Maybe God's trying to tell them something

Jesus actor struck by lightning.

I also find it in interesting in the article that the assistant director has been struck twice... I can almost imagine a voice coming from somewhere saying "Don't make me come down there!"

Day before yesterday we had some storms - a church in West Sussex was struck and it blew most the the stained glass windows out and set off a few fires. I guess they didn't have a lightning conductor!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3205537.stm
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_831412.html

Gareth

Cant't believe it really. Most people i heard of hit by a lightning are dead now.
Sounds more like a good marketing strategy...

cheers, Thomas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3205537.stm

"12th-century church recorded in the Domesday book"?

Peter

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"12th-century church recorded in the Domesday book"?

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Must have been the 2nd edition

hmmm, if I'm the directory and that happens, I'm going to be thinking, "Did we get that on film? Is there anywhere we can use this? I know Mel really wants authenticity here, but they had lightening in the Bible right?"

Voila:
The church at Tangmere recorded in Domesday Book was probably a Saxon building of timber construction, tracing its foundation back to Wilfrid's brethren. Some time after the Domesday Survey, and while the Archbishop retained the manor; the church was given to the Priory of St Pancras in Lewes. This happened before 1121, since in that year the church was confirmed to the Priory by the Archbishop. Later, John de Pageham renewed the gift, which he said had originally been made by his mother although a charter of confirmation granted to the monks by King Stephen ascribes the gift to Walter de Pageham who was presumably John's father. The church reverted to the Archbishop about the year 1200.

The present church dates back at least to the early 12th century, not long after the Conquest. Very early in that century, perhaps, since John de Pageham's renewal of the gift stated that the monks of Lewes 'had long previously held. . . the church of Tangemere' and it may be inferred that this was the church of stone which with only modest extension has served the needs of the village to the present day.

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Cant't believe it really. Most people i heard of hit by a lightning are dead now.

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I was always told the contrary. If you get struck in the presence of others you have a good chance of survival (the theory being that lightning victims are easily resuscitated).

Not sure where I pick that up, let see if I can find an corroboration...first google hit:

http://cisat.isciii.es/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00052833.htm
"...30% of persons struck by lightning die, and 74% of lightning strike survivors have permanent disabilities."

Well, thats not good.. You probably survive, but you are most likely f'ed up. Hum.

Na, it's trains you're looking for:
"Most people hit by trains are dead now"

Somehow I expect the All Powerful could finish the job succesfully if that was His real intention...

Somehow I expect the All Powerful could finish the job succesfully if that was His real intention...

Maybe it was just His equivalent of a shot across the bows...

I agree.

2 Peter 3:9: "[The Lord is] not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."

Maybe His aim is a bit rusty?

Either way, that director better hope God doesn't have the equivalent of California's 3 strikes rule...