Friday, November 05, 2004
Religious beliefs and the enlightenment...
...are not mutually exclusive, as Garry Wills would have you believe after reading his oped piece in the NYTs. His final sentence sums up his bias pretty well: "The moral zealots will, I predict, give some cause for dismay even to nonfundamentalist Republicans. Jihads are scary things. It is not too early to start yearning back toward the Enlightenment." Jihads? I don't know many evangelicals that want to blow up stuff and institute a theocracy in America. They just want a government that is decent and moral.
What's especially interesting, though, is that Mr. Wills contradicts the arguments of a book he wrote ten years ago (hat tip: Glenn Reynolds). Check his inconsistancies here. It's obvious that he's contorting himself to stay in line with Kerry supporters; compromising one's learned opinions that way is just sad.
What's especially interesting, though, is that Mr. Wills contradicts the arguments of a book he wrote ten years ago (hat tip: Glenn Reynolds). Check his inconsistancies here. It's obvious that he's contorting himself to stay in line with Kerry supporters; compromising one's learned opinions that way is just sad.
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