Divine Irony: An Essay
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The premise shows that Isaiah's and Christ's words about parables support an ironic interpretation of some passages of scripture. Chapter 1 deals with irony in Genesis on the story of the fall of man. I mention the sophistry of the late Carl Sagan's take on the fall of man. Chapter 2 discusses the irony in God's words about the Tower of Babel. Chapter 3 mentions Jesus' ironic comment about Nathanael in the Gospel. Chapter 4 discusses the irony in Hebrews concerning those mentioned as exemplars of faith. These examples showed many faithless behaviors and actions. God pulls at straws to give examples of faith by using the faithlessness of the examples used. This is a type of irony. Chapter 5 explains that being a prophet does not guarantee the reader that the words are accurate and true. I point out the prevarications of Penn Jillette regarding his take on the Bible as well.
Edward E. Rochon
I write for my health and the health of the world. Often the cure rivals the disease in grief and aches. My writing career started at twelve when I attempted to write a sequel to Huckleberry Finn but never finished it. My writings have included poetry, plays, a novel, non-fiction and writing newsletters for here and there. Recently, I am dabbling into short stories. Apart from newsletters, nothing has been published in print. I bought an audio recording of one of my poems but threw it away in disgust due to an inappropriate reading by the narrator. 'Contra Pantheism...' was my first eBook. About a hundred eBooks have been published since including some books of verse, and my essays collected into five volumes, and one volume of collected poems. A few other types of literature are on my list of published works. My essays deal with fundamental questions of philosophy as well as natural philosophy (science.) On the whole, my works are as far above the writings of Plato and Aristotle as the material power of the United States is over that of Ancient Greece. I once asked myself if I had ever written anything memorable, but couldn't remember exactly what I had written. I started to check my manuscripts but stopped as it seemed the answer to the question was obvious. Gore Vidal mentioned in one of his memoirs that writers tend to forget what they write and are a bad source to ask about their works. Gore knew a lot of writers. I have not and may have been a bit hard on myself. Apart from self-improvement and maybe making a few bucks, my main goal is to bring about a golden age for mankind. Being a man, this sounds appealing. It is pointless to desist and all small measures are worth the effort. Albert Camus thought suicide the only serious philosophical question. He was a fool and died young. Suicide is a waste of time. The most important functional question is: How do I get what I want? The one question that trumps this is the ultimate question of intent: What should I want? As Goethe pointed out: Be careful what you wish for in your youth, you might get it in middle age.
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