear]

7. I've been convinced for years that religion

has caused, on balance, far more harm than good...

[underpants]

3. Fear? Sign a waiver? for goldfish?

Huh?

[southlandshari]

4. As a Christian from Alabama

I sure am glad those kind of goofballs aren't representative of most of us down here!


:hi:

[lectrobyte]

5. HMGFWJS?

How many goldfish would Jesus swallow?

[Whoa_Nelly]

14. Jesus swallowed?

eom

[Solly Mack]

22. ROFLMAO!

[Stuckinthebush]

6. Over religious folk are scary

aren't they?

Hey kid! You shouldn't be afraid of anything because Jesus is hovering above you! Here, eat this gold fish..DO IT, DO IT....JESUS LOVES YOU NOW DO IT!!!!

Yikes

[alphafemale]

8. I thought it was getting swallowed BY the fish that brought the lesson.

In faith and destiny.

:D

[Vanje]

9. Real Christians.......

....handle venomous snakes!

[KyndCulture]

10. can't they sautee em with a lil old bay and tabasco first?

idiot churches...

[TlalocW]

11. The great thing about goldfish swallowing

Is that it was a hoax. There was some bartender in the early 20th century who had a bowl of goldfish in his bar. To entertain new customers he would dip his hand in it, grab a goldfish and put it in his mouth and swallow - or at least that's what it looked like. In reality he had in his hand a piece of carrot that had been cut to look like a goldfish tail. He would pretend to catch a fish, put the carrot in his mouth so the tail was sticking out, use his tongue to lever it up and down to make it look like it was wiggling then swallow.

Some college kids saw that, thought it was cool, and the 1920s fad of real goldfish swallowing was born.

TlalocW

[DanCa]

12. Fish heads fish heads rolly polly fish heads

And these people are allowed to have guns drive and vote.

[Fuzz]

16. Fish heads, fish head, eat them up, Yum!

[Dora]

18. Damn you! You earworm infidel! n/t

[incapsulated]

25. They don't play baseball, they don't wear sweaters...

Swallow Goldie for Christ!

[oregonindy]

13. mmmmm sushi.

cant indoctrinate without having a ritual.

[Whoa_Nelly]

15. Do the fishes come out as loaves?

:rofl:

[Fuzz]

17. Multiple times over

[tigersumtin]

19. Wasabi and Soy Sauce please

a little rice on the side.

[tigersumtin]

20. Do Fish Go To Heaven ?

[hunter]

21. Kill a goldfish for Jesus!

Another fundamentalist game is to throw live goldfish into the swimming pool and have the kids "save" them.

Sick metaphor, isn't it?

[Solly Mack]

23. Wow. Just wow

I'm rolling (still)

[tigersumtin]

24. anybody can swallow a goldfish

Real men swallow CATFISH.