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Witnesses say a stray dog cared for Angel, an abandoned newborn it found in the Kenyan forest. Is this a miracle? A sign from God? What do you think?
This post was deleted for the following reason: kinda lame news post
I'm sorry that was so harsh, but what, exactly, are we supposed to do with this information?
posted by joe lisboa at 3:55 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by joe lisboa at 3:55 PM on May 9, 2005
It's very nice that the dog's motherly instincts resulted in the baby being found and taken to the hospital, but it is neither a miracle, nor a sign of "god", nor FPP worthy.
posted by Specklet at 3:57 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by Specklet at 3:57 PM on May 9, 2005
I believe it. But not a miracle or sign from God--just a nursing dog who recognized a baby when it saw it.
posted by amberglow at 3:58 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by amberglow at 3:58 PM on May 9, 2005
I think the dog was feeding it to fatten it up for a nice, juicy meal . . .
posted by mk1gti at 3:59 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by mk1gti at 3:59 PM on May 9, 2005
Wait a minute.
The short-haired dog with light brown eyes has no name, residents said.
No name? Stray dog saves a baby, no one even bothers to give the dog a name? Maybe some kibble?
Next time, pooch, don't rescue, chow down.
posted by gurple at 3:59 PM on May 9, 2005
The short-haired dog with light brown eyes has no name, residents said.
No name? Stray dog saves a baby, no one even bothers to give the dog a name? Maybe some kibble?
Next time, pooch, don't rescue, chow down.
posted by gurple at 3:59 PM on May 9, 2005
Sign from dog, more like it.
posted by senor biggles at 4:02 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by senor biggles at 4:02 PM on May 9, 2005
Schwab's U.S. Trust Names Peter K. Scaturro CEO-SCH. Is this a miracle? A sign from God? What do you think?
This is another occurrence. A thing that happened. The use of the word "miracle" is always dangerous because it evidences either a reluctance or an active refusal to accept that simply because something is unusual doesn't make it supernatual.
Or an active attempt to start a divisive, polarizing thread.
posted by gramschmidt at 4:02 PM on May 9, 2005
This is another occurrence. A thing that happened. The use of the word "miracle" is always dangerous because it evidences either a reluctance or an active refusal to accept that simply because something is unusual doesn't make it supernatual.
Or an active attempt to start a divisive, polarizing thread.
posted by gramschmidt at 4:02 PM on May 9, 2005
Big deal.
posted by interrobang at 4:02 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by interrobang at 4:02 PM on May 9, 2005
supernatural
posted by gramschmidt at 4:03 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by gramschmidt at 4:03 PM on May 9, 2005
Or an active attempt to start a divisive, polarizing thread.
Ding ding ding!!! You win the prize!
posted by thedevildancedlightly at 4:03 PM on May 9, 2005
Ding ding ding!!! You win the prize!
posted by thedevildancedlightly at 4:03 PM on May 9, 2005
Hey, this thread's been pretty civil so far. Too obvious of a troll, I guess.
Isn't a miracle the same thing as a sign from god?
posted by unsupervised at 4:08 PM on May 9, 2005
Isn't a miracle the same thing as a sign from god?
posted by unsupervised at 4:08 PM on May 9, 2005
Heh. I think the dog is actually the corporeal manifestation of the virgin Mary herself, and the babe is none other than the newborn Christ, come once again to shepherd his flock toward reunification at the table of the Father.
If you also believe that God wants you to be saved, just like this poor, black little Jesus, please consider sending a monetary donation to 1218 S. Prospect, Kalamazoo MI, 49006. Please include your name and address, so that we may know who to pray for in these, certainly our last of days.
Make checks payable to Baby Balrog.
Thank you, and God bless.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 4:12 PM on May 9, 2005
If you also believe that God wants you to be saved, just like this poor, black little Jesus, please consider sending a monetary donation to 1218 S. Prospect, Kalamazoo MI, 49006. Please include your name and address, so that we may know who to pray for in these, certainly our last of days.
Make checks payable to Baby Balrog.
Thank you, and God bless.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 4:12 PM on May 9, 2005
Isn't the baby suppose to have a twin and together they found Rome, oh wait that's a different story. Other than the fact the baby was called Angel, what's with the sign from God stuff, it's a sign from Dog more like.
posted by Meaney at 4:14 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by Meaney at 4:14 PM on May 9, 2005
Heathens.
stateofmind_77 : "Is this a miracle? A sign from God?"
1) Clearly.
2) Clearly (specifically, the god Tiberinus. He has a bit of a track record with these kinds of things.)
posted by Bugbread at 4:14 PM on May 9, 2005
stateofmind_77 : "Is this a miracle? A sign from God?"
1) Clearly.
2) Clearly (specifically, the god Tiberinus. He has a bit of a track record with these kinds of things.)
posted by Bugbread at 4:14 PM on May 9, 2005
Definitely a sign that God wants more dog on baby action...
posted by docpops at 4:22 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by docpops at 4:22 PM on May 9, 2005
Hey unsupersized, I sure hope that troll comment wasn't directed at me. This is a textbook example of the worst sort of FPP and ...
... and on preview, VulcanMike just said it all way better than I could hope to. What's next on the blue, a retrospective of all the sex tips from the editors of Cosmo?
posted by joe lisboa at 4:28 PM on May 9, 2005
... and on preview, VulcanMike just said it all way better than I could hope to. What's next on the blue, a retrospective of all the sex tips from the editors of Cosmo?
posted by joe lisboa at 4:28 PM on May 9, 2005
I was hoping there'd be some connection to Dog, the Mulleted Bounty Hunter, that would have been cool.
Dogs are pretty smart, we had an Irish Setter years ago that some jackass had thrown out of his window in Vermont in the middle of the winter. She would have frozen to death if not for my cousin's malamute that curled up around her and kept her warm until the next day.
posted by fenriq at 4:34 PM on May 9, 2005
Dogs are pretty smart, we had an Irish Setter years ago that some jackass had thrown out of his window in Vermont in the middle of the winter. She would have frozen to death if not for my cousin's malamute that curled up around her and kept her warm until the next day.
posted by fenriq at 4:34 PM on May 9, 2005
I agree that it's not a sign from God or anything like that, but it is a joyous event. The flipness and cheap-ass cynical posturing here is enough to make you want to puke.
posted by jonmc at 4:39 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by jonmc at 4:39 PM on May 9, 2005
jonmc: Sure. I thought it was cute. I saw it earlier in the day and said "awwwww" and even IMed to my friend and said "awwwww." Did I get the urge to post it on metafilter and say "awwww"? Nope.
posted by VulcanMike at 4:41 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by VulcanMike at 4:41 PM on May 9, 2005
"flipness and cheap-ass cynical posturing" of this sort are how this community tells its members what kinds of posts it doesn't like to see. I think maybe, just maybe, you've seen this kind of thing before.
posted by gurple at 4:43 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by gurple at 4:43 PM on May 9, 2005
Cheap-ass cynical is no good, but flip is good. It's like snark, but without the meanness.
posted by Bugbread at 4:46 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by Bugbread at 4:46 PM on May 9, 2005
Is this a miracle? A sign from God? What do you think?
Since there are many cases where an animals has raised a child for a greater length time, not much of a sign here.
posted by thomcatspike at 4:46 PM on May 9, 2005
Since there are many cases where an animals has raised a child for a greater length time, not much of a sign here.
posted by thomcatspike at 4:46 PM on May 9, 2005
Sure, I've seen it before, dosen't mean I can't call it what it is, or that I have to like it. I agree it could've been done better though, maybe some links to stories of other children raised by animals, both real and mythological a la Romulus and Remus. That might've stimulated coversation. This just stimulated more of the smartassery that's crippling us.
posted by jonmc at 4:47 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by jonmc at 4:47 PM on May 9, 2005
The flipness and cheap-ass cynical posturing here is enough to make you want to puke.
Maybe to you. To me it's the perfect antidote to maudlin sentimental posturing. Oh, and invitations to see God at work in all things good and wonderful.
posted by docpops at 4:48 PM on May 9, 2005
Maybe to you. To me it's the perfect antidote to maudlin sentimental posturing. Oh, and invitations to see God at work in all things good and wonderful.
posted by docpops at 4:48 PM on May 9, 2005
but flip is good. It's like snark, but without the meanness.
I disagree. Flip, to me, means the dismissive, "whatever!" syndrome that's polluted most of our public discourse. There are worse things, sure, but there's worse diseases than hemmorhoids too, but I can still do without them.
Maybe to you. To me it's the perfect antidote to maudlin sentimental posturing.
He who is immune to sentimentality is dead inside.
posted by jonmc at 4:50 PM on May 9, 2005
I disagree. Flip, to me, means the dismissive, "whatever!" syndrome that's polluted most of our public discourse. There are worse things, sure, but there's worse diseases than hemmorhoids too, but I can still do without them.
Maybe to you. To me it's the perfect antidote to maudlin sentimental posturing.
He who is immune to sentimentality is dead inside.
posted by jonmc at 4:50 PM on May 9, 2005
MetaFilter: The perfect antidote to maudlin sentimental posturing.
posted by Specklet at 4:51 PM on May 9, 2005
posted by Specklet at 4:51 PM on May 9, 2005
"Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time, it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage." This is because irony, entertaining as it is, serves an almost exclusively negative function. It's critical and destructive, a ground-clearing. Surely this is the way our postmodern fathers saw it. But irony's singularly unuseful when it comes to constructing anything to replace the hypocrisies it debunks. - Lewis Hyde.
I've had it up to here with cool! I'm so cool you could keep a side of meat on me for a month. I'm so hip i have trouble seeing my pelvis. - Zaphod Beeblebrox
posted by jonmc at 4:55 PM on May 9, 2005
I've had it up to here with cool! I'm so cool you could keep a side of meat on me for a month. I'm so hip i have trouble seeing my pelvis. - Zaphod Beeblebrox
posted by jonmc at 4:55 PM on May 9, 2005
He who is immune to sentimentality is dead inside.
That explains the comments after I finish in the john.
posted by docpops at 4:57 PM on May 9, 2005
That explains the comments after I finish in the john.
posted by docpops at 4:57 PM on May 9, 2005
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3) ... that this is a pretty shitty post.
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posted by joe lisboa at 3:53 PM on May 9, 2005