Andrew Sullivan, again being brain dead

Our regular readers will know that I'm not a fan of Andrew Sullivan. Both his religious views (see the awesome smackdowns he repeatedly gets from Sam Harris here) and his fatuous "I don't think any of us could have foreseen how bad the Iraq war was or how bad Bush was or how maybe Bush was lying to get us to got war" are ridiculous.

But this little posting takes the cake:

One word on his [Merton] untimely death: he was electrocuted at the age of 53 when getting out of the bath. It seems awful, unseemly, almost humiliating at first. And yet what a merciful way to be brought back to God. No anxiety; no fear of death; no forewarning. Are there any moments you'd be less expecting to die than getting out of a bath? Merton was so close to God I doubt God needed any last confession or contrition from him. So He took him instantly.

What? Is he saying you need to be close to god before you can die? Or is he saying that all those little children and innocent people randomly smited by natural disasters are all so close to God that God decides, hey, they have full lives ahead of them but I'll take them?

Or that God pays attention to everyone individually that he just decides, okay, time's up, whether you're in the bathtub or walking down the street or at your desk?

Nice guy, this God dude.