tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post6144067425054844740..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Tweet TheologyAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-1568705532433606322011-12-22T11:07:11.356-05:002011-12-22T11:07:11.356-05:00Hey, the joke only works in the first place if you...Hey, the joke only works in the first place if you accept the premise that celebrities die in threes. If you can swallow that camel, why strain at the gnats? Isn't it a little like saying, "But most bars wouldn't allow a horse to walk in . . . ."?<br /><br />In popular culture, no one believes in a literal, personal God; that would be unsophisticated. But everyone accepts the idea of St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, dispensing justice, just as they accept the idea that anyone who seemed like a pretty good guy is going to get a fair shake. Far be it from me to judge the worth of Mr. Hitchens's soul, but I will say that he tried very hard to be on the right team, within the limits of his own understanding, and I hope that counts for something.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-88495863490122169982011-12-22T09:49:07.019-05:002011-12-22T09:49:07.019-05:00Aren't we missing the somewhat obvious critiqu...Aren't we missing the somewhat obvious critique? Namely that Hitchens and Kim Jong Il died before Havel. Therefore if you believe that effects must follow causes chronologically, it would've had to be Hitchens and Jong Il selecting Havel, rather than Hitchens and Havel selecting Jong Il.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-54989812570014734092011-12-21T20:16:56.469-05:002011-12-21T20:16:56.469-05:00I like your second point very much. Downright Lewi...I like your second point very much. Downright Lewisian (if "Lewisian" is a word).<br /><br />That being said, we don't know the "true place" of the great persons of the world either. For all we know, Hitchens and/or Havel were among the greatest souls who died these last few days. All we know about them is that we knew a little more about them than about others. We don't know their true state, much less are in a position to make comparisons - any more, really, than we know it about those whose names we have never heard.<br /><br />(Also, who's to say that every pair doesn't get a like opportunity? ;-)jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.com