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German Vicar Puts Live Parishioners in a Grave
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by Vinny | March 28, 2008 at 03:23 pm
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The idea was to help with the stresses of life but it was interrupted by journalists, a local newspaper said that one man was shaking for 20 minutes after coming out of the grave.
"I meant it as a meditative exercise," pastor Thorsten Nolting told Reuters. "I wanted people to think about what weighs on them down in the darkness and gather the energy to resist it."
his plan went "horribly wrong" when journalists' persistent questioning as parishioners were "laid to rest" earlier this week ruined the serenity of the occasion.
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at 15:40 on March 28th, 2008
Call me cynical but I don't think I would find this a "meditative" exercise.
at 15:47 on March 28th, 2008
This is horrible! I cannot even imagine what it would be like to be buried alive, let alone willing get into a grave and lie down... ummm, no
at 15:51 on March 28th, 2008
Deep down it may help some people.
at 16:05 on March 28th, 2008
You're right, I shouldn't be so quick to judge.
at 16:11 on March 28th, 2008
Bizarre. I think that experience would freak me out a bit, but I'd definitely do it. Might help me to seize the day more.