IT'S ALIENS ALL THE WAY UP....:

Ben Stein Provokes the Liberal Wrath (Phyllis Schlafly, May 05, 2008, Townhall)

Liberals are particularly upset because the movie identifies Darwinism, rather than evolution, as the sacred word that must be isolated from criticism. But that semantic choice makes good sense because Darwinism is easily defined by Darwin's own writings, whereas the word evolution is subject to different and even contrary definitions.

The truly funny part of the movie is Stein's interview with Richard Dawkins, whose best-selling book "The God Delusion" (Mariner Books, $15.95) established this Englishman as the world's premier atheist. Dawkins is a leading advocate of the theory that all life evolved from a single beginning in an ancient mud puddle, perhaps after being struck by lightning.

Putting aside the issue of evolving, how did life begin in the first place? Under Stein's questioning, Dawkins finally said it is possible that life might have evolved on Earth after the arrival of a more highly developed being from another planet.

Aren't aliens from outer space the stuff of science fiction? And how was the other-planet alien created? According to Dawkins, life must have just spontaneously evolved on another planet, of course without God.

Central to the creation myth of the cult of Darwin is the canard that he came up with a revolutionary theory by the exercise of intellectual brawn. The reality, of course, is that he and his theory were just a product of the cultural milieu. Darwinism was accepted because it fit so well within the set of accepted pre-existing ideas that dominated society. All he did was apply Adam Smith's economics to Creation--which is, after all, an evolutionary story. The problem lay in his removal of intelligence from the equation, which is why the theory doesn't work in practice, unlike capitalism. and why the leading defender of Darwinism here advocates Intelligent Design via aliens.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 13, 2008 7:24 AM