Coulter vs Darwin

Godless | 06/06 | Ann Coulter

[tomzz]

You can't help but notice that there is a very vocal sort of a little clique of evolutionists on FreeRepublic, and there has always been a question in a lot of people's minds as to whether or not the theory of evolution is in any way compatible with conservatism.

This new book ("Godless") of Ann Coulter's should pretty much settle the issue.

Ann does not mince words, and she has quite a lot to say about evolution:

"Liberals' creation myth is Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, which is about one notch above scientology in scientific rigor. It's a make-believe story, based on a theory which is a tautology, with no proof in the scientists laboratory or the fossil record, and that's after 150 years of very determined looking. We wouldn't still be talking about it but for the fact that liberals think evolution disproves God....

It gets better from there, in fact a lot better. Ann provides a context for viewing the liberal efforts to shut down everything resembling debate on the subject in courtrooms and makes a general case that it is the left and not the right, which is antithetical to science in general. Anybody interested in this question of American society and the so-called theory of evolution should have a copy of this book

[sinkspur]

Augustine makes the mistake of saying that, if one "miracle" is questioned, they must all be questioned.

Jonah's sojourn in the belly of the whale is part of the metaphorical story of a prophet sent to non-Israelites against his will. Even after the Ninevites did penance, Jonah was still angry as he would have preferred they be destroyed.

The Jonah story conveyed to the Israelites that God was the God of all men, not just the Israelites, foreshadowing Christ, who would come to save all men, not just the Jews.

[JamesP81]

Anyone who reads Scripture literally has no understanding of the Bible.

That's not what I'm getting from most pastors and priests, ya know.

[sinkspur]

That's not what I'm getting from most pastors and priests, ya know.

Perhaps you're not talking to the right pastors or priests.

[bornacatholic]

When it comes to attacks against an individual and his doctrine, what is the Academy most sensitive too - an assault aginst Darwin and his "doctrine" or an assault against Jesus and His Doctrine?

[ichabod1]

I'm reminded of a muslim curse... "may allah rip your head from your neck and pull out your spine, and then put it back in and rip it out again, over and over for a thousand years." Such a religion of peace.

[JamesP81]

I see it didn't take long for someone to compare Christians to Islamic Terrorist killers and kooks. The record shortest number of posts is 16, although, that said, 59 is pretty quick for these kinds of threads.

[bornacatholic]

Thanks, brother. When you have the opportunity, please correct the other mistakes of St. Augustine.

Whatever was I thinking reading and believing the Early Fathers of the Church and their wrong-headed ideas about the historicity of Jonas(shall I list them all for you, brother?) when all I had to do was ping you for the definitive answer.

Sinkspur locuta est, Causa finita est :)

[JamesP81]

Metaphorical, adapted, a popular description of the origin of the human race. Humani Generis states, in clear terms, that Genesis is largely a metaphor and a story meant to convey important truths.

Except that the Hebrews wrote in narrative/historical format, just like the levitical law...

[ahayes]

b) they need to clean their own house (by that, get rid of the libs trying to discredit Christians using ToE).

How do you suggest we do that? Assassination?

[JamesP81]

If you look at the details of the survey, nearly all people with advanced academic degrees accept evolution (80%).

Incidentally, most of them appear to be libs.

[JamesP81]

It fell flat, and succeeded mostly in impressing in the minds of the viewers and listeners..."Gosh, did we really give them all that money? Was it some sort of Widow Lotto?"

Not to mention sending her book to #1 on Amazon.com

[restornu]

Are you here as a FreeRepublic defender or for the Evolution topics?

[VadeRetro]

As an evolutionary biologist, Ann Coulter's a so-so constitutional lawyer.

As a constitutional lawyer, AC's better looking than many.

[bornacatholic]

Humanis Generis also taught In a particular way must be deplored a certain too free interpretation of the historical books of the Old Testament.

* Until VERY recently one rarely saw a professed Catholic dogmatically assert his private opinion against the established orthodox exegesis which is that Jonas is history not metaphor.

I think it a case some engage in reverse-Darwinin eisegesis

Sinkspur, what is the name of the exegete who taught you your ideas about Jonas and when did he write and what was the name of his book/s?

[bornacatholic]

Humanis Generis also taught In a particular way must be deplored a certain too free interpretation of the historical books of the Old Testament.

* Until VERY recently one rarely saw a professed Catholic dogmatically assert his private opinion against the established orthodox exegesis which is that Jonas is history not metaphor.

I think it a case some engage in reverse-Darwinin eisegesis

Sinkspur, what is the name of the exegete who taught you your ideas about Jonas and when did he write and what was the name of his book/s?

[sinkspur]

When you have the opportunity, please correct the other mistakes of St. Augustine.

He was wrong about reincarnation.

I invite you to contrast John Paul II's theology of the body and his exaltation of marital sexuality as an icon of the interior life of the Trinity with Augustine's pessimism regarding the depravity of the human condition, particularly in the area of sexual desire, which he said was basically disordered and should be separated from the desire for procreation.

[ahayes]

Are you here as a FreeRepublic defender or for the Religion topics?

[Right Wing Professor]

If you liked that, you'll love this:

I find it disgusting that some people would come here to share their grief at the death of someone else...Many of them, they will cry, be very emotional, but when they pass by me, they stare at me and they don't cry.

--Zacarias Moussaoui, on the 9-11 families.

These self-obsessed women seemed genuinely unaware that 9/11 was an attack on our nation and acted as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them. ...But they believed the entire country was required to marinate in their exquisite personal agony.

--Ann Coulter, Godless, p. 102, on the 9-11 widows.

[Fester Chugabrew]

I do not consider your extrapolations from the facts to be "evidence," but reasonable conjecture. While I do not ignore your extrapolations, I do not regard them as scientifically accurate, let alone science. They certainly do not deserve special protection by law, as if they are incapable of being questioned.

[VadeRetro]

We have the evidence trail we would reasonably expect if evolution were true. Morphology, paleontology, embryology, molecular biology, etc. 150 years and still going strong.

Some "speculation." You disallow evidence for what you reject on religious grounds.