From Eric Lutz at The Onion.
Eric wanted to celebrate his 10th wedding anniversary in a special way. He bought a bottle of wine, took his wife out to the country, climbed up a hill, and prepared to view what he hoped would be a spectacular sunset.
I had high hopes. All the signs were right. The sun was dipping down to the mountain peaks, which looked almost purple in the autumn dusk. But as the light spilled over the landscape in a flood of fiery streaks—if you can even call them streaks—I thought to myself, "Where is this going?"
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You know how watching a burning ball of gas several thousands miles away streak across the sky and then disappear can make you realize that every single day we are given on this earth is a blessing? This was nothing like that.
Read it all, especially his startling conclusion.
If that sunset doesn't prove God is dead, I don't know what will.
ReplyDeleteRmj, that would do it for me.
ReplyDeleteRenz, I suppose you'd be closer to understanding me, if you assume my default position to be ironic. Does that help?
ReplyDeleteHowever, sometimes I am quite serious. Confusing, I know. I don't mind if you ask. This post is all irony, from The Onion to me to the comments so far, except yours, unless I'm misreading you.
What I do is probably sinful, although I hope it is not.
Thanks renzmqt. I am confused too.
ReplyDeleteBrian, maybe I should consider myself ironic to a fault and rein myself in a bit, if my friends are not understanding me. The article is rather obviously ironic to me, as is Rmj's comment and mine in response to his. Even if the sunset had really gone bad, how would that lead to disbelief in God?
ReplyDeleteHe saw the green flash? That only happens over water. It is total irony.
ReplyDeleteI think he is making fun of the current generation of cynics who dare not be impressed with anything, lest someone think they do believe in God. Christopher Hitchens anyone?
Perhaps I should re-title this as "A Post Gone Bad".
ReplyDeleteDid I say something to bring this on, Mimi?
ReplyDeleteNo, no, no, Susan! All is cool.
ReplyDeleteWow! If Bambi came by (and I read the book long before the Disney movie) I would find it proof positive of God.
ReplyDeleteActually, I don't think God gets proved -- just experienced.
SusanKay, indeed, God can't be proved, but I recently tried to do just that. I should know better. Needless to say, it did not work.
ReplyDeleteRenz, I'm not clever. It's just that I do the all caps inflections best when I am angry.
Not the most successful Onion piece I've ever read (I get what he was trying to do, but I don't think he carried it off---unlike God, and God's Sunset *g*)
ReplyDeleteRenz, what a dear YOU are to love me when I'm angry.
ReplyDeleteJCF, what can I say? I liked it. I thought it was well done.
You have sunsets in America? Wow!
ReplyDeleteDP, yes! And lovely things they are. Look at pictures of ours, if you don't believe me.
ReplyDeleteIt just sort of sneaks off here - if we see it at all.
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