Thursday November 18, 2004

Life Imitates Flannery O’Connor

Or at least Jim Thompson. The Detroit Free Press reports on the case of a man who shot an acquaintance to death — twice, with a shotgun — for not believing in God. I restrain myself from quoting the story in full.

“How long would it take you to believe in God?” the suspect said he asked the victim.

“Not until I hear Gabriel blow his horn,” the victim allegedly replied, while tipping his hat.

That’s when the suspect shot him.

“I did it because he is evil; he was not a believer,” the suspect told police.

And later …

At the police station, the suspect commented that he believed there is a God.

Then, looking at the floor, he seemed to have second thoughts: “Maybe there’s not,” he said.

(Thanks Phil.)