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Stuckinthebush

(11,028 posts)
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 08:40 AM Jun 2015

For the love of the mountain god, don't strip on a sacred summit!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/backpacker-eleanor-hawkins-very-sorry-5862265

Backpacker Eleanor Hawkins "very sorry" for stripping naked on sacred mountain

A British backpacker arrested in Malaysia for posing naked on top of a sacred mountain "is very sorry for the offence that she has caused".

Eleanor Hawkins, 23, was amongst four tourists arrested by Malaysian police investigating pictures showing 10 Westerners stripping off on the 4,000 metre tall Mount Kinabalu on May 30.

Six days later, the country saw one of the biggest earthquakes in decades kill at least 16 people and many locals and politicians believe it was caused by the nude climbers 'offending the mountain god'.



Religion....ridiculous regardless of flavor.

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For the love of the mountain god, don't strip on a sacred summit! (Original Post) Stuckinthebush Jun 2015 OP
Well c'mon now, it's the human body! trotsky Jun 2015 #1
Well, we certainly know now that it pisses of the mountain god as well Stuckinthebush Jun 2015 #2
B. Kliban, one of the few religious scholars I respect... bvf Jun 2015 #9
Hmm nil desperandum Jun 2015 #3
Nothing is sacred. (n/t) Iggo Jun 2015 #4
tectonic plates had nothing to do with it! RussBLib Jun 2015 #5
Very sorry AlbertCat Jun 2015 #6
Another amazing power of the gawds - edgineered Jun 2015 #7
So their powerful God edhopper Jun 2015 #8
And was the God on vacation or something, took six days qnr Jun 2015 #10
Or was trolling Instagram Stuckinthebush Jun 2015 #11
Eleanor Hawkins. Rhymes with Dawkins. onager Jun 2015 #12

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
1. Well c'mon now, it's the human body!
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 08:46 AM
Jun 2015

The thing that all three of the Abrahamic religions tell us is evil, naughty, disgusting, and should be covered!

Stuckinthebush

(11,028 posts)
2. Well, we certainly know now that it pisses of the mountain god as well
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 09:01 AM
Jun 2015

Damn nudity. We'd be perfect if it wasn't for our evil bodies.

RussBLib

(9,666 posts)
5. tectonic plates had nothing to do with it!
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 09:49 AM
Jun 2015

I'm sorry, but anyone who finds the naked human body disgusting has some serious mental issues.

Well, ok, if you're talking obesity, that is disgusting. There are exceptions to every rule, except that one!

 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
6. Very sorry
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 10:36 AM
Jun 2015

I'd be very sorry they were so stupid and fucking superstitious!... and then show them my junk.




If they want to predict earthquakes and make buildings and such safer during them, turn to science, not some mountain spook and tourists, for the cure.

edhopper

(34,810 posts)
8. So their powerful God
Sat Jun 20, 2015, 09:04 AM
Jun 2015

can't see the difference between nude tourist and the natives? And then punishes the natives for what someone else does.
Sounds par for the course, godwise.

Stuckinthebush

(11,028 posts)
11. Or was trolling Instagram
Sun Jun 21, 2015, 07:07 AM
Jun 2015

Came across the photo and said, "Me Damn! That's my freaking favorite mountain! Bastards!"

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