No, no! You're doing it all wrong!

A recent mechanical problem with state-run Nepal Airlines' only airplane was handled by sacrificing a pair of goats to the Hindu Sky God, Akash Bhairab. The plane then went on to resume flights.

Goats die, so you can fly!

What's wrong with these people? Don't they realize that they're doing it all wrong?

First off, Akash Bhairab? Are they kidding? What a poser. That guy couldn't fix a plane even if he had all four of Vishnu's arms.

They should have prayed directly to one of the patron saints of flying, Joseph of Cupertino, Our Lady of Loreto or Therese of Lisieux. Personally, with my life on the line, I would have gone straight to praying to Jesus, but that's just me.

Second, if you are going to sacrifice an animal, you have to do it the RIGHT way. Haven't these people ever read Leviticus?

1:10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.

1:11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

1:12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

1:13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

I don't see any indication in the article that the Nepalese did ANY of these things. Are they insane or just terribly reckless?

Uh oh. Reading the book of Isaiah has me confused:

1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

Crap. I guess maybe they should have just brought in a mechanic.