Darts fan booted out of final because he looked like Jesus

The Sun ^ | 13 Dec 2012

[Gamecock]

Bearded Nathan Grindal, 33, was enjoying the match between star champ Phil Taylor and Kim Huybrechts when some of the 4,500-strong audience spotted his likeness to the son of God.

Chants of "Jesus" quickly spread through the rowdy crowd, interrupting play at Butlins in Minehead, Somerset.

Security was called before six bouncers escorted upset Nathan from the Cash Converters Players' Championship, being shown on ITV4.

As he left a chant of 'Stand up if you love Jesus' broke out, with many of the boozed-up crowd getting to their feet.

Nathan, a labourer, was escorted to a nearby bar where security staff bought him a pint and told him to watch the rest of the final on the telly.

He saw the legendary Taylor win then found himself being asked to pose for signed photos with fans as they left the arena.

Nathan, who emigrated from his native Australia to Oxford six years ago, said: "I didn't go to the darts dressed as Jesus – I went as me.

"It was all very weird and distressing. I didn't break down crying but I did get emotionally distraught. They were bullying me and picking on me, saying that I was someone else.

"It would have been okay if the security hadn't made a fuss getting me out of the arena.”

Nathan, who began growing his beard four months ago, had booked a three-day stay at Butlins earlier this month with five pals to watch the darts.

He added: “In his post-match interview, Phil Taylor said something like 'if I ever see Jesus again, I'll crucify him myself.' Now that's just hurtful.

"I love darts, but I'm worried about ever going to see it live again, just in case the crowd turns on me like they did last time."

Dave Allen, spokesman for the Professional Darts Corporation, said Nathan was ejected to prevent his presence becoming a nuisance to the players.

He said: "There was a lot of chanting of Jesus and I think to avoid it becoming too much of a distraction for the players he was taken by security to another part of the complex."

Mr Allen added: "There is plenty of audience participation. They are encouraged to support the players within certain boundaries.

"The fact they can buy four-pint pitchers certainly helps."

[Cronos]

He doesn't look like any icon of Jesus I know!

fromthe Hagia Sophia

or even the Shroud

Or even in Dura Europos

dating from 235 AD

[Cronos]

Though England is sadly mostly godless now

[Cronos]

they would have been mocking Christ then — these were boozed up english. They’ve left Christianity behind...

[Cronos]

I wouldn't say that -- depends on where you go. I lived in the south of England, Brighton, for years and the Catholic churches I went to (there were two in the city limits and one outside) were all packed for all 4 to 11 masses each Sunday and sometimes on weekdays too). The Coptic Church in nearby Hove was also packed the one time I went there and I peeked in a Baptist church there and it was also packed.

The Catholic Churches in the north when I went on holidays were also more or less full in Edinburgh, Bristol, Cambridge etc.

[Cronos]

I think many Jews will have intermarried so have different ethnic looks - for instance Jews from Maharastra (Bombay) in India have lived there for 2000 years and look like locals, as do Jews from Ethiopia.

[Fiji Hill]

The Catholic Churches in the north when I went on holidays were also more or less full in Edinburgh, Bristol, Cambridge etc.

Interesting. A woman who is a native Edinburger told me that there are very few Catholics in Edinburgh and that most of the churches there are Presbyterian or Methodist. However, she left there many years ago to settle in the US.

[Cronos]

I don't think so -- the Churches I've seen are pretty old -- and there were about 9 or so in the city that I remember., I went to the one at Leith -- St. Mary's Star of the Sea

Most of the Presbyterians and Methodist Churches in Scotland are empty -- I'm not sure why quite frankly. Also, from my understanding most of the attendees in the Catholic Churches are immigrants from Ireland and there were a few indians over there

[Fiji Hill]

Most of the Presbyterians and Methodist Churches in Scotland are empty

That's unfortunate. Because of their strong Christian faith, he Scots were once known as the People of the Book.

[Zionist Conspirator]

That's unfortunate. Because of their strong Christian faith, he Scots were once known as the People of the Book.

The Scots are now leftists. They mostly vote Labour, and the Scottish National Party is left wing as well.

[Cronos]

I'm not sure what's happened to the Scots. I only really visited and knew lowland scots -- not the highlanders leave alone folks from Skye etc. but to me the Scots seemed, I'm sorry to say, pitiful -- they had the entire William of Wallace bravado on, yet none of them could speak Gaelic. They were very much "I hate the English", yet they only knew English, they were not Christian anymore and seemed not to know their own culture.

it's almost a hollywoodisation of culture

[Fiji Hill]

That fits the description of a Scottish Lowlander that I know who immigrated to this country. He has the bravado of William Wallace--he used to walk out of movie theaters when "God Save the Queen" was played at the conclusion of films. However, he's quite aware of his heritage--for example, he often appears at "Burns balls"--commemorating the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns--that take place in January within the Scottish-American community, and he reads Burns' poem Address to the Haggis, one of the highlights of such programs

[Cronos]

note of course that I posted from my experience — I make no claim that my impression was true of all of the Scots

[arthurus]

Jesus McGlllivray, maybe.

[ThanhPhero]

One of the Vietnamese girls here had hair down to her thighs. She cut it off to almost a boy cut and a year later it was as long as it was before she cut it.

[Usagi_yo]

I read the first line and the last line and looked at the sprawling mass [no pun intended] in the middle. So just remember when making very long tedious ancillary posts like this, put the conclusion in the first sentence, then a summary for the last sentence and then we’re all good. Nobody reads the middle anymore so you could just put yada yada blah blah between the first and last sentence which actually may be an improvement.