Fundamentalists try to "escape" America, earn Darwin Award

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Religious family survives being lost at sea - seattlepi.com

PHOENIX (AP) — A northern Arizona family has survived being lost at sea for weeks after an ill-fated attempt to leave the U.S. over what they consider government interference in religion.

Hannah Gastonguay and her family will fly back home Sunday after taking their two small children and her father-in-law and setting sail from San Diego for the tiny island nation of Kiribati in May.

Weeks into their journey, the Gastonguays hit a series of storms that damaged their small boat, leaving them adrift for weeks, unable to make progress. They were eventually picked up by a Venezuelan fishing vessel, transferred to a Japanese cargo ship and taken to Chile.

Their flights home were arranged by U.S. Embassy officials, Gastonguay said.

Hannah Gastonguay said her family was fed up with government control in the U.S. As Christians they don't believe in "abortion, homosexuality, in the state-controlled church," she said.

*Insert comparison to Jonah here*

 

[Tucker Case]

Their flights home were arranged by U.S. Embassy officials, Gastonguay said.

That's some extreme ****ing irony right there. Why didn't they just stay in Chile? :lol:

 

[head of joaquin]

The metaphorical possibilities are so ripe: delusional fundie extremist creationists founder upon the facts.

 

[EdwinWillers]

That's some extreme ****ing irony right there. Why didn't they just stay in Chile? :lol:

Probably couldn't find any unseaworthy vessels there. Returning to AZ to purchase another dingy.

 

[Surtr]

A Darwin Award would mean that they were removed from the gene pool. They were not.

 

[Ray410]

Certainly they are always welcome, however it does seem strange that those who rage in bitterness and hatred because others have found peace and contentment in their faith cannot resist sneaking into the Religious Section as frequently as possible.

 

[Real Korimyr #9]

Certainly they are always welcome, however it does seem strange that those who rage in bitterness and hatred because others have found peace and contentment in their faith cannot resist sneaking into the Religious Section as frequently as possible.

Yeah, them Gastonguays seem like real models of "peace and contentment".

 

[EdwinWillers]

A Darwin Award would mean that they were removed from the gene pool. They were not.

No, they just removed themselves from the competition... for now.

 

[rjay]

The metaphorical possibilities are so ripe: delusional fundie extremist creationists founder upon the facts.

don't you mean 'flounder' ?

 

[Quag]

Wonder why they didn't take a more reliable mode of transportation but instead felt the need to do it on their own?

 

[humbolt]

Wonder why they didn't take a more reliable mode of transportation but instead felt the need to do it on their own?

Don't know. Kiribati is a long way off. One would think that a plane ticket to Australia with subsequent arrangements would make more sense. Regional coastal sailing is not nearly the same thing as that which they attempted. Hopefully they are now a bit wiser.

 

[EdwinWillers]

Wonder why they didn't take a more reliable mode of transportation but instead felt the need to do it on their own?

Sometimes it's the attempt that earns you the award rather than succeeding.

 

[Somerville]

Don't know. Kiribati is a long way off. One would think that a plane ticket to Australia with subsequent arrangements would make more sense. Regional coastal sailing is not nearly the same thing as that which they attempted. Hopefully they are now a bit wiser.

It appears that the 'master' of the family Gastonguay has not become wiser

Conservative Christian Voyagers Who Were Lost In The Pacific Plan To Leave Again, Fear Immigration Reform
An Arizona family that fled the US by boat only to be lost at sea is planning to leave again, once again by boat. Back in August, the Gastonguay family cited “abortion, homosexuality [and] the state-controlled church” as reasons for leaving the US to the island nation of Kiribati. However, the voyage did not go as planned as damage to their boat left them “adrift for weeks.” “They were eventually picked up by a Venezuelan fishing vessel, transferred to a Japanese cargo ship and taken to Chile,” the Associated Press reported.

Sean Gastonguay appeared on TruNews with Rick Wiles yesterday to discuss his plans to leave with his wife and children once again to escape what he perceives as anti-Christian persecution.

 

[Quag]

It appears that the 'master' of the family Gastonguay has not become wiser

If at first you don't win a Darwin award, try and try again

 

[Logicman]

When I saw "fundamentalists" in the thread title I thought it was about liberal fundamentalists who, IMO, are the real zealots.

Liberal Fundamentalism « The Righter Report

And then in the link there was this on Ann Coulter's book 'Godless - the Church of Liberalism':

In her book “Godless: The Church of Liberalism,” Coulter throws open the doors of the Church of Liberalism, showing us its sacraments (abortion), its holy writ (Roe v. Wade), its martyrs (from Soviet spy Alger Hiss to cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal), its clergy (public school teachers), its churches (government-controlled schools, where prayer is prohibited but condoms are free), its doctrine of infallibility (as manifest in the “absolute moral authority” of spokesmen from Cindy Sheehan to Max Cleland), and its cosmology (in which mankind is an inconsequential accident).

Beware of liberal fundamentalism!

LOL!

 

[Somerville]

When I saw "fundamentalists" in the thread title I thought it was about liberal fundamentalists who, IMO, are the real zealots.

Liberal Fundamentalism « The Righter Report

And then in the link there was this on Ann Coulter's book 'Godless - the Church of Liberalism':

In her book “Godless: The Church of Liberalism,” Coulter throws open the doors of the Church of Liberalism, showing us its sacraments (abortion), its holy writ (Roe v. Wade), its martyrs (from Soviet spy Alger Hiss to cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal), its clergy (public school teachers), its churches (government-controlled schools, where prayer is prohibited but condoms are free), its doctrine of infallibility (as manifest in the “absolute moral authority” of spokesmen from Cindy Sheehan to Max Cleland), and its cosmology (in which mankind is an inconsequential accident).

Beware of liberal fundamentalism!

LOL!

"Funny" the stuff people will write when they get paid for it.

 

[Logicman]

"Funny" the stuff people will write when they get paid for it.

That works on both sides of the aisle.

 

[VanceMack]

I dont have a problem with their decision to leave. Someone doesnt like their surroundings they should change them. I just wonder if maybe they missed the message God was sending (if you believe in that sort of thing) with the storm and then being sent back home. Kinda like the old joke with the punchline "I sent a cop, a boat, and a helicopter...WTF?"

 

[Hypersonic]

Religious family survives being lost at sea - seattlepi.com



*Insert comparison to Jonah here*

 

[humbolt]

It appears that the 'master' of the family Gastonguay has not become wiser

I hadn't seen that. Thanks. Ah well. It's hard to say exactly what is influencing his decision, but one could reasonably hope that he would hold his family's safety and well being in higher regard.

 

[EdwinWillers]

They're apparently loading back up as we speak:

 

[obvious Child]

They're apparently loading back up as we speak:

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And the Coast Guard is going to get alerted.

Again. These people are wasting taxpayer dollars in rescue costs.

 

[ecofarm]

Why Kiribati? They're tiny little islands in the Pacific.

Chance of success: 0

 

[Oftencold]

"Kiribati."

Very interesting indeed! thanks for the heads-up!

 

[American]

Imagine the jokes we'd be hearing now if the Pilgrims had failed.