Burt Reynolds as God, tonight on The X-Files.

Ever wonder how God operates? We really don't know. Our human mind is incapable of grasping or understanding. We just can't. 

I'm pretty sure He's not the cosmic creation that some people seem to think is in Heaven currently sending down rain, floods, fires and earthquakes because "America is the Great Satan or the Whore of Babylon." To imply this is to say that, if America is the Whore of Babylon then there is a pimp. Continuing with this idea or thinking, one must assume IF America is Babylon then there's a pimp - so...that means the pimp is Israel? Right? Hello...Yes? No? 

Why would God now be sending storms and disasters upon America or any other part of the world? He's God - He knew all things before they happened. At best or worst, He's simply watching play out what He already knows. 

He gave us Free Will, the ability to make choices; good, bad or other. And He already knows, before we do, how we will respond and react.

Yes, God may test us. But He already knows the result. He wrote the test and knows the answers - long before we do. 

Which brings me to a rerun of an episode of "The X-Files" airing tonight titled, "Improbable."

The X-Files - Improbable.
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It's an excellent episode with Reynolds perfectly cast in the role. 

Watching the episode closely, you'll notice a consistent theme using the number "3", or triple items. Is this a representation of The Holy Trinity: The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit? Viewers can decide this on their own.

God allows things to happen because He already knows the outcome. He may choose to intervene, yet may choose not to. Miracles happen; this is where my tiny human mind pauses to think that if God does intervene, it's for good, not bad. Again, though, He already anticipated this because He knew about it well before it happens.

My personal opinion: He may intervene in a crisis to help and assist someone in danger, to rescue or save someone. But I highly doubt He's throwing lightening bolts down on anyone or any country because of the current political state of the world. Why would He do that when He knows the outcome? There's simply no logic in thinking He's actively punishing any one or any place. HE ALREADY KNOWS. It's already written.

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Deliverance actor Cowboy Coward dies. "Got a Real Purdy Mouth."

Daily Mail: Herbert Coward dead at 85: Deliverance actor - who played Toothless Man - killed in car crash.

Herbert Coward, best known for playing Toothless Man in the 1972 classic Deliverance, has died in a car crash aged 85.

Coward died alongside his partner Bertha Brooks, 78, his beloved pet chihuahua named Little Man and his squirrel named Cowgirl after his silver Nissan was hit by a truck driven by a 16-year-old on Wednesday afternoon.

Neither Coward nor Brooks was wearing a seatbelt and the teen driver was not speeding, ABC news reported. 
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Coward shot to fame following the release of Deliverance, in which he delivered some of the most iconic lines including 'He got a real pretty mouth, ain't he?'

Most of his lines were improvised, Coward later told News 13.
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He gained his toothless smile after being hit in the face with a pistol during a staged gunfight at the park. He earned his 'Cowboy' nickname for operating bulldozers that built Ghost Town, which opened in June 1961.
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He remained friend [sic] with [Burt] Reynolds throughout their lives, and saw the star just weeks before his death in 2018.

'Burt said he didn't have but three friends — real friends — and I was one of them because I never asked him for nothing,' he said.

If you can get your hands on the Deliverance Anniversary or Deluxe Edition DVD, (check with a library), watch the special feature interviews with the cast and director John Boorman. 

Reynolds: "I asked John (Boorman) why he's shooting this film in sequence since most movies never are. He said, because if one of you dies I can write it into the script."  🤣 That is wicked and dark. 🤣

It's a great movie. 

RIP.

A Catch up note; and Remembering Burt Reynolds (and...the 2018-2019 NHL Season!)

There was about five weeks where I didn't update anything. It wasn't intentional. Everything is okay and I hope all is okay for everyone, too. I didn't get to stopping by as much as I'd wanted to at some of my favorite places, but I tried to get caught-up with what I'd missed over at at Phil,  Irish,  Zack,   Odysseus,   Mike,  Dissecting Leftism and just about everyone and every place else I hadn't hit over the five week absence.   

A couple opportunities knocked at the door and I answered, and it's taking some heavy time investment, but again, it's all good. I suppose, as have others, sometimes I haven't made the best judgment call in answering when opportunity knocks. Sometimes I've made the better decision, other times, after time had passed, I knew I made the dreadfully wrong decision. Other times, I didn't even answer the knock. I try to not do that anymore. I try to find opportunity in everything now. Sometimes it takes a lot of work. But what that is worthwhile doesn't?

It probably turns some readers off, but - sorry folks - the NHL is just around the corner. Yeah, I hear the groans.

But if it is news/politics/hot topic analysis, opinion, insight, wit and just some downright fun, throw a dart (not literally) at any of the fine blogs on my Blogroll on the right sidebar. You won't be disappointed. And I'll try to get back to updating on a more frequent basis.

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I have to mention the death of Burt Reynolds.  It's just my opinion, but I think he was was one of the best, damn, under-rated and under-appreciated actors, ever. He'd easily be in my list of the top ten actors of all time.

Try to search and find The Last Movie Star and watch it. It's available online and maybe on Netflix. It's fantastic.

Rest In Peace Burt.

** Updated September 18, 2018 **

How could I have forgotten The 'X' Files episode "Improbable", with Burt playing the role of God? Well worth watching.

(From the above Wiki link). 

Casting

Burt Reynolds was chosen for "Improbable" after he expressed his desire to appear in an episode of The X-Files to Robert Patrick. [X-Files creator Chris] Carter approved the idea and told Patrick that he would "write something good". He later noted that "as a young man, [Reynolds] meant something to me" and that the chance to act alongside him him was "surreal". After Carter had written the script, he presented it to Reynolds for his approval; Reynolds approved of the script and agreed to be in the episode.[5] Robert Patrick later noted that Reynolds "had a great time, and he loved working with everybody."[3]