Kids These Days!
Ponari is a nine-year-old boy in Indonesia with so-called healing powers. He (allegedly) survived a lightning strike and awoke with a stone in his hand, which obviously contains healing powers. Now people flock from all over (and pay him money, of course) to be blessed by the rock.
One big problem is that people have died in the mobs that swarm him for help so you have to wonder about his net effect.
Ponari may have god-like healing powers, but he's a disrespectful little runt just like western kids. Just look at this photo. Impoverished disease-ridden travelers gather to touch his special healing rock, forking over money they scraped together for the pilgrimage and what is Ponari doing with the other hand? Texting his buddies on his new cell phone!
One big problem is that people have died in the mobs that swarm him for help so you have to wonder about his net effect.
Ponari may have god-like healing powers, but he's a disrespectful little runt just like western kids. Just look at this photo. Impoverished disease-ridden travelers gather to touch his special healing rock, forking over money they scraped together for the pilgrimage and what is Ponari doing with the other hand? Texting his buddies on his new cell phone!
posted by Matt Bors at
5:23 PM
5 Comments:
Sometimes I contemplate what life would be like if I had no soul. There are so many suckers out there just begging to be fleeced -- becoming a millionaire off of their willful ignorance would be a walk in the park.
Dude, if he can heal you with just a rock, imagine what he can do with a Blackberry!
john--You don't have a soul. But I know what you mean.
Wrong Matt. He actually has a soul, or souls, depending on how many shoes he has.
He's not texting. Aren't you following @ponari?
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