From the article:
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Jan 5, 2006
by Chuck Colson ( bio | archive )

The New York Times ushered in the new year with a nice gift for
Christians—one it did not give to anyone else: a slap in the face.

The slap came in the form of a piece written by Thomas Vinciguerra. It
was titled, “The Pre-Blogger: Find Mencken at
nature-abhors-a-moron.com.” Sixty years ago, H. L. Mencken was one of
America’s most acerbic social critics, and the Times was speculating
on whether Mencken would have become a blogger. Vinciguerra then
offered entries from a hypothetical Mencken blog—entries that were
indicative of both the bigotry and ignorance of the New York Times.

One entry read: “Sanity has triumphed in Dover, Pennsylvania, where
the boobs who tried to foist intelligent design on the local lyceums
have been soundly thrashed . . . Would that this victory were
permanent. It will take more than jurisprudence to retire the forces
of ignorance. Meanwhile, we can only hope they engage in less
egregious forms of buncombe—like installing the Ten Commandments in
public squares, or speaking in tongues.”

Ha, ha, ha. Very funny.

Of course, Mencken referred to Christians as “rustic ignoramuses” when
he wasn’t calling us worse things. But he also had insulting things to
say about women, Blacks, and Jews—comments that today we recognize as
both ignorant and offensive. To its credit, the Times would never
dream of trying to be funny by calling Blacks and women mentally
inferior, or by imitating Mencken’s viciously anti-Semitic comments.
But when it comes to Christians, all bets are off. And like any bigot,
the newspaper that celebrates itself for politically correct tolerance
and exquisite sensitivity can’t seem to recognize its own blind
prejudice.

The Times also exposed its ignorance of the kind of people who espouse
intelligent design. Does it realize it is calling Albert Einstein a
boob? Einstein once said: “God does not play dice with the cosmos”—he
found design in the universe.

nominated for a Nobel Prize—is another “boob” who believes in the
intelligent design theory.

biochemist who has proven the “irreducible complexity” of the human
cell structure.

famous British philosopher. Throughout his long career, Flew argued
that there was a “presumption of atheism”—that is, the existence of a
creator could not be proved. Intelligent design caused Flew, at the
age of 81, to reverse himself and acknowledge God as creator. Flew is
“ignorant”?

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Read it at
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/chuckcolson/2006/01/05/181080.html

From the article:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Jan 5, 2006
by Chuck Colson ( bio | archive )

The New York Times ushered in the new year with a nice gift for
Christians—one it did not give to anyone else: a slap in the face.

The slap came in the form of a piece written by Thomas Vinciguerra. It
was titled, “The Pre-Blogger: Find Mencken at
nature-abhors-a-moron.com.” Sixty years ago, H. L. Mencken was one of
America’s most acerbic social critics, and the Times was speculating
on whether Mencken would have become a blogger. Vinciguerra then
offered entries from a hypothetical Mencken blog—entries that were
indicative of both the bigotry and ignorance of the New York Times.

One entry read: “Sanity has triumphed in Dover, Pennsylvania, where
the boobs who tried to foist intelligent design on the local lyceums
have been soundly thrashed . . . Would that this victory were
permanent. It will take more than jurisprudence to retire the forces
of ignorance. Meanwhile, we can only hope they engage in less
egregious forms of buncombe—like installing the Ten Commandments in
public squares, or speaking in tongues.”

Ha, ha, ha. Very funny.

Of course, Mencken referred to Christians as “rustic ignoramuses” when
he wasn’t calling us worse things.

The Times also exposed its ignorance of the kind of people who espouse
intelligent design. Does it realize it is calling Albert Einstein a
boob? Einstein once said: “God does not play dice with the cosmos”—he
found design in the universe.

Scientist Fritz Schaefer—four times
nominated for a Nobel Prize—is another “boob” who believes in the
intelligent design theory.

So does Professor Michael Behe,

the Lehigh
biochemist who has proven the “irreducible complexity” of the human
cell structure.

From the article:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Jan 5, 2006
by Chuck Colson ( bio | archive )

The New York Times ushered in the new year with a nice gift for
Christians-one it did not give to anyone else: a slap in the face.

The slap came in the form of a piece written by Thomas Vinciguerra. It
was titled, "The Pre-Blogger: Find Mencken at
nature-abhors-a-moron.com." Sixty years ago, H. L. Mencken was one of
America's most acerbic social critics, and the Times was speculating
on whether Mencken would have become a blogger. Vinciguerra then
offered entries from a hypothetical Mencken blog-entries that were
indicative of both the bigotry and ignorance of the New York Times.

One entry read: "Sanity has triumphed in Dover, Pennsylvania, where
the boobs who tried to foist intelligent design on the local lyceums
have been soundly thrashed . . . Would that this victory were
permanent. It will take more than jurisprudence to retire the forces
of ignorance. Meanwhile, we can only hope they engage in less
egregious forms of buncombe-like installing the Ten Commandments in
public squares, or speaking in tongues."

Ha, ha, ha. Very funny.

Of course, Mencken referred to Christians as "rustic ignoramuses" when
he wasn't calling us worse things. But he also had insulting things to
say about women, Blacks, and Jews-comments that today we recognize as
both ignorant and offensive. To its credit, the Times would never
dream of trying to be funny by calling Blacks and women mentally
inferior, or by imitating Mencken's viciously anti-Semitic comments.
But when it comes to Christians, all bets are off. And like any bigot,
the newspaper that celebrates itself for politically correct tolerance
and exquisite sensitivity can't seem to recognize its own blind
prejudice.

The Times also exposed its ignorance of the kind of people who espouse
intelligent design. Does it realize it is calling Albert Einstein a
boob?

Einstein once said: "God does not play dice with the cosmos"-he
found design in the universe.

Scientist Fritz Schaefer-four times
nominated for a Nobel Prize-is another "boob" who believes in the
intelligent design theory.

So does Professor Michael Behe, the Lehigh
biochemist who has proven the "irreducible complexity" of the human
cell structure.

And then there is Oxford Professor Antony Flew, the
famous British philosopher. Throughout his long career, Flew argued
that there was a "presumption of atheism"-that is, the existence of a
creator could not be proved. Intelligent design caused Flew, at the
age of 81, to reverse himself and acknowledge God as creator. Flew is
"ignorant"?

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Read it at
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/chuckcolson/2006/01/05/181080.html









J. Spaceman

From the article:
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Jan 5, 2006
by Chuck Colson ( bio | archive )

The New York Times ushered in the new year with a nice gift for
Christians-one it did not give to anyone else: a slap in the face.

Read it at
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/chuckcolson/2006/01/05/181080.html