Coulter Does NYT a Favor; Reviews Own Book

Human Events ^ | June 7, 2006 | Ann Coulter

[boryeulb]

The long-anticipated book Godless: The Church of Liberalism was finally released this week. If the New York Times reviews it at all, they'll only talk about the Ann Coulter action-figure doll, so I think I'll write my own review.

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Godless begins with a murder at the Louvre and then takes readers on a roller-coaster ride through the Church of Liberalism in a desperate game of cat and mouse in which the hunter becomes the hunted -- with a twist at the end you simply won't believe! It's a real page-turner -- even the book-on-tape version and large-print edition! Who knew a book about politics could make such an ideal gift -- especially with Father's Day just two weeks away!

The main problem with Godless is that I had to walk through the valley of darkness to find it. You will have to push past surly bookstore clerks, proceed past the weird people in the "self-help" section, and finally past the stacks and stacks of Hillary Clinton's memoirs. If all else fails, ask for the "hate speech" section of your local bookstore. Ironically, if you find Godless without asking for assistance, it's considered a minor miracle.

This is not a book about liberals. I stress this in anticipation of Alan Colmes hectoring the author to name names. (For people who resented being asked to "name names" during the 1950s, these liberals sure aren't shy about demanding that conservatives do the same today.)

It is a book about liberalism, our official state religion. Liberalism is a doctrine with a specific set of tenets that can be discussed, just like other religions.

The Christian religion, for example, frowns on lying and premarital sex. That is simply a fact about Christianity. This does not mean no Christian has ever lied or had premarital sex. Indeed, some Christians have committed murder, adultery, thievery, gluttony. That does not mean there's no such thing as Christianity any more than videotape of Rep. William Jefferson accepting cash bribes means there's no such thing as congressional ethics rules.

Similarly, the liberal religion supports abortion, but that doesn't mean every single liberal has had an abortion. We can rejoice that liberals do not always practice their religion.

Godless examines a set of beliefs known as "liberalism." It is the doctrine that prompts otherwise seemingly sane people to propose teaching children how to masturbate, allowing gays to marry, releasing murderers from prison, and teaching children that they share a common ancestor with the earthworm. (They haven't yet found the common ancestor ... but like O.J., the search continues.)

The demand that their religion be discussed only with reference to specific individuals -- who is godless? are you saying I'm godless? -- is simply an attempt to prevent us from talking about their religion. This tactic didn't work with Slander or Treason, and it's not going to work now.

It's not just that liberals ban Reform rabbis from saying brief prayers at high school graduations and swoop down on courthouses and town squares across America to cart off Ten Commandments monuments. The liberal hostility to God-based religions has already been copiously documented by many others. Godless goes far beyond this well-established liberal hostility to real religions.

The thesis of Godless is: Liberalism IS a religion. The liberal religion has its own cosmology, its own explanation for why we are here, its own gods, its own clergy. The basic tenet of liberalism is that nature is god and men are monkeys. (Except not as pure-hearted as actual monkeys, who don't pollute, make nukes or believe in God.)

Liberals deny, of course, that liberalism is a religion -- otherwise, they'd lose their government funding. "Separation of church and state" means separation of YOUR church from the state, but total unity between their church and the state.

Two months ago, the 9th Circuit held that a school can prohibit a student from exercising his First Amendment rights by wearing a T-shirt that said "Homosexuality Is Shameful."

Even the left's pretend-adoration of "free speech" (meaning: treason and pornography) must give way to speech that is contrary to the tenets of the church of liberalism on the sacred grounds of a government school.

How might the ACLU respond if a school attempted to ban a T-shirt that said something like "Creationism Is Shameful"? We'd never hear the end of warnings about the coming theocracy.

In fact, students are actually required to wear "Creationism Is Shameful" T-shirts in Dover, Pa., where -- thanks to a lawsuit by the ACLU -- the liberal clergy have declared Darwinism the only true church, immunized from argument. Ye shall put no other God before it. Not one.

Liberals believe in Darwinism as a matter of faith, despite the fact that, at this point, the only thing that can be said for certain about Darwinism is that it would take less time for (1) a single-celled organism to evolve into a human being through mutation and natural selection than for (2) Darwinists to admit they have no proof of (1).

If only Darwinism were true, someday we might evolve public schools with the ability to entertain opposable ideas about the creation of man.

[seanmerc]

How would you reconcile that with Mark 16:15, which says, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature"?

As for hijacking an AC thread, if you read her book you will discover that her faith is central to her life. I think the discussion is perfectly relevant.

I am not lecturing you, nor do I harbor a holier-than-thou attitude. If you read my earlier posts, you will see that I readily admit that I have sinned and fall short of God's mark--on my own. However, like every other born-again Christian, I am now robed in the righteousness of Christ. When the Father looks at those who have been born again, He doesn't see our sins. He sees the righteousness of His Son.

My salvation has nothing to do with the "religious fervor" that I possess. Just between us, I hate religion. I think Jesus did, too. I think that religion pushes people away from God. It's all about relationship with Him. That's what being born again gives us. It's literally a life or death issue. The command in Mark 16:15 and the urgency of our need are what drives me. It's not anything I would classify as religious fervor.

If you have read the Bible several times and don't know the thoughts of Jesus and God, then you might want to ask yourself why that is. James 1:5 says, "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him."

When you say that I feel that "everyone needs saving - and most do," you're partly correct. Everyone DOES need saving, not "most." See Romans 3:23--"all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."

I'll say it again--if you have a problem with what God's word says, your problem is with Him, not me.

[FourtySeven]

You might be interested in my post #160 on this thread. And by the way, the only reason I clicked on this one yesterday was because of the title, I found it intriguing. I usually didn't click on Ann Coulter threads after her comment at CPAC, as a general rule (you can check my posting history for confirmation of that), and now I certainly won't be in the future.

[Wormwood]

Sunday school is not a public school.

And vice versa.

[FourtySeven]

So who's doing the name-calling now?

You're 100% right. I shouldn't have used that term.

[js1138]

Don't do it.

[7thson]

I never said I have a problem with God or his word. I have a problem with you and people like you. You ask about reconcilation. Nothing needs to be reconciled. Both passages are correct and one does not supercede the other. Both are from the Bible. Yes, Jesus said go preach the word. But He did not say beat them over the head with it, which is what you are doing. He said if they do accept you or the word, then God will deal with them later. He did not say you or anyone else deal with here and now. He said God will deal with them. As I have stated before, and you never want to address, if a person has always believed in Jesus, why does he need to born again?

[7thson]

Then Goodbye. Also, being a Muslim is not being part of a race.

[7thson]

Your Bible may tell you that, but my Bible tells me to be careful how you judge as you will be judged that way. We make judgements all the time. Parents make judgements concerning their children's friends. We make judgements of people whom we hang out with. Jesus never said do not judge anyone. God wants us to be careful how we judge people - the simple saying don't judge a book by it's cover. Jesus wants us to make good judgements - i.e., judge a tree by the fruit it produces. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit and vice versa. Read your Bible again or go talk to a preist.

[RogueIsland]

They are Dracian, saganite, HarmlessLovableFuzzball, FourtySeven, Rogueisland, and Right Wing Professor. My question - if you dislike her so much, why bother reading a thread about her?

Because I liked her until I discovered she is in fact a ditz and an scientific imbecile who actually thinks Dembski has something intelligent to say.

[Right Wing Professor]

My question - if you dislike her so much, why bother reading a thread about her?

Coulter is a disgrace and an embarrassment to conservatism. Her books are full of distortions, half-truths and complete fabrications. She is a bomb-thorwer who seems to get off on seeing how many people she can outrage. She does immense damage to us all, and as a conservative, I want her gone.

Coulter, a poli. science major who went to law school, also has taken it upon herself to instruct us all on what science is and is not. As someone who has been doing science for a third of a century, I have a stake in that. AND, having read the 'science' sections of her book, I can tell you she knows about as much science as my cat. I've seen more intelligent attacks on the theory of evolution right here on FR. Science is not merely a matter of opinion; there is right, and there is wrong, and Coulter is wrong, over and over and over again.

Finally, a scientific theory is never proven in the mathematical sense. The theory of evolution is however substantiated better than any in science. The opposition to evolution arises from religous fundamentalism, not science.

If you want some specific examples of Coulter's errors, check my blog or the Darwin Central blog. And interestingly, neither of us have even started writing about Coulter's take on evolution; we're still on the idiotic things she wrote about DDT and about the Chernobyl disaster.

[seanmerc]

Nobody has "always" believed in Jesus. Your parents can't make the decision for you when you're a baby. It's a decision we all have to make on our own. Jesus Himself said, "Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'" [John 3:7]. Read John chapter 3 and you will see Jesus, in His own words, tell you why you need to be born again and how you can be born again. I'll repeat Jesus' words from John 3:3: "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Those are Jesus' words, not mine. I am merely quoting Him. A person needs to be born again because Jesus (the only begotten Son of God) said so. It's that simple.

I sense that you're under the conviction of the Holy Spirit. I will be praying for you.

[Paulus Invictus]

She writes a well-read column, excellent books and is on TV all the time, but that does not make her an attention wh*re. It makes her what she is, a very bright, engaging, forthright, entertaining and honest person. Getalife!

[N. Theknow]

My Bible doesn't mention Carl Sagan. It does, however, warn about judging others.

Most people quote a certain passage about judging others but have no concept of what it means other than throwing a "Bible verse" at someone with whom they disagree to demonstrate their "knowledge" of scripture.

The judgement warning is the single most misused quote of the Bible simply because it is used by so many to justify their own failings rather than to judge that which is unholy as to compared to what is Holy.

[Paulus Invictus]

"She is a very mediocre writer."

Would that I had her talent for writing and making money from it while making the RATs squirm as they read her spot-on truth attacks directed at them. Oh, and how do you qualify to judge what writing is mediocre? Are you a known literary critic? If so, your credentials, please.

[7thson]

And once again, I will post Jesus' words -

If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

Those are His words, not mine. They are from Matthew 10:13-15. You seem to want to disregard them. And you show your arrogance once again in presuming I am not 'born again' and that your faith and believe is stronger than mine. I suggest you read what Jesus has to say concerning the foreman getting workers during different parts of the day, the throwing of seeds into different soil, and the prodigal son. In a nutshell, we all come to Christ and God in our own time. When we do, it does not matter at what time, we all are treated as equal believers. The seed grows differently in different soils. And if it takes and then washes away, the Father will take you back if you make the step towards him.

I believe in Jesus. I believe in God. You make the assumption I do not and need to be born again. That is your arrogance, which is also a sin. I read from both the New and Old Testaments. The Old Testaments - especially in Proverbs and Wisdom - has awesome advice concerning arrogance, the arrogant, and fools. If you are not Catholic, I suggest you pick up a Catholic Bible and read Wisdom.

BT AR (no reply necessary, none required)

[pgyanke]

I read some of your blog and have reviewed many of your posts here at FR. If you truly consider yourself "right wing", you are as delusional as DU and Kos that rally against the "right wing" media. At least Ann Coulter footnotes... care to footnote any of your assertions on your blog or attack her footnoted points directly?

- Just another dumb Christian bubba.

[Right Wing Professor]

I read some of your blog and have reviewed many of your posts here at FR. If you truly consider yourself "right wing", you are as delusional as DU and Kos that rally against the "right wing" media. At least Ann Coulter footnotes... care to footnote any of your assertions on your blog or attack her footnoted points directly?

Those little blue highlighted pieces of text are called links, guy. If you move the pointer over the link and click on the mouse button, you can find the reference.

You'll note that Coulter did not footnote her claim that the State Department told African governments in 1986 that they'd cut off aid if the governments used DDT for malaria control. That's because it never happened. She also didn't footnote the claim that the US and EU threatened to ban Ugandan imports. That's because what she wrote was a complete distortion, and had she footnoted it, you could check.

[seanmerc]

Since you aren't representing my views correctly, let me just say that I do not (and did not) presume that you do not believe in God. Of course, it takes more than belief. The devil believes in Jesus but he's still doomed to hell.

It's not about what church you attend, or how much money you give, or how hard you work. It's about having a right relationship with Christ. That's the determining factor.

As for whether you're born again, that's something only you and the Lord know for sure. It's hard for me to believe that someone who is truly born again would react as harshly as you have to someone quoting God's word.

As for being Catholic, I was born and raised Catholic. I spent twelve years in Catholic schools, with religion classes every day. After I had spent 25 years in the Catholic church, God got ahold of me and convinced me of my need to be born again. I left the Catholic church because I just couldn't reconcile the many contradictions between what the Catholic church teaches and what God's word teaches.

[AndyTheBear]

What I DO know is that unless Sagan had a deathbed conversion [possible but unlikely], he is in hell right now. If you don't repent and turn from your sins, you'll be joining him. I wouldn't want that to happen to you.

As far a I can tell the dead have yet to face final judgment. Hell comes later.

[AndyTheBear]

Argumentum ad Baculum.

If your point is better made in a language that other posters don't speak, it must not be worth much.