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"If it weren't for Jesus Christ, we would have all blown up"

McKENZIE, Ala. — "If it weren't for Jesus Christ, we would have all blown up," McKenzie Police Chief Clint Reaves told the Andalusia Star-News.

http://www.andalusiastarnews.com/2010/07/08/policeman-we-could-have...

Tags: Alabama, Andalusia, Christ, God, Jesus, McKenzie, accident, act, chief, gasoline, More…of, police, tanker

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Permalink Reply by Susan Stanko on July 8, 2010 at 9:58am

He should tell that to the victims of 9/11.

Permalink Reply by Fabio on July 8, 2010 at 10:01am

How sad is that...

Permalink Reply by The Big Blue Frog on July 8, 2010 at 10:55am

I wonder, if the truck had exploded and killed everyone, could we have taken that as proof that Jesus Christ didn't exist?

Permalink Reply by Fabio on July 8, 2010 at 10:57am

'course not, that would have been just a truck exploding. Same goes for lightnings incinerating statues of Jesus.

Permalink Reply by AletheaT on July 9, 2010 at 8:17am

Plus the survivors would claim that god saved them for a reason. :D

Permalink Reply by D.O.S on July 10, 2010 at 3:33pm

Or if he did that he was a psychotic bastard.

Permalink Reply by Mick Wright on July 8, 2010 at 11:13am

Nice message to everyone who's lost someone in a car crash there, Chief...

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on July 8, 2010 at 11:43am

I've just got to wonder at the logic here. It's like they gained their concept of car crashes from the movies or one of the early Grand Theft Auto games. When cars flip over or crash, they don't automatically explode. In fact, they're specifically designed not to do that ... well, except for Pintos.

Even with it being a fuel truck, something has to ignite the fuel first. If you're not in a highly statically charged environment, you're probably not going to have that ignition source. Religious types just need a crash course in basic science and probability.

Permalink Reply by The Big Blue Frog on July 8, 2010 at 11:59am

And this is Andalusia, Alabama. The humidity is very high here in the Deep South in the Summer. Not exactly a high risk of static charge.

Permalink Reply by Joseph P on July 8, 2010 at 12:11pm

Yeah, I was wondering about that. I didn't know which state that was in. I figured the deep south, but there are religious nuts everywhere, to varying degrees.

Permalink Reply by Fabio on July 8, 2010 at 12:19pm

Yeah, just come to Italy :P

Permalink Reply by The Big Blue Frog on July 8, 2010 at 12:26pm

Oh, Fabio. Our religious nuts are superior to your religious nuts. There's no contest. ;-)