Sunday Song Lyric:
"Unforgettable" was Nat King Cole's signature song. It's been covered by many people, but his version is the one that will always be remembered. The song itself was written by Irving Gordon, who eventually won a Grammy when the song was re-recorded as a duet by Natalie Cole. Here is a taste of the lyrics:
Here are videos of Nat "King" Cole singing the song and the Grammy-winning Natalie Cole duet. Word is, the song will also be featured in a commercial within the Watchmen movie.
Like a song of love that clings to me,
How the thought of you does things to me.
Never before
Has someone been more . . .
Unforgettable
In every way,
And forever more
That's how you'll stay.
Reagan liked to tell the anecdote of people enjoying a wonderful meal. A feast with great wine and food and breads.
And then he said, "But there was no chef who made all of this. It just happened by chance."
Well, Hitchens and Dawkins might laugh at that story. But I'm not sure it's all that silly.
Thanks.
Speaking of Watchmen, political history buffs here might appreciate some of what they're doing on the thenewfrontiersman Flickr stream.
Geez, you don't get the story at all, do you?
Think about it.
Here: Life is mere chance? Just material? We just happened to be here?
Nat King Cole just happened? His music, his voice? All chance?
Just like the great feast that Reagan talked about, life is full of these wonderful gifts, these feasts.
And like the meal, it was all chance? No chef?
Maybe, but hard to believe.
I guess if one has to explain an allegory, it's not worth it.
Can't have a feast without a chef.
Can't have the riches of life - music, art, courage, sacrifice, love, bravery - without a chef as well.
Or is it all mere chance?
I got it the first time.
I wonder how many people would send their meal back to the kitchen if they could?
Solipsists of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but yourselves.
One must needs be mathematically ignorant to posit God as the only alternative to "chance." And logically ignorant to deny the existence of God because of evolution.
As a matter of opinion, though, I am comfortable with my correction.
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