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Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: GmanJoe on May 02, 2008, 07:52:11 AM
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1314661,00.html

The bizarre ritual of throwing newborn babies off a temple 50ft high and catching them in a cloth sheet has been observed in India.
 
Babies are thrown from a templeDevotees at a Muslim shrine in western India\'s Maharashtra state believe the act makes children stronger.

It is practised by couples who are blessed with a child after taking a vow at the Baba Sheikh Umar Saheb \'Dargah\' (the Muslim place of worship) in the Musti village of Solapur.

The ritual has been observed for more than 500 years.
Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: Raz The Friggin Grea on May 02, 2008, 08:09:02 AM
In other news, Iron Man completely kicks ass.
Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: clips on May 02, 2008, 09:07:58 AM
Wtf??....i know we\'re supposed to respect certain religions and cultures,....but that s**t is just retarded....and it takes place in the "musti" village???....they must smell stinky!!...;)
Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: GmanJoe on May 02, 2008, 09:45:02 AM
Musty! BWAHAH! Indians stink!

I get it! Coz they DO stink! clips you are funny....in a sneaky sort of way.
Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: clips on May 02, 2008, 10:01:58 AM
Quote from: GmanJoe
Musty! BWAHAH! Indians stink!

I get it! Coz they DO stink! clips you are funny....in a sneaky sort of way.



Meh...I\'m no Eddie Murphy or Chris Rock...but i have my moments...:thumb:
Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: Eiksirf on May 02, 2008, 10:16:46 AM
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Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: THX on May 03, 2008, 06:15:55 AM
^^ That\'s why Indians love his music so much!!

PS- Is Indian/Paki the only ethnicity we don\'t sport here @ psx2c?
Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: Titan on May 03, 2008, 09:16:17 AM
There are hundreds of ethnicities not sported here ;)
Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: luckee on May 03, 2008, 09:00:44 PM
Supposedly no serious injuries from that shit either.
Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: Unicron! on May 04, 2008, 01:50:45 AM
Quote from: GmanJoe
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1314661,00.html

The bizarre ritual of throwing newborn babies off a temple 50ft high and catching them in a cloth sheet has been observed in India.
 
Babies are thrown from a templeDevotees at a Muslim shrine in western India\'s Maharashtra state believe the act makes children stronger.

It is practised by couples who are blessed with a child after taking a vow at the Baba Sheikh Umar Saheb \'Dargah\' (the Muslim place of worship) in the Musti village of Solapur.

The ritual has been observed for more than 500 years.

Has anyone run some statistics measuring the "strength" of these vs the others that werent thrown off a temple?

India is a strange place in terms of religion and rituals. It gives birth to countless impostors claiming they are gurus and they have thousands or even millions of followers, there are many beliefs that ended up Indians getting killed to "cleanse" themselves from bad karma, and countless of others in general that make people do very strange things.
Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: GmanJoe on May 05, 2008, 07:57:45 AM
Quote from: luckee
Supposedly no serious injuries from that shit either.


They grow up to give brith to 8 limbed babies, two faced babies and tiny 18 inch teenagers.
Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: Halberto on May 07, 2008, 02:50:09 PM
Quote from: clips
Wtf??....i know we\'re supposed to respect certain religions and cultures,....but that s**t is just retarded....and it takes place in the "musti" village???....they must smell stinky!!...;)




If I have to respect the thought that people believe in a Jewish zombie (who was his own father) that can read your every thought, will send you to hell if you don\'t worship him (but he still loves you...), then people should respect this.

And they also have to respect my belief in the celestial tea pot

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_tea_pot
Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: fre4d4 on May 12, 2008, 10:03:43 AM
Oh thats just wrong, guess they never heard of child abuse.. One of the kids was crying.
Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: Phil on May 12, 2008, 10:52:33 AM
Kids cry when they get their friggen hair cut.  As long as they don\'t get injured, who cares.  I say it builds character at a young age.
Title: More news from India: dropping babies from a temple = good luck
Post by: GmanJoe on May 12, 2008, 11:01:26 AM
Quote from: Phil
Kids cry when they get their friggen hair cut.  As long as they don\'t get injured, who cares.  I say it builds character at a young age.


Now that you\'ve mentioned it, I have seen a few Indians flying around like birds. And people say I\'m crazy!