Blood Moon

Yeah, I saw that in a few places on the web. I'm kinda embarrassed at missing out on these Rapture End-Of-The-World things happening all around me and I don't get to see all the dead people, the flying people, the monsters and Scott's Orbs floating around everywhere. I keep forgetting it's supposed to happen and by the time I remember it's all over.I'll be watching football all day Sunday and I just know I'm going to forget again.Could some of you folks do me a kindness?When it all starts and everyone is dyin and flyin in the haze of monsters and orbs could some of you please leave a message here that it's going on and really happening? I plan to check in here frequently, like on every score and every timeout, so I'll know when this one is in swing. I really want to experience one of them End-Of-The-Worlds before I get too much older here and can't hear or see all that well anymoreThanks in advance, Guys. I really appreciate it.

The problem is that this meaning from our less enlightened past could mean other humans had their lives made more miserable and too early ended. That is what is wrong with seeing a spiritless and mechanical process as something more than it actually is. It is human, yes, but it is also barbaric and evil. The only response to such meanings is stiff opposition to the point of ridicule. Edited by AZPaul3, : No reason given.

I didn’t hear any wailing or gnashing of teeth during the first half of the game so at half-time I went out to take a look. Didn’t see any rapture going on but some of my neighbors were gathered about looking at the moon. It was kinda big hanging low in the east and was a funny dark-orangey color. I asked if anyone had seen the dragon that bit it to make it bleed like that. No one had. Then one of the fellas said he thought it might have been a spear that had pierced the moon to make it bleed.Someone said that whether it was a dragon or a spear it was the Christians’ fault and we ought to get some of them and nail them to the trees until their god stopped torturing our moon. After some discussion we decided this wasn’t such a good idea since that meant hurting the trees banging nails into them and it wasn’t their fault they were made of wood.So, no rapture, no Christians nailed to trees. I went back in to finish watching Denver manhandle Detroit. It occurred to me later that we could have nailed the Christians to Ms. Becky’s house but by then Denver was on the march again so I let it go and got me another glass of wine.

Could. But history shows us it hasn't.

Moving the goal posts, again. inre: celestial events and lunar eclipseHas nothing to do with the discussion of celestial events and lunar eclipse being given "meanings" history has shown all too often are anything but "compassion for others and motivation for self-improvement."Jon, if you haven't any appropriate counter-argument then don't reply. Stop trying to create a face-saving win by diddling the subject with nonsense.Edited by AZPaul3, : No reason given.

Good. Nothing has changed. You're still wrong.

I don't believe any such thing. I know it is wrong to find some supernatural meaning in an eclipse. Especially, as history shows, that meaning is then used to take undue advantage of others, even to kill. Cultural History of the Luna and Solar Eclipse in the Early Roman EmpireThis has nothing to do with what some fools think of the moon. This has to do with the manipulation of superstition in giving any kind of "meaning" to such events when we know for a fact such "meanings" are not there.If you want to see meaning in a blood moon you are so entitled. My job is to point out how incredibly stupid that is.Edited by AZPaul3, : No reason given.

My union, The Amalgamated Union of Philosophers, Sages, Luminaries and other Professional Thinking Persons does not have a lot of influence in this industry on this planet so the pay scale is, unfortunately, quite low. But, being a construct of intelligent beings rather than a purely natural phenomenon, the position is fraught with deeper meaning offering great rewards in job satisfaction and personal fulfillment.

Your orange has got some mold on it. You need a fresher orange. This is the kind of thing grandkids love to do. Tell them Grandpa needs a really nice orange with no bad spots on it and the next day they'll present you the most beautiful orange you've ever seen. With a loving bow on it no less. That's what grandkids do.

This is something with which I can wholeheartedly agree. A sense of wonder, even a spiritual sense of awe, is a most wonderful experience. And it has nothing to do with meanings of impending doom, manipulating superstitions or excuses for taking undue advantage.