What the...?! Man rips out own eyes in church

[Siggie]

Re: What the...?! Man rips out own eyes in church

Geez... Even among schizophrenics. It's just SOOOO extreme to rip out BOTH your eyes.

[KanadaHye]

Re: What the...?! Man rips out own eyes in church

Maybe his contacts were bothering him....

By the way, the media in a lot of places forgets to mention that the man had a history of mental illness, and is notably schizophrenic.

In other reports it says "Bianchini studied chemistry and speaks five languages, but he had not found work. He has lived with his mother for about 20 years in Viareggio, a coastal city in northern Tuscany near Pisa."

I would have probably gone nuts if I lived with an Italian mother until I was 46 too... lol.

[Haykakan]

Re: What the...?! Man rips out own eyes in church

Sounds like a new form of confession.

[bell-the-cat]

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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...in-church.html


Okay, clearly it doesn't take super-human strength to do this... But it's not surprising because it's physically difficult to do; it's because it's INSANE!

Insane, or lacking reading skills: "If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell" is meant to be read metaphorically, not taken literally.

Italian chuches are becoming bloody places - wasn't there a report last week about someone killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend in a church and then committing suicide in front of the altar.

[Siggie]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3849743/Man-rips-out-own-eyes-in-church.html

Okay, clearly it doesn't take super-human strength to do this... But it's not surprising because it's physically difficult to do; it's because it's INSANE!

A CHURCHGOER ripped out his eyeballs as a priest gave Sunday mass yesterday.

British-born Aldo Bianchini, 46, stood up calmly and tore them out with his bare hands then collapsed in a pool of blood.
His mother tried to help him as the priest called for help. But surgeons were unable to save his sight.
He told doctors in Viareggio, Italy, he "heard voices" telling him to rip out his eyes. Dr Gino Barbacci said: "To do that requires superhuman strength."
Priest Lorenzo Tanganelli, who continued his service after the horror, said: "I've never seen so much blood."
In the Bible, Jesus says: "If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell."