This book attacks the established state religion of liberalism and their sacred cows: soft on violent criminals, abortion, pretensions of infallibility ( grieving women can�t be wrong), the education establishment (read racket), the use of junk science to promote an agenda (global warming anyone?) and the pseudoscience of Darwinism.
Miss Coulter has articulated what I�ve been thinking about from time to time. But since she got published first, I guess that makes me a �ditto head.� Oh, if only I had gotten published first ! It is interesting that she takes Haeckel to task for using drawings of adult males to �prove� that the black man is closer to the ape than the white man. I think I did express my views on the drawings of Haeckel�s adult drawings earlier on my website. But I would not be so vain to claim originality. Perhaps I could say great minds think alike. But actually all it takes is a little common sense. It doesn�t take a rocket scientist to figure that if Haeckel used fraud in one instance, he would probably use fraud in other instances.
The book is highly detailed and well researched, though I would disagree with her on a few factual points. For example, I don�t think it was the jury who decided in the Scopes trial, rather it was Darrow who changed the plea to guilty in order to avoid cross examination. Also I think she mistakenly referred to Wickramasinghe as an atheist. My friend, who covered the trial reported him to be a Buddhist/ pantheist. But I don�t expect Miss Coulter to be infallible. As the Japanese say: �even monkey slips off tree.� Translation: even experts make mistakes.
Ann Coulter does not appear to be a creationist believing in a literal Genesis account. She appears to be more in the intelligent design camp. I wish she would be a creationist and consider that revelation could be a valid way of knowing about the past. In other words, I believe revelation from God as expressed in the Bible is a valid epistemology. (Epistemology is the fancy way of saying �how do I know that I know.�) But even though she does not seem to accept a literal account of creation, she does a great job of exposing the myths, frauds and phony rationales supporting evolution.
While I devoted my review to her treatment of Darwinism, (she devotes the last 4 chapters to the subject), I must also say that the other chapters are also well worth reading.
# posted by GuyTak @ 11:49 AM
