Seriously? He's suing?

The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh.

Oh, that's just too rich. If he wins the suit, I can't wait to hear the follow up story where he gets killed by a semi carrying holy wafers and communal wine.

Why am I not is the slightest bit surprised that he is now suing.

Personally, I'd contribute his wife's survival to doctors and scientists, though I suppose that wouldn't have made a very good story. But if the big concrete icon really is what floats your boat, worship away!

This news clip is just full of all kinds of stupid

what a little piece of shit. Stupid enough to believe a fucking inanimate object saved his wife from cancer, and not doctors and modern medicine, and also a greedy little pig who then is sane enough to recognize the crucifix which saved his wife was somehow not sacred enough not to be a lawsuit.

...and in the likely event he didn't say it, thank you doctors for saving this guy's wife. >> ^Murgy:

Personally, I'd contribute his wife's survival to doctors and scientists, though I suppose that wouldn't have made a very good story. But if the big concrete icon really is what floats your boat, worship away!

I think he should be praying to the crucifix to restore his leg.

*promote the sweet irony. Right, @Grimm?

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>> ^bareboards2:

promote the sweet irony. Right, @Grimm?


Praise BB, thank you Lord!

http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/>> ^Stormsinger:

I think he should be praying to the crucifix to restore his leg.

He could just sell his soul..

Why not sue? It seems the insurance company never should have contested the claim. This is a big part of what property insurance exists for. And the fact that it was caused by a precariously secured extremely heavy thing just shows some negligence on the part of the property owners. It makes no difference if it's a cross.

>> ^Grimm:

http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/>> ^Stormsinger:
I think he should be praying to the crucifix to restore his leg.


That site is precisely what I was thinking about when I posted.

It's such a catchy question, that cuts right to the heart of things. Why does God hate amputees?

I see the irony, but I don't get why some people are upset by the guy.

I see a man who felt powerless to help his wife, and so did the only things he could... remaining strong for the family and spending time each day thinking positive thoughts (a.k.a. praying for help).


The guy now has some pretty bad hospital bills due to an accident that may have been avoidable, and took advice that he should file an insurance claim. The insurance company challenged the claim, so he again took advice that a lawsuit was worth filing to help him and his family (and probably avoid bankruptcy... this is the USA after all).

Screw Jesus.

A Pizza deliveryman whose wife just got over cancer is put in the awkward position of having to sue his church for having his leg chopped off and you guys are laughing?

Aren't you supposed to proving you can be moral without religion?

I really feel bad for this guy. It's not a slip-and-fall payout from Piggly-Wiggly: he lost a leg which may cost him his extremely low pay job. But because it happened at a shrine he regularly attends, it's funny? Try to be a little less monstrous, internet.

>> ^jbaber:

A Pizza deliveryman whose wife just got over cancer is put in the awkward position of having to sue his church for having his leg chopped off and you guys are laughing?
Aren't you supposed to proving you can be moral without religion?
I really feel bad for this guy. It's not a slip-and-fall payout from Piggly-Wiggly: he lost a leg which may cost him his extremely low pay job. But because it happened at a shrine he regularly attends, it's funny? Try to be a little less monstrous, internet.


I wonder if a god had come down to him and said "lose your leg and I'll cure your wife", if he would have gone through with it? Would he have sued his god?

Good thing the statue is miraculous when he wants it to be, and a flawed creation of man for the purposes of his lawsuit, right?

What does morality have to do with recognizing the irony and hypocrisy of the situation.

>> ^nanrod:

What does morality have to do with recognizing the irony and hypocrisy of the situation.


Simple recognition of the "irony and hypocrisy" does not need to include derision of the person in question.

>> ^Asmo:

>> ^jbaber:
A Pizza deliveryman whose wife just got over cancer is put in the awkward position of having to sue his church for having his leg chopped off and you guys are laughing?
Aren't you supposed to proving you can be moral without religion?
I really feel bad for this guy. It's not a slip-and-fall payout from Piggly-Wiggly: he lost a leg which may cost him his extremely low pay job. But because it happened at a shrine he regularly attends, it's funny? Try to be a little less monstrous, internet.

I wonder if a god had come down to him and said "lose your leg and I'll cure your wife", if he would have gone through with it? Would he have sued his god?
Good thing the statue is miraculous when he wants it to be, and a flawed creation of man for the purposes of his lawsuit, right?


If a god had made the offer "lose your leg and I'll cure your wife" I'm sure he would have taken it. Of course since it's a trade there would be no reason to sue.

The lawyer says his client believed it was his devotion to the cross (i.e. consistently praying at the cross) that cured his wife - not the cross itself. Since he doesn't directly say that he thinks the statue itself is miraculous (i.e. the statue performed the miracle), I think it is probable that it's what the statue represents (Jesus) that he was praying too and which he believed performed the miracle.

Where's your god now!?!

Oh fuck it, I'll call it *comedy if no one else will.

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Let's look at this another way.

If this poor schmuck had, in an act of gratitude for the doctors who helped his wife survive cancer, went to one of their houses and attempted to recklessly wash their garage in a very unsafe fashion, and, in so doing, lost his leg, and then proceeded to attempt to sue the doctor...

It would still be fucking hilarious.