Self-delusion Knows No Rational Bounds

Beirut explosion: Video of church altar's survival brings [delusional] hope: St Dimitrios Greek Orthodox Church in Achrafieh is less than a kilometre away from where the Beirut explosion took place. Father Youil Nassif rushed to the church to check for damage, finding the nave completely ruined. But the sacred altar space, protected by the "iconostasis" (wall of icons), was almost unscathed - including an oil lamp that had remained lit throughout the blast.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-53696936/beirut-explosion-video-of-church-altar-s-survival-brings-hope .

[More than 150 dead, thousands injured, 300,000 homeless, grain stores destroyed, humanitarian crisis looming, billions in damage, but this delusionist claims that "God" intervened to protect the church's altar. In essence, the priest is declaring that "God" is a bigger sociopathic narcissist than the USA's dimwitted Sociopathic-Narcissist-in-Chief. Just as ridiculous, the BBC considers this nonsense worthy of a news article.

Why did the altar survive? The church's entrance faces away from the blast, and the sturdy structure was protected by surrounding buildings. Not that the BBC journalist would dare to explain the realities of the situation.

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