From the article:
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God, unlike, say, North Dakota, has an uncanny gift for staying in the
headlines. Often enough He has His bitterest adversaries to thank for
the press. Michael Newdow, the man who fought to excise "under God"
from the Pledge of Allegiance, is suing yet again to cleanse the public
square of all references to the deity, supplying further proof that bad
head-cases make for bad law. This time around Newdow has decided that
"In God We Trust" on our money has been a symbol of theocratic
oppression all these years and we didn't even know it.
Another proud atheist, Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller fame, took to the
air this week as part of NPR's revived "This I Believe" series to
deliver a passionate and condescending renunciation of God's existence,
mocking believers of all stripes for their faith in their "invisible
little friend."
Still, even the faithful do their part to surround the Lord in public
controversy, as we see in the efforts on behalf of "Intelligent
Design," the belief that God takes time out of his schedule to nudge
evolution along.
We'll have all year to gripe about the public policy issues on both
sides of the God divide. But since this is Thanksgiving, I thought
maybe we could take the discussion in another direction. Thanksgiving,
after all, is first and foremost about giving thanks (a close second is
the tradition of lying on the couch eating super-nummy turkey
sandwiches off your belly like a sea otter munching a crab leg).
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Read it at
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/jonahgoldberg/2005/11/23/176565.html
J. Spaceman
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