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05-01-2008, 05:51 PM
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Baby Tossing For Luck?
The bizarre ritual of throwing newborn babies off a temple 50ft high and catching them in a cloth sheet has been observed in India.
Devotees at a Muslim shrine in western India's Maharashtra state believe the act makes children stronger.
It is practised by couples who are blessed with a child after taking a vow at the Baba Sheikh Umar Saheb 'Dargah' (the Muslim place of worship) in the Musti village of Solapur.
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...314661,00.html
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05-01-2008, 05:54 PM
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Re: Baby Tossing For Luck?
I saw that on the news earlier. They are claiming 50 years with no babies ever being hurt. Where's the outrage? Remember how made people got with Michael Jackson over just dangling his baby over the railing of that hotel room?
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05-01-2008, 06:13 PM
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Re: Baby Tossing For Luck?
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I saw that on the news earlier. They are claiming 50 years with no babies ever being hurt. Where's the outrage? Remember how made people got with Michael Jackson over just dangling his baby over the railing of that hotel room?
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I can't imagine no damange is done...particularly internally. We hear all the time of babies being shaken violently and being damaged from it. I don't care what they land on...it's an abrupt landing.
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- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
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05-01-2008, 06:59 PM
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Re: Baby Tossing For Luck?
I was reading about that earlier, those people are nuts! At the moment I have a few I would consider throwing though, but they're not babies!(Kids have hearing problems or something!)
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05-01-2008, 07:28 PM
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Re: Baby Tossing For Luck?
I would have to change cultures. My husband loves to toss our babies around, but not until their necks are strong. I can't imagine their necks would be strong enough for 50ft. Thank God they haven't had any injuries in 50 yrs. I still wouldn't be able to take the chance. It sounds so cruel.
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05-01-2008, 08:01 PM
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Re: Baby Tossing For Luck?
I can see a Far Side comic based on this......
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05-01-2008, 08:05 PM
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Re: Baby Tossing For Luck?
It was not 50 feet... but us young people used to do this to each other... 10 people place one in the center of a blanket and get momentum, then rapidly tug backward, tossed the one in the center 20 - 25 feet in the air!
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05-01-2008, 08:12 PM
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Re: Baby Tossing For Luck?
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It was not 50 feet... but us young people used to do this to each other... 10 people place one in the center of a blanket and get momentum, then rapidly tug backward, tossed the one in the center 20 - 25 feet in the air!
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Yeah, my kids did that I think. But not when they were babies. I have seen a lot of dad's that throw their babies in the air and catch them. Scares me every time.
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05-01-2008, 08:25 PM
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Re: Baby Tossing For Luck?
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I can see a Far Side comic based on this......
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05-01-2008, 08:33 PM
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Re: Baby Tossing For Luck?
i saw that!!!! CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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