Comments on: Bible Saved Soldier’s Life in Iraq

By: Lasse

Lasse — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 18:09:48 +0000

The bullit probably erased the “Thou shall not kill”-passage in the bible? Appearently the owner didn’t have see any conflict in that sentence and being a soldier.

By: Alan

Alan — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:36:40 +0000

One of my grandfathers was a Paratrooper in WW2. One of his friends kept a bullet with his name written on it on the belief that if he possessed said bullet, no body could fire it at him. While searching a house, a large, heavy Bible with re-enforced steel corners fell off a shelf and hit the percussion cap of the bullet causing it to go off and kill him. If you believe that, then you’ll believe this Bible story.

By: L

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 02:07:34 +0000

The last Harry Potter doorstop probably would have done the same thing…

By: Carl Huber

Carl Huber — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:28:19 +0000

Whee a curious story opens the floodgates of bigotry!

By: artbot

artbot — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:32:08 +0000

At least a bible was finally good for *something*

By: XuYu

XuYu — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:28:17 +0000

Why do soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap Bibles and compromised ballistic glass to up-armor our vehicles?

By: Vonskippy

Vonskippy — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:30:36 +0000

Show me the statistics on the number of bible carrying soldiers that were shot and died. Then if that number is ZERO, I’ll be impressed. Until then, it’s nothing more impressive then a mere statistical anomaly (ya know, the old hundred monkeys/Shakespeare thingy).

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:18:59 +0000

believer ot not, it was not his day. good for him.

By: James

James — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:45:00 +0000

corr: once the bullet is

By: James

James — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:44:33 +0000

Yeah, prayers surely work. Well, you still get hit (prayer doesn’t seem to be able to influence that) but then miraculously, on the the bullet is IN the body then prayers can work all their magic!

Hallelujah!

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:34:56 +0000

From TFA “”(The Bible) definitely prevented more serious injury, because if it wouldn’t have been there, it would have ricocheted off my bullet-proof plate and more than likely would have gone back into my chest, causing more damage,” Schweigart said.”

But he also thought prayers helped him. So there ya go.

By: WhiteBird

WhiteBird — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:59:57 +0000

Stops bullets and thinking minds!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:22:33 +0000

First off, that iPod didn’t save anyone’s life. The bullet didn’t even penetrate the soldier’s armor.

Second, this seems very fishy. Wearing anything under your body armor is uncomfortable, especially something with sharp corners. That bible is thick enough that I wonder if he could have been wearing his armor correctly. Also, if the article is correct, all the bible did was catch the bullet as it came out of his body. Just like the iPod, it didn’t do anything except make the story newsworthy.

By: ::mwah::

::mwah:: — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:57:38 +0000

What about Mormon soldiers and their magical underwear – did they stop any bullets?

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 16:49:37 +0000

Holy!