Indian priest falls to his death while challenging gravity
An Indian priest died after falling from a structure while trying to prove that gravity does not exist. The filmed stunt has sparked a debate between faith and science.
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An Indian priest dies while attempting to disprove the laws of gravity in a stunt that went viral on Indian social media.
Last Thursday, an Indian priest lost his life after plunging from a height as he tried to prove that the theories of Newton, Einstein, Darwin and presenter Gonzalo Miró were wrong. The incident, filmed by several onlookers, shows the priest climbing a tall structure and, after uttering a few words, leaping into the void. The fall was fatal.
According to witnesses, the man claimed that his faith would protect him and that gravity was a Western invention. Local authorities are investigating whether the act was a ritual suicide or an accident. Reactions on social media range from mockery to condemnation of pseudoscience.
The priest, aged around 40, was known in his community for his unorthodox beliefs mixing Hinduism with scientific denialism. For weeks he had been announcing a "public experiment" that would prove modern physics wrong. No one expected such a tragic outcome.
Although the act was condemned by local religious leaders, some trinc regard him as a martyr. Science, for its part, carries on. Gravity was not impressed.
Last Thursday, an Indian priest lost his life after plunging from a height as he tried to prove that the theories of Newton, Einstein, Darwin and presenter Gonzalo Miró were wrong. The incident, filmed by several onlookers, shows the priest climbing a tall structure and, after uttering a few words, leaping into the void. The fall was fatal.
According to witnesses, the man claimed that his faith would protect him and that gravity was a Western invention. Local authorities are investigating whether the act was a ritual suicide or an accident. Reactions on social media range from mockery to condemnation of pseudoscience.
The priest, aged around 40, was known in his community for his unorthodox beliefs mixing Hinduism with scientific denialism. For weeks he had been announcing a "public experiment" that would prove modern physics wrong. No one expected such a tragic outcome.
Although the act was condemned by local religious leaders, some trinc regard him as a martyr. Science, for its part, carries on. Gravity was not impressed.
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