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Coulter: The Purpose Driven Left
Ann Coulter.com ^ | 4/7/2005 | Anne Coulter

Posted on 04/07/2005 6:58:12 AM PDT by StoneGiant

THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LEFT

by Ann Coulter
April 6, 2005

It's been a tough year for the secularist crowd. There was Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," the moral values election, the Christian hostage subduing her kidnapper by reading from "The Purpose Driven Life," and the Christian effort to save Terri Schiavo. Not only that, but earlier this year the Rev. James Dobson insulted the Democrats' mascot, SpongeBob SquarePants, with impunity.

And now, for all the hullabaloo in the media, you'd think the Pope had died.

The liberal take on Catholicism is that it's a controversial religion because of its positions on abortion, sodomy and various other crucial planks of the Democratic platform (curiously, positions that are shared by all three of the world's major religions).

In defense of the Catholic Church's most "controversial" position (meaning "contrary to the clearly stated opinion of CNN"), I wanted to return to a story from a few weeks ago that passed from the headlines far too quickly. The "controversial" Catholic position is the ban on girl priests.

I'll leave it to the Catholics to explain the theological details, but we have a beautiful pair of bookmarks to the exact same incident illustrating women's special skills and deficits. The escape and capture of Brian Nichols shows women playing roles they should not (escorting dangerous criminals) and women playing roles they do best (making men better people).

Nichols' murderous rampage began when he took the gun from a 5-foot-tall grandmother who was his sole guard at the Fulton County Courthouse. It ended when an otherwise unremarkable 26-year-old woman appealed to the Christian conscience of this same violent killer holding her hostage.

At 2 a.m. one Saturday night, Ashley Smith went out for cigarettes while unpacking her new apartment, yet another victory for tobacco pleasure. Returning from the store, Smith was grabbed by a man at her front door, who put a gun in her side and told her not to scream. He asked if she knew who he was. When he removed his baseball cap, she saw it was Nichols, the dangerous fugitive all over TV who had escaped custody during his rape trial and had killed four people in the previous 48 hours. (Although he also looked a lot like of one the guys on "American Idol.")

In Smith's apartment, Nichols bound Smith's feet and hands and put her in the bathtub. Later, at Smith's request, Nichols allowed her to hop from the bathroom into the bedroom, where she began talking to him.

In short order, Smith was reading aloud to Nichols from the Christian book "The Purpose Driven Life" — in direct violation of his constitutional right to never hear any reference to God, in public or private, for any purpose, ever, ever, ever! For more on this right, go to the "People for the American Way" Web site.

After reading the first paragraph of Chapter 33 aloud, about serving God by serving others, Nichols — the man pundits were calling an "animal" — asked her to read it again.

Nichols listened to the passage again and responded by telling Smith he was already dead, saying, "Look at my eyes." But Smith looked and told him God had a purpose for him, perhaps to minister to other lost souls in prison. Smith read to Nichols some more, both from the "Purpose" book and from another popular book that's been dropped from all news accounts of this incident: the New Testament. (In the Hollywood version, Smith will be reading from the Quran.)

Smith knew all about Nichols' violent depredations from TV. Yet she saw him not as a monster, but as one of God's creatures. Most Christians — most people — have trouble seeing the humanity of people who take our parking spots. Smith could see God's hand in a multiple murderer holding her hostage. By showing him genuine Christian love, Smith turned Nichols from a beast to a brother in Christ. This phenomenon, utterly unknown to liberals, is what's known as a "miracle." Top that, Paul Krugman!

Nichols told Smith she was "an angel sent from God," calling her "his sister" and himself her "brother in Christ." Nichols said he had come to Smith's home for a reason, in Smith's words, that "he was lost and God led him right to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of people."

This trampling of our Constitution — I mean this conversation — lasted long into the night. They watched Nichols' shooting people on TV. Nichols said he couldn't believe he was that man. In the morning, Smith made Nichols eggs and pancakes for breakfast. Then she walked out of the apartment to pick up her daughter and to call 911. The last thing Nichols said as Smith was leaving was to say hello to her daughter for him. When the police arrived, Nichols surrendered without incident, an utterly transformed human being.

Heaven help the average liberal if this ever happens to him! What would an urban secularist do? Come sit down and let me read to you from Michael Moore's "Stupid White Men." Or maybe he could put a SpongeBob video in the VCR. WE ARE FAM-I-LEEEEE! At least before he killed again, the dangerous fugitive would have warm feelings toward homosexuals.

It's also another example of how our universities are failing students. Today's college coeds would be dead: They know nothing about Jesus Christ and can't cook a good meal.

Smith saved the soul of a man on a killing spree by talking to him about Christianity. But liberals think this won't work with the Muslims? We ought to fly this Ashley Smith to Saudi Arabia. We could just make her a box lunch every day and send her on her way.

Liberals would approve of a nice Christian girl like Smith going to the Middle East only if she went as a Marine or — better! — if she were getting herself run over by a tank while defending a PLO tunnel into the Gaza Strip used by suicide bombers. Sadly for liberals, feminist lunacy doesn't convert and transform, it browbeats and harangues. The only miracle it has ever performed is getting people to listen to Nancy Pelosi.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: christianity; coulter; liberals; theleft
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To: StoneGiant
in direct violation of his constitutional right to never hear any reference to God, in public or private, for any purpose, ever, ever, ever! For more on this right, go to the "People for the American Way" Web site.

LOL! Coffee-spew alert!

(Well done, Lady, well done!)

21 posted on 04/07/2005 7:27:02 AM PDT by MamaTexan (I am not a *legal entity*, nor am I a 'person' as defined and/or created by law.)
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To: StoneGiant

"women playing roles they do best (making men better people)."

How utterly and gratuitously sexist.


22 posted on 04/07/2005 7:27:09 AM PDT by Adder (Can we bring back stoning again? Please?)
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To: StoneGiant

Way to go, Ann!


23 posted on 04/07/2005 7:27:20 AM PDT by good old days
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To: StoneGiant
Excellant article!

I still think Ann needs to eat a cheeseburger now and then!

24 posted on 04/07/2005 7:27:41 AM PDT by sweet_diane ("Will I dance for you Jesus? Or in awe of You be still? I can only imagine..I can only imagine.")
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To: Rummyfan; humblegunner

Did you notice the scrolling text on that pic?


25 posted on 04/07/2005 7:27:52 AM PDT by thoughtomator ("The Passion of the Opus" - 2 hours of a FReeper being crucified on his own self-pitying thread)
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To: StoneGiant
"we have a beautiful pair of bookmarks to the exact same incident illustrating women's special skills and deficits. The escape and capture of Brian Nichols shows women playing roles they should not (escorting dangerous criminals) and women playing roles they do best (making men better people)."

bingo

26 posted on 04/07/2005 7:29:29 AM PDT by sweet_diane ("Will I dance for you Jesus? Or in awe of You be still? I can only imagine..I can only imagine.")
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To: StoneGiant
The key quote:

It's been a tough year for the secularist crowd. There was Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ," the moral values election, the Christian hostage subduing her kidnapper by reading from "The Purpose Driven Life," and the Christian effort to save Terri Schiavo. Not only that, but earlier this year the Rev. James Dobson insulted the Democrats' mascot, SpongeBob SquarePants, with impunity.

27 posted on 04/07/2005 7:32:01 AM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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To: thoughtomator
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28 posted on 04/07/2005 7:32:08 AM PDT by ChadGore (VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
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To: jaydubya2
Good Article, but please lay off Sponge Bob.

I agree. What's the deal with bashing SpongeBob? SpongeBob Rocks!

29 posted on 04/07/2005 7:32:22 AM PDT by Lekker 1 ("There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be attainable"- Albert Einstein)
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To: kezekiel
The Lord works in mysterious ways.

L

30 posted on 04/07/2005 7:32:48 AM PDT by Lurker (Remember the Beirut Bombing; 243 dead Marines. The House of Assad and Hezbollah did it..)
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To: kezekiel
"There must have been hundreds of thousands of legalistic evangelicals who were deeply conflicted that the Holy Spirit would actually occupy a temple that defiles itself with tobacco."

Legalism reigns in the modern church due to so many Christians not knowing the Savior. In the end many will be at the throne saying "Lord, Lord, did we not do many great works in your name?" And God will say "I never knew you. Depart from me." Salvation is an act of God in which a person is saved from the penalty of sins. In order to know Salvation one must believe that they are rightly condemned and need to be saved from the penalty of Sin.

To balance things out-smoking does damage the vessel. However smoking or not smoking has no biblical reference in regards to salvation. Charles Spurgeon, one of the greatest preachers ever- smoked. He did stop later in life though.
31 posted on 04/07/2005 7:33:57 AM PDT by American Vet Repairman (Liberalism- Kill babies and women- Let murderers and child rapists free.)
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To: RushCrush
You may enjoy this group...Independent Womens Forum.

The late Barbara Olson was one of the founders, Lynne Cheney is on the board and Abigail Therstrom (who served so valiantly on Mary F'n Berry'sCivil Rights Commission) is a frequent contributor.

32 posted on 04/07/2005 7:35:52 AM PDT by Dutchgirl ([Atheists] may not recognize God but God recognizes them--Newt Gingrich)
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To: Lekker 1
"What's the deal with bashing SpongeBob? SpongeBob Rocks!"
SpongeBob is great, I don't care that some Pro-homo group used his image to promote their agenda. SpongeBob cartoons are probably the funniest modern cartoons out there.
33 posted on 04/07/2005 7:36:41 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: StoneGiant
...we have a beautiful pair of bookmarks to the exact same incident illustrating women's special skills and deficits. The escape and capture of Brian Nichols shows women playing roles they should not (escorting dangerous criminals) and women playing roles they do best (making men better people).

Oh, wow. I just had to stop reading for a moment to say, "Sharp catch!" Thought-provoking observation.

But then, would I expect less?

Dan
Biblical Christianity BLOG

34 posted on 04/07/2005 7:37:50 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: American Vet Repairman
To balance things out-smoking does damage the vessel. However smoking or not smoking has no biblical reference in regards to salvation. Charles Spurgeon, one of the greatest preachers ever- smoked. He did stop later in life though.

All noted and approved, though I further note that many who I've met that would never--NEVER!--let alchohol or tobacco pass their lips and damage their vessel of the Holy Spirit don't mind hanging 50 lbs of fat or more on their vessel.

Thank God there's room in heaven for hypocrites like me.

35 posted on 04/07/2005 7:37:55 AM PDT by kezekiel
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To: thoughtomator

Yes, Humblegunner put that in.... I just think it's a great picture!


36 posted on 04/07/2005 7:41:42 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: kezekiel

I further note that many who I've met that would never--NEVER!--let alchohol or tobacco pass their lips and damage their vessel of the Holy Spirit don't mind hanging 50 lbs of fat or more on their vessel.


I'm guilty of that one. After lunch I might try to fast and pray till dinner.


37 posted on 04/07/2005 7:47:07 AM PDT by American Vet Repairman (Liberalism- Kill babies and women- Let murderers and child rapists free.)
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To: jaydubya2

SpongeBob == uber1337 h4X0r :)


38 posted on 04/07/2005 7:53:02 AM PDT by explodingspleen (http://mish-mash.info/)
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To: RushCrush

I've had my liberal friends accuse me of wanting to see all women barefoot and pregnant all the time and my conservative friends accuse me of being a virulent feminist. And I'm the same person to both. A matter of perspective.


39 posted on 04/07/2005 7:55:10 AM PDT by twigs
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