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Originally Posted by analog
Even if your thoughts on organized religion, The Bible, Christianity, etc. relating to this story would normally make you laugh, are there any among you who will say they find the bold conviction, itself, intriguing? That's kinda what I'm curious about most... does anyone admire this level of commitment to personal religious beliefs, even if you have no (or different) beliefs yourself?
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I'm intrigued by the fact that anyone can be so deluded by superstition that they would rely on something not only unproven, but unprovable, to save them from certain death. The only question I have is whether it was insanity or idiocy that led him to do it.