Coulter vs Darwin

Godless | 06/06 | Ann Coulter

[sinkspur]

Thanks for posting this:

the same chapters, (the Letter points out), in simple and metaphorical language adapted to the mentality of a people but little cultured, both state the principal truths which are fundamental for our salvation, and also give a popular description of the origin of the human race and the chosen people.

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. It is the truths which demand our focus, and not the details which deliver those truths.

We're on the same page.

[Sloth]

The basic idea is that your neighbor, rather than being a creation of God, is basically just a cosmic accident or a meat byproduct of cosmic accidents. That idea has to have bad consequences.

That's the basic idea of atheism, and I agree it has bad consequences. But there are no particular reasons why God creating people through an evolutionary process is any more problematic than creating them directly from dust.

[onedoug]

"Ya' shouldn't outta ha' done it, Baby."

[Right Wing Professor]

I've read the 'scientific' chapters. Nobody but a complete moron could be taken in by such dreck. But no doubt several of them will appear on this thread.

[Fester Chugabrew]

Her chapters on Darwinism are incisive. Consider the Darwiniacs in our midst to be anomalies, although they do have the tendency, like liberals, to call names rather than scientfically address the evidence for intelligent design. For them evidence of intelligent design is not possible unless there is an intelligent being present to verbally attest to its involvement in the design process. For them, substituting the word "nature" for "God" suddenly makes one a scientist.

[ahayes]

Consider the Darwiniacs in our midst to be anomalies, although they do have the tendency, like liberals, to call names rather than scientfically address the evidence for intelligent design.

Yes, that's why so many of us have been banned or suspended recently--oh, wait, no, those were creationists.

[Right Wing Professor]

"No science is ever frightening to Christians. Religious people don't need the science to come out any particular way on IQ or AIDS or sex differences any more than they need the science to come out any particular way on evolution...If evolution is true, then God created evolution." -

This came after she spent several chapters ridiculing evolution and anyone who accepts it as the origin of species. Bit late for a CYA.

[Fester Chugabrew]

What I like best about myself is that I never boast.

[Right Wing Professor]

Thanks for posting right after my post number 64. A better example of 'speaking of the devil' I couldn't have hoped for.

[CarolinaGuitarman]

"What I like best about myself is that I never boast."

That's nice.

[Mamzelle]

Ann vs. the girlyboys.

[Right Wing Professor]

Ann vs. the girlyboys.

Makes a change from widows.

[Doctor Stochastic]

You've described the real tragedy of the creationist viewpoint. Of course, the postmoderndeconstructionists accomplish the same thing, but in their case, it's comical.

[ichabod1]

I used an Ann Coulter line as a tagline once before, something about "Understand the root causes of American anger." This is my new tagline from her new book. I say it's Goldwateresque.

Let us not flinch from identifying liberalism as the opposition party to God.

[Mamzelle]

re: 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.--- )))

Although God-believers don't need evolution to be false, athiests need evolution to be true. A. C.

The last quarter of Ann's book is about scientist posers--and it really stings. Now that she's scored big with the Jersey Girls, we'll start hearing the squawks from our resident sore-tailed evo-cats.

[Right Wing Professor]

Let us not flinch from identifying liberalism as the opposition party to God.

Surely those who act in opposition to Allah and His Messenger shall be laid down prostrate as those before them were laid down prostrate; and indeed We have revealed clear communications, and the unbelievers shall have an abasing chastisement.

The Holy Koran, Ch. 58, verse 5. Interestingly, this chapter is titled AL-MUJADILA (SHE THAT DISPUTETH).

[js1138]

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

It might if there were any accurate information in the book.

But DaveLoneRanger (not exactly and evo) posted this morning a survery published by the Washington Times (not exactly the WP) indicating almost half of Republicans accept evolution.

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

[Mamzelle]

Oh, I adored how Ann took on the Jersey Ghouls. Now the Wealthy Widows (they got $2M apiece from the taxpayers) will walk around with a whiff of gold-digger when they try to milk their sacred cow.

A rhetorical score against Victim politics.

I think she should have made more of the point, however, about military widows of the WOT who do not get feted glamourously in public, nor do they get a hysterically large windfall from an intimidated government.

Ann lost a good friend on one of those 9/11 airplanes.

[Religion Moderator]

Discuss the issues all you want but do NOT make it personal.

[Right Wing Professor]

Criticizing people for exploiting their loss for political purposes is absolutely OK.

Claiming that they were happy about their husband's deaths, that they were about to be divorced anyway, and that they should appear in Playboy while they still can, is so crass and despicable that I am ashamed I ever had anything good to say about this shrill, hateful witch.

But it does not surprise me to see you defend her.