Man Actually Struck by Lightning for Swearing to God
You better think twice the next time you swear to God about something, because you never know when he might make a miracle out of you.
On Aug 26, in Fujian Province, China, an upset Wong decided to visit his friend Xu’s house to collect an unpaid debt.
3 years ago Xu borrowed 500 yuen (about $70) from Wong for his wedding and never paid the money back.
Wong showed up at Xu’s house with a bat in hand demanding that Xu pay back the money he had borrowed. Xu then pulled out a metal rod he had laying around to use in defense if Wong decided to attack him.
Xu denied that he had borrowed any money from Wong and asked him to prove that there was a debt to be owed.
Wong finally “told him that if he dared to swear to God that he didn’t owe me the money, then I would waive his debt.”
Xu, obviously seeing a way out of paying the debt, then pointed the pole straight up in the air and shouted “if I ever borrowed money from Wong, let me be struck by lighting.”
Less than a minute after shouting those words, lightning struck the outstretched pole and passed through into Xu’s body.
Xu was taken to the hospital but survived the incident.
No mention as to whether this proves Xu did indeed borrow the money or if he has any plans to now pay Wong the money he owes.
(link)
By Mui Mui on 21-09-2008
Comment by killergabo(Allen)
September 21st, 2008 at 8:55 pm
…this has to be bull…
there’s no way this actually happened…
Comment by Gee-Man
September 21st, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Well, it could happen theoretically. I mean, the guy was holding a metal pole in the air after all, if there really was a storm, you’d be begging to be struck by lightning.
Comment by Amarghetta
September 21st, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Even if this didn’t happen, it’s a funny read.
Comment by groping_grape
September 21st, 2008 at 11:24 pm
lucky shot,Wong will get his money back.
Comment by hambali
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:13 am
This can be true as nothing is impossible in this world. And yeah theoretically Xu was holding a metal pole but the author doesn’t say anything about the weather condition when the incident happened.
Comment by jesus
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:09 am
yeah ok, the relevant link goes to myspace. ergo it must be true.
Comment by John
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:28 am
Well for me personally it’s a prove that He was there…anyway thanks for the reminder!!
Comment by starboykb
September 22nd, 2008 at 4:29 am
indeed, this has nothing got to do with ‘god’. it just he is damn unlucky and stupid doing that to himself.
Comment by jim
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:09 am
What a fantastic story. It makes you think after you get over the funny part, whether it was a miracle, whether it was coincidence?
Such is belief.
I wouldn’t want to lie the next time I swear to God though, that’s for sure!
Comment by BloodyViking
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:59 am
Given that they are Chinese, which god were they talking about?
Comment by JJ
September 22nd, 2008 at 9:17 am
Matthew 5:34-35 says But I say unto you, swear not at all; neither by heaven;for it is God’s throne:Nor by earth; for it is his footstool:In other words let your yes be yes & your NO be No! None of us should have to swear our word should be as good as we are. The word also say’s thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God (Matthew 4:7) hopefully The man learned his lesson and changed his dishonest ways paying his debt; I would say the lighting made a pretty big statement about his character. True or not True there is moral to the story.
Comment by Cristin
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:18 pm
God, dont taze me dude!
Comment by john
September 22nd, 2008 at 1:19 pm
He was holding a metal pole in the air, therefore he is going to be struck by lighting. Last time I checked getting struck by lighting isn’t exactly a miracle.
Comment by -
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
it’s yuan
Comment by marijn
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:52 pm
priorities
thousands of little kids in africa dying due to aids? though.
some guy in china refuses to pay a $70 loan? let’s fry his ass !
Nice god you believe in.
Comment by Groovyghoulie
September 22nd, 2008 at 6:20 pm
The reason it took almost a minute for the stike to happen was the difference in time it took to say all that in Chinese.
Comment by darkwing duck
September 22nd, 2008 at 6:45 pm
the buddy christ
Comment by originalbryan
September 22nd, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Plus there’s always the off chance that the creator of everything zapped him. AND that he might have done it just for a good laugh.
Comment by SH
September 22nd, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Haha, yeah~
Asia people like we do swear like this, but I think it’s just a coincidence
Comment by mcdoom
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:09 pm
You, sir, are an idiot. Clearly in your world everyone is struck by lightning whenever they hold metal objects above their heads.
Comment by Abdul
September 22nd, 2008 at 11:10 pm
how can i trust this story ? even i can make a blog and write some bullshit like this.
Comment by Chalkdust
September 23rd, 2008 at 6:50 am
BloodViking said:
“Given that they are Chinese, which god were they talking about?”
. . . and if they were American, which God would they be talking about?
Comment by design
September 23rd, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Thats what GOD wanted
Comment by secular humanist
September 24th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
John
If that’s proof that your imaginary friend was there, why are only 3% of the entire Chinese population (some 1.4 billion and growing) Christian? I thought ‘He’ was supposed to be all loving? Is ‘He’ really gonna send every Chinese person, except for the tiny minority who were seduced by charismatic foreign preachers, to Hell for billions and billions of years, for the crime of not having been told about ‘Him’?
Frankly I don’t see that it’s a ‘proof’ of anything, other than that we live in a world with physical rules, and if you waive a metal stick in the air for long enough in the air during a thunderstorm, chances are, 1) you’re a dumb mother fucker and 2) you’re gonna get struck by lightning.
Only a mentally ill theist could interpret that as ‘an act of god’
Comment by Donny Lundie
September 27th, 2008 at 4:38 am
Yes it did too!!!
On top of that, it blew his nuts off.
Comment by Paul Moody
September 29th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
A few years back at one of my Gran’s annual Christmas family parties, my uncle Alan was a bit drunk and telling us all how much of an evil, nasty, selfish person God must be, **if** he actually exists.
“May I be struck down if he does exist” he says “but I don’t want to know a God that lets such evil happen in this world”.
…upon lighting his cigarette following this tirade, his lighter blew up in his face, removing most of his full beard in one burst…
Comment by Cirrus
October 14th, 2008 at 3:30 am
I know it’s very sadisitc but I burst out laughing quite loud at this
Coincedence or divine intervention it’s hilarious 
(That’s what you get for not settling your debts)
Comment by Adam
October 30th, 2008 at 6:30 am
The Flying Spaghetti Monster hates metal rods.
Comment by Ac Terry
January 24th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
“Wong showed up at Xu’s house with a bat in hand demanding that Xu pay back the money he had borrowed. Xu then pulled out a metal rod he had laying around to use in defense if Wong decided to attack him.”
Were they inside? How the hell did he get hit by lightning indoors? This is either bullcrap or some pretty freggin strong thunder.
Comment by uh duh
August 29th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Well, it's possible, I mean, he WAS holding a metal rod, uh duh, no religious theories here, just science.