Irony is lost in Ignorance

This last weekend my wife and I spent 5 days in Arizona staying in Scottsdale for the most part. We traveled p to Sedona just for fun because we had heard how beautiful it was. It's a tourist trap and the day was not unlike any other long weekend when you have long lines getting into town and crowds everywhere. The natural beauty is pretty hard to rival. I've done more travelling at 35 than most Americans do in a lifetime. I travel for both work and pleasure. 10,000 air miles this month. I have to say, Sedona is at the top of my short list for the most beautiful places I have ever seen. I've helicoptered in to the Grand Canyon, and the experience of driving into Sedona is on par.

In the Sonoran Desert, The area of Sedona was once a flat ocean floor. Sediments built up, the Continental Shelf rose, the water drained causing caverns, erosion runs it's course and today we have Majestic views of rocks shaped like an Elephant, Snoopy on his back, the inspiration for Disney's Matterhorn, etc, etc. The geologic history cannot be denied, nor ignored. This however doesn't stop Christians from doing just that. Just so happy to enjoy ignorance.

One of the cliffs leading to a plateau is called Cathedral Rock. Frank Lloyd Wright's son designed a church that from the outside is quite stunning. We arrived too late to tour because we were trying to get pics of the sun setting. But I can only imagine that it may have the most beautiful view of any church in the world. It's a church built on the side of the small mountain.

I'm sure that the Rock is often referred to as the firm foundation of this strong church. The irony is striking to me. You have a religion that requires you to deny old earth yet offers up no explanation for how the 335 million year old foundation came to be. No no. Let's speak of abstract parables and laugh at evolutionists. At the same time, we'll ignore the rock carved out in layers that can be dated back 100's of millions of years. If anything, this church is ideologically sitting on quicksand. What do you suppose Christians say about fossilized creatures found in these young stones?

If you haven't been to Sedona, put it on the list. We took over 400 photos in town. I's really something to behold. The irony of the Church (Cathedral Rock) is humorous to me.

Tags: Catheral, Church, Earht, Sedona, Young

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Comment by Galen on September 10, 2009 at 4:41pm: Oh, but Gaytor, didn't you know? Carbon dating is TOTALLY unreliable and is, in fact, junk science. You can't trust it. Better to trust the REAL science of a book composed of various primitive scrawlings. Yup. Ask any xtian apologist, they'll tell you that carbon dating is complete horsecrap. Can't deny that foundation of solid thinking!

Comment by Gaytor on September 10, 2009 at 11:22pm: There was this guy handing out brochures for a HOLY Radio show on a public trolley that they have in town (The trolley is a bus.) I grabbed it, glanced at it and handed it back to him before his first sentence was done. He was with his family and just trying to run a business so I was Non- confrontational. I wasn't sure if he was taken aback by my clear rejection of Christianity or if he was thinking about taking me on. But how his religion fails to explain the very rocks we were looking at would have been a soon asked question in front of his children.
The best response I have ever seen to a religious debate was on Reddit as an image from Facebook. A xtian tells a atheist to read the Bible. He responds, I couldn't find any evidence, just a 2000 year old book written by a bunch of sheepherders.

Comment by Frink on September 11, 2009 at 12:10am: Wow, I'll bet that was a really beautiful vista before that church was there.

Comment by Reggie on September 11, 2009 at 11:37pm: What Frink said.

Comment by Johnny on October 1, 2009 at 8:05pm: I've been inside it; the view is very nice. Did you go into any of the 'new age' shops while you were there. Christianity has only surged there within the last five years or so; that used to be one of only two Christian churches (if memory serves me right). It used to be lots of hippies and 'new age' rock worshipers.

If you're ever driving in that area again, another neat place to check out is Jerome. Also the Montezuma Castle is in that general area and well worth seeing.

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