Teapot cult busted

[Nevada]

A teapot?! Good Grief!!

58 held over teapot cult


MALAYSIAN authorities yesterday arrested 58 followers of a cult built around a giant teapot.

Ayah Pin, the cult's leader, was not among those held and was believed to have gone into hiding after a mob armed with machetes and Molotov cocktails attacked the commune, scorching the giant teapot, which the cult believes has healing properties.

Those detained, including a New Zealand woman, face two years in prison for flouting a ruling by authorities that the cult's beliefs are at odds with the true teachings of Islam.

[Myfanawy]

Hey, if it floats your boat, go for it. I have no problem with anyone's religious beliefs, provided they don't try to preach to me and convert me.
--Myf

[Jessa]

That would be hillarious if it wasn't so sad.

Do you have a link to original article?

[Nevada]

I believe it was on cnn.com....

[Pathos]

Those who got away are hiding out with the Old Lady Who Lives in a Shoe. 8)

[Aramis]

or in hiding with Mrs. Pumpkineater

[Alianore DeClare]

I've got a bridge for sale......
Not to knock the Mormons or anything, but this reminds me of how they got started. Long story short, Joseph Smith stuck his head into a hat which had some rocks in it (the hat, silly), and said he had visions which enabled him to complete writing the Book of Mormon.
And people believe this. By the thousands. So I guess a teapot isn't *that* odd.....?