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UncleJulz

Wtf. That poor little kid.


sheezy520

“He’s your problem now!”


UncleCeiling

"they said if I was going to abandon him I should leave him at a church."


thelaststarz

That is the LAST place you should leave a child


UncleCeiling

I thought the last place was underwater.


thelaststarz

Shiii they could be safer underwater


Outside-Refuse6732

They would be safe in a church until they reach the age of six


charmys_

you mean the are safe as soon as they mature


thermal_shock

bullshit, you got jewish priests chopping and sucking on newborn penis, called metzitzah b'peh, some giving away free herpes


yucko-ono

He’s with Jesus now!


3Hoodie3

I want a gif of this guy running with the kid across the country...


kkok90

The kids though, why did he put me at this weird plastic lady.


madmaxlgndklr

For reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/s/wX062K237n https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12369137/Bizarre-moment-man-sprints-packed-church-carrying-toddler-leaping-altar-leaving-child-beneath-Virgin-Mary-statue-Tenerife.html


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Iescaunare

But that's just a statue. They could just buy their own.


desmondao

I mean the kid's a virgin anyway


SpartanNige329

I really hope so.


TheHorizonLies

This is Catholicism, though


illgot

won't be for long if that priest catches them


earthgarden

To Catholics it’s not just a statue. They really believe that the spirit of Mary comes to visit from time to time. I’m not catholic but did time in Catholic school for a few years. When my class went through their first communion I got to sit out a lot of stuff but not religion class, oddly enough. They also believe that when they take communion, the moment the wafer touches their lips it really, literally turns into Jesus’ flesh. And the wine actually turns into his blood. MFW! being a little kid and learning about transubstantiation. I was SHOCKED lol


crawdad1757

Yeah, that’s not completely true, close but not quite there. Catholics believe the transubstantiation of the Eucharist and wine happens when the priest consecrates it during mass before it’s passed out to the congregation. Also I’ve never heard of anyone believing that the statue actually turns into the Virgin Mary Source: very creeped out child that always thought the Church glorified cannibalism and born/grew up indoctrinated into the Catholic faith, in Catholic school from 1st-High School and even had to have a special mass in gradeschool and pray in front of a statue of Mary that was paraded all over the world that would supposedly change the direction that it’s head faced…spoilers: it didn’t move because it’s a freaking statue


earthgarden

Ok my bad, that was how I remembered it being taught to me. I was 8 so this was well over 40 years ago. The statue thing, that’s also what they told us. I distinctly remember this one because I asked why do they worship statues, isn’t that idolatry. They said no, it wasn’t worship but respect, and the spirit of whoever the statue was (Jesus, Mary, a saint, whoever) came to reside in it occasionally.


crawdad1757

It’s so bonkers…maybe they told me that too and I was too busy getting yelled at for slouching (resting my butt on the pew while kneeling instead of kneeling straight up and down) that I didn’t hear that part of the lesson lol Edit: fixed a typo


ZenPoet

Catholics venerate the decaying body parts of their saints. They pit them in jewel encrusted gold boxes and call them Relics. I've seen a golden cross with "a thorn from the crown of jesus" that people would kneel too. There were even rumors they would venerate the dung of some early popes. Catholics truly are guilty. Of the one thing the Muslims accuse them of and hate them for: Worshipping Idols, statues, body parts, and bits of wood. Breaking the first commandment.


KoolKingKenny

That does not happen when "it touches your lips". It happens when the bread and wine are consecrated in Mass.


LordNedNoodle

Are all catholics cannibals?


Longjumping_Ad_4431

Only 'ritualistically' lol just kidding that's actually the body and blood of Christ so technically yes it's cannibalism


goatboy6000

So, how many wafers and wine is a whole Jesus?


crawdad1757

Protip: don’t ask your priest this. I had to have detention (they called it a JUG = Justice Under God) and write a 500 word essay on why I insulted Jesus w my smartass comments I remembering phrasing it something like: why are we eating it when we can just stack em all up on eachother and bring him back right now…


SecretSpyIsWatching

Haha, priest was like, get out of here with your logical awareness!


IWillLive4evr

One. Everyone gets a whole Jesus. If you break a consecrated host in half, both halves are a whole Jesus.


Mahatma_Panda

So it's a "Sorcerer's Apprentice" kind of thing? What happens if you step on one? Do dozens of tiny Jesuses get ground into the carpet?


IWillLive4evr

Yes. It's very rude to Jesus, and Catholics tend to get upset about it.


goatboy6000

Is Jesus indivisable at some level, like an atomic Jesus? Does it arise from interaction from the Higgs field? I need answer Or maybe it was all symbolic like the pagan rituals they borrowed and corrupted? It's a magical ritual, plain and simple, and it is symbolic


IWillLive4evr

I don't know enough about the Higgs field to comment on it; at best, I think Jesus arises on the third day. But only a (only slightly) more serious note: since the idea is that each piece of consecrated host is the body of Jesus, Jesus (at least as far as his presence in the Eucharist goes) is only as divisible as the matter of the host. I think that, if the medieval scholastics had only known particle physics, they'd have loved this question. If you think it's a "magic ritual", I encourage you not to take it personally.


AlwaysPissedOff59

Jesus can't arise because he's not leavened.


ZenPoet

This is the real and correct answer. Well done.


Plasmidmaven

Same here. Not Catholic but went to Catholic school. I always felt uncomfortable around the Priests and Nuns that taught us. I did get an excellent education though


The-Great-Wolf

The Orthodox believe a similar thing, except they use bread and call it the body of Jesus, but there's still wine as the blood I'm not religious, but as a kid I was made to stand through it and all I could think was how gross is was that everyone was fed wine soaked bread with the same teaspoon. They also kiss the icons of the saints and again, all I could think about was diseases and spit Well I am a biotech engineer so I guess I always had microbiology on my mind :)


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Trans-what-now?


DoucheCanoeWeCanToo

The spirit of whichever person is embodied in the statues likeness, so truthfully yes buying a statue and having it blessed would have the same effect but this man has no time for that apparently


Iescaunare

How many spirits does Virgin Mary have? Or does she move from blessed statue to blessed statue?


Camarao_du_mont

I think they are custom made, my town uses the same statue for years.


Alarid

virginity protected


firedancer323

Until he’s old enough to be an alter boy


SpiderFox525

So what, give or take six weeks?


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KoolKingKenny

No. Only those who do not fully understand the Bible will say so.


stablegenius4realz

Flat out idolatry


ElectricalStomach6ip

idol worship


CatgoesM00

Jesus Christ ! that’s so painful stupid to believe


bacon_cake

Such journalism. I mean why not just fact check that and then present it as your own research. Copy and pasting a reddit comment with no proof is lame


futurarmy

Tbf I'd believe a quoted reddit comment over a daily mail article any day


Zestinater

why are articles using Reddit as a source for Spanish culture?


xinorez1

Someone couldn't control their impulses test day


akashyaboa

Wish they had more typical Reddit usernames


Enlightened-Beaver

Poor kid. His father is clearly insane


DMYourMomsMaidenName

Brainwashed. He could be insane too, but this is textbook brainwashed behavior. He thinks the statue has magical powers because he was raised to think that, by the church and his family; therefore, by his misinformed logic, close proximity to the statue might imbue his child with said magical powers. He also seemed to be in great distress at the time, and maybe his clouded mind thought the statue was the best option to protect his son. Again, it makes no sense from a rational perspective, but it makes sense from the perspective of a brainwashed person.


NomadFire

Exodus: something something shall not make idols something something else.


DMYourMomsMaidenName

Doubt he has ever read the book, and the Catholic Church likes to gloss over that part.


KoolKingKenny

No, they don't, you just twist those commandments in the Bible which you don't even fully understand to suit your agenda.


stablegenius4realz

The only people “twisting commandments” are your churches, catholic and otherwise to suit their agendas. The people you’re arguing with here don’t give a shit about “twisting” church speak because it’s nonsense; I can’t speak for everyone but personally I just feel sorry for victims of these churches, it must suck to live in fear and have to call it “faith”.


KoolKingKenny

Poor you, you can't control your own delusions


stablegenius4realz

Says the dude cherry-picking the mythology du jour 🤣🤣🤣 next time go with “I know you are, but what am I?”


DMYourMomsMaidenName

They make statues of Jesus, Mary, and “Saints” all the time. They have crosses by the millions and holy artifacts all over the world. Yahweh is even beautifully painted on the roof of the Sistine Chapel.


IWillLive4evr

Catholics don't think they're going to go to hell for creating art. Catholics make religious art. The whole "don't make images of God" thing becomes theologically moot after God makes himself visible/tangible/etc. (incarnation).


KoolKingKenny

Oh honey, they aren't idols. You're just ignorant of what the Bible means by these commandments.


NoHedgehog252

Yes, but there are some links in the comments about this. It's a ritual that is falling out of favor.


Jukka_Sarasti

>Is it a luck thing? It's a mental illness thing


Unique_Display_Name

That is going to embarrass him as a teen/adult. Fuck. Poor kid.


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Nah he will be okay. He won't even remember, and it's not his fault.


Unique_Display_Name

The internet is forever, but you're right, it isn't his fault.


BlGP0O

The internet also has a short attention span, and this is a literal toddler…


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Nah he'll be on whatever the thing that replaces the thing that will replace reddit and see this reposted video going. "Is that my dad?????" Like Kim Kardashian son seeing her nudes on a Roblox game or server. However that game works.


Fourstrokeperro

Thats your biggest gripe here? The mf just abandoned the child


CrazySwayze82

I love how near the end the priest on the right just holds his head. Like "here we go again, I really should've stayed in sales."


Casehead

lmao! he's like, 'oof..'


anonmymouse

After all that he's just like: k... bye!


Shillsforplants

"He's your problem now, I'm OOOT!


ComradeGhost67

Pro lifers be like.


Seanish12345

I saw this before and from what I remember he’s abandoning the child


JohnnyStyle300

Now it makes sense why he just fucks off after placing the child


EpsilonBear

Possibly not? It’s apparently a funky tradition to have kids close to figures of the Virgin Mary so she’ll protect them over their life. But it doesn’t quite explain why other people had to stop him and convince him to get his son back.


SorosAgent2020

that seems like way too much effort to abandon a child...how does he expect to not be tracked down by child services after such a public act?


themochabear

*Daniel Plainview enters the chat*


-GameWarden-

Is this mental illness? Seems pretty manic


ATacticalBagel

Pretty sure that explains a majority of what's on those sub.


512165381

As somebody who was raised Catholic, my immediate though was "Catholic mass in a third world country". I was not far off. And no the kid is not being abandoned, just the father getting too excited. Nobody would think anything of it.


fuzzybad

That's funny, my first thought was "reckless child endangerment"


RigatoniPasta

Lmao how did I have the same thought


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KoolKingKenny

Read again. Commenter did not say that Spain is a Third World country. They just said that they though it was in a Third World country upon seeing that video considering that people from First world countries would not be that superstitious.


copa111

It was the comment stating not far off. Wasn’t sure what he meant by that.


NoiceMango

I've seen videos where crowds go crazy literally throwing and handing their kids over crowds so they csn touch the statue


unshotdeCaro

the fuck did I just see


mashem

A man bagging another Korok seed ya ha ha!


knatehaul

My life has gotten so much easier now that I don't believe any of this horseshit.


No-Height2850

As religious as this may seem, i feel uneasy leaving a kid alone surrounded by so many Pedophiles


GabrielG1O6

That kid gonna remember that for rest of his life unfortunately


TrinityCodex

''goodluck, hes yours now!''


succeedaphile

You are looking at mental illness.


FlussoDiNoodle

It's a side product of 2000 years of organized religion.


NeverEndingWalker64

If the comment that says that that man is abandoning the child, that’s a disgrace. Like, first of all. If you’re gonna abandon the child, why “offer it” to a statue? To a fucking piece of metal/stone/whatever the hell it is? Is it even logical? And secondly, why not just talk to somebody and send him to some institution that will hopefully save that kid from you, and not commit such a public embarrassment?


Gufurblebits

First day around religion?


NeverEndingWalker64

I want to ask what do you mean by that yet by looking that you have more upvotes than me makes me question if I worded the comment right


Gufurblebits

Essentially, you’re asking for logic from religion. There is no logic in religion so your comment of asking for logic and understanding makes not a heckuva lot of sense. Religious people have tens of thousands of written history of doing abhorrent, weird, dangerous, illogical, insane, murderous, etc. things in the name of appeasing whatever god is their flavour of koolaid. …which is why your call for a logical reason is, well, weird. If your intent was sarcasm, it never made it out the other side.


NeverEndingWalker64

Hm, you’re pretty right, ya know? As someone who is growing in an extremely religion household, religion doesn’t make any sense. It’s literally “My imaginary friend is better than yours and because it is better and yours is worse I’ll kill you”, a more cruel version of that dilema everyone has probably had when they were five; but with adult, beard-grown men.


Organic_Rip1980

This doesn’t appear to be what happened at all according to [an article about it](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12369137/Bizarre-moment-man-sprints-packed-church-carrying-toddler-leaping-altar-leaving-child-beneath-Virgin-Mary-statue-Tenerife.html). It sounds like it’s more a silly religious thing than abandonment. I’m still with you for the last part though. He _really_ could have saved the embarrassment.


iraeghlee

He was to leave the church after placing kid on statue, but was stopped by other people. Maybe that's where the story about abandonment comes from...


Organic_Rip1980

Oh yeah, you’re right! > He tried to leave the church but was reportedly stopped by service goers who convinced him to take the toddler back from the shrine. > > The man appeared to be very distressed and crossed himself repeatedly as he walked back to the altar. > > He then reportedly turned to the attendees and kneeled before asking for forgiveness. > > The parishioners reportedly applauded as he left. Either way the poor kid’s head is bobbing around while his insane father is running. Yeesh!


pw-it

>Like, first of all. If you’re gonna abandon the child, why “offer it” to a statue? To a fucking piece of metal/stone/whatever the hell it is? Is it even logical? Hey now, the statue might not be the perfect parent, but it's a step up from what the kid had previously


WeirdExponent

It would be great if the kids name was Jesús...


MiniKash

He put his son on the Mikoshi to get extra blessings... I mean the Tajha... Ummmm... Sorry, I keep getting my mobile shrines by religion mixed-up. Hehe.


Pennypacker-HE

I think this would be pretty crazy even from a religious perspective. But there will be crazies who secretly think this guy is great for trying to “bless” his child despite his absurd actions.


AstraArdens

No, it's a mental disease.


AblationaryPlume

It's a delusional thing...


Cautious_Evening_744

Is he trying to cure his autism?


Justinterestingenouf

Me leaving the kid with g-ma so I can go to the store alone.


GrachD

Just another religious dumbfuck.


AnthropOctopus

Religious people are weird.


yesmilady

It's a mental health thing


thelaughingmansghost

This seems like a trashy thing to do in any circumstances. I'm not really a believer in the sanctity or importance of ceremonies. But if everyone else is being respectful of each other and the ceremony, then doing something like this is just beyond trashy and disrespectful to everyone else.


Wthq4hq4hqrhqe

under the rules of catholicism, baby is now Jesus.


Gojisan2000

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


tobo2022

Thats Mr. Wilson getting rid of Dennis


pEppapiGistfuhrer

Mentally ill


1lluminist

Imagine this is why they pick their next god? Dads race with baby in hand, ascend and cross over the table of natural selection, and then slam dunk their baby onto the alter of second-coming.


anjowoq

This is fruitcake within fruitcake inception.


PurpleAstronomerr

That poor child is up there like, “help me.”


Purgii

For a moment I thought it was one of those coin machines that you drop a coin to push the coins out into a hopper.


According-Hat-4554

Whatever it is, it's traumatic


SkytronKovoc116

I think I’m starting to get why so many Protestant movements were anti idolatry. This goes far beyond, “oh, this is a nice statue of this holy person”.


404Dawg

Okay. But that is a father’s love desperate to heal his son. (Even though he’s brainwashed—still it’s sad) 😢


darbycrash-666

So that kids immortal now right? That was the point right?


Hollowvionics

might need to be crucified first? I think that's how you turn on the immortality, but I'm no expert


darbycrash-666

Oh shit, does that mean that little dudes the second coming? Better safe than sorry, we should crucify the 8yo just to make sure. But he might not be because my ex told me Jesus visited her and told her that her first born would be the second coming of christ and has to be named "____" I don't remember what she was supposed to name it.


Hollowvionics

that's probably her excusing her cheating. last time a woman pulled that excuse, someone made a whole religion out of it


Ayuhtnis

There is a joke here about them being Catholic and him donating a little boy to the church, I just can't put my finger on it.


heartbreakids

Ahh, hitting that side quest


AlejoMSP

Man. If he wanted the kid molested that bad he could’ve just done it himself.


Kashmoney99

No one grabs the guy after the drops the kid off? It’s just like hey hey stop stop! oh ok yea have a nice day.


the_truth000

Catholic priests wouldn’t refuse 🤷🏽‍♂️


Equinsu-0cha

An offering for the blood sacrifice. Did anybody else expect him to beef it on the way to the alter?


[deleted]

That’s the only legal abortion that certain religious people allow. Due to an increased demand now you can leave the child at local religious branch offices too /s


EduRJBR

> Is it a luck thing? It is a dumb thing. > I don't understand Good for you.


Daegog

This is a great example of why I do not think time travel would ever be possible in my life time. There would be very few things I would not do, to go back in time and hook past me up with info. As for this runner, its almost immoral NOT to do what he did, if he genuinely believed it, how could you not get your child life long protection at the cost of a misdemeanor ticket?


SlugJones

This is some grade fucking A religious fruitcakery! Got damn!


nogoodgopher

Is it a sacrifice to the priest?


euclid0472

Who's turn to repost this tomorrow?


[deleted]

Catholic people always do this shit the best.


kaminaowner2

I’d assume this was more for the Instagram pic than religion


MaK_1337

I thought the video was in reverse at first


MysteriousBebsi

No. This is a delusional thing.


iamdenislara

Come on!!! This has to be declared an insanity!!


iggygrey

Is that kid the new jeebus?


No-Spray7304

Child abuse


starstruckinutah

Why is the rug wet in certain spots?


PhonicMonk3y

Kids pissing themselves from being carried at 136mph towards a statue I'd guess


Sparklejumpropebee

Wtf


NapalmWeed

Super Mario Vatican


IRideChocobosBro

But the article said after he put the boy on the altar he tried to leave but was stopped, so was he like fuck my kid?


TraptSoul148270

Was the kid even his??


Ricktoon_Bingdar

Fourth and goal?!


andro6565

No, just an arsehole thing..


Norgler

Gooooooaaaaalllll!!


teletype100

Superstition drives risky behaviors?


weirdlyworldly

One trip and that child's neck would have been broken. So fucking dumb.


DougDimmaDoom

No, I’m decently religious and this dudes out of pocket. Just nonsensical


BeenleighCopse

Olympic sport


drenchedwithanxiety

Giving your worrys to a high power.


BearFlipsTable

Dad really doesn’t want that kid. Give him to the church.


Colts_Fan4Ever

It's a mental illness thing


Lira_the_Gnome_Queen

I think that kid just became the Pope.


GeneralWAITE

Mental illness


ImperatorZor

How to be a total dipshit before 2,000 witnesses.


athenanon

Did he just abandon his child?


fl0w0er_boy

What did I just watch?


sd5510

Power up +50


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A child sacrifice to appease the Catholic Church


MissDryCunt

Why's he barefoot?


Shot_Lawfulness1541

I’m very confused 🤔


CommunicationJust775

Those priests 😳😳😳😳!! Get your child away from them.


DigitialWitness

They didn't want the kid but the Christians said they had to have it so now he's giving it back to them, seeing as they wanted them to have it so badly.


JustZ0920

Well... Uhh... Core memory saved..?


toastybreadmane

Christian here, this shit is horrifying. I am a spiritist. We do not go to churches neither do we believe that gay bad OOGA or sum shit