(April 9, 2010 at 11:34 am)Gilligan Wrote:This is the old West. You said the two men were "wicked" and caused mischief. It is far easier to believe that the bartender simply wanted to get rid of them in a quick and easy way (whilst also making it look like the wrath of God, since you also said the people were interested in religion). It's a perfect setup. Two men mock God, the preacher says that God's wrath is real, and the bartender uses the fear this has in people to kill the two men.(April 9, 2010 at 11:29 am)Tiberius Wrote: I don't think much of it, even if there were any truth in it. The glass of "God's wrath" could have easily been poison delivered by the bartender in order to make it look like God had punished the men. Of course, no references are made to an actual event like this taking place, so the story is probably fiction (and if it is fiction, it serves as no warning whatsoever).
Why would the bartender poison the drink, if that is what happened? They would have no interest in faking the wrath of God.
Of course, for me what is more convincing is that even if this story is real, why doesn't it happen today. I can mock God all I want, yet when I go to buy a drink it doesn't kill me. I wonder why God has suddenly decided to stop? He seemed to be very present at the "beginning" and (according to this story) around 150 years ago, but not today. Why is that?
