At a mass meeting in Berlin, Hitler was haranguing the crowd, shrieking: “And who is responsible for all our troubles?,” expecting the crowd to shout, “The Jews.”

However, a little Jew shouts back, “The bicycle riders!”

Hitler looks up, astonished. “Why the bicycle riders?” he asks.

“Why the Jews?” replies the Jew.

Charles isn’t any of those things, yet he writes from the standpoint of taking right and wrong deadly seriously. He makes bold value judgements in a way that exudes moral integrity. That is an inherently powerful platform from which to voice one’s opinions.

It is that attribute of his writing that evokes CDS (Charles Derangement Syndrome) in many of his opponents.

I’m Orthodox Jewish and pretty much skip the anti-Creationist stuff and increasingly skip the comments. I know of many Ivy League Orthodox Jewish science professors who contribute more to science and humanity (religious AND secular) in a month than the entire Religion of Peace does in a millennium.

Is there a Muslim equivalent to http://www.israel21c.org ?

When was the last time a non-Muslim benefited from a fundamentalist Muslim?

Science is a “materialistic” subject in that it aims at understanding the material world. The Discovery Institute’s express agenda is to discredit the materialistic world-view, and it seeks to undermine science as a means of understanding our world by muddying the very definition of science.

Pushing intelligent design is just one of DI’s tactics.

Science is science. Some scientists believe that science renders spiritual beliefs superfluous; others do not. Both positions are ultimately matters of faith, and neither belongs in a science class IMO.

Some creationists fear science for the same reason that some Muslims fear critical (in the non-pejorative sense) analysis of Islam and some Jews fear proselytization: they are afraid of losing part of their flock.

What I find odious about outfits like the Discovery Institute and Jews for Jesus is that they fly under false colors.

Charles has posted a comment that got someone blocked from his site.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/32990_Uncle_Jimbo_Apologizes_Banned_User_Lies/comments/#ctop
Clearly, the comment was an implied threat of physical violence against CAIR. So we can see that Charles is making appropriate decisions in blocking previously registered users.

Actually, it would be great if Charles did a post with more examples and included the explanation of why the comment was unacceptable so we could better understand what is going on. For example, would Angry White Guy have been banned for saying “towelhead” if he had not also made the violent threat?

Charles Johnson has written many times that evolution and belief in God are not incompatible. He really does not have any problem with religious people – he just doesn’t want their faith taught in science classes. Don’t try to paint him as the second coming of Madeline Murray O’Hare – he certainly isn’t.

Personally, I find his anti-creationist jihad dull – so I just skip over those posts. There is plenty of other good stuff on his blog.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/32986_Et_Tu_Meryl/comments/#ctop

I’ve been reading LGF every day since shortly after 9/11, 2001. I have yet to find a single reason to side with those bloggers who have become Charles’ enemies. I don’t agree with everything Charles says or does. But I don’t understand the vitriol launched at him, either.

I won’t allow it here.

Andrew73, Charles has always been a friend to Jews. That puts him pretty high up on my list, too. I know that if he and I ever get into a disagreement, he will never throw around anti-Semitic slurs.

That happened with another blogger that used to travel in my circles. He retired, and came back, and has since sent me link requests. Yeah, over my dead and buried bones. I have a long memory about things like that.

As for LGF/Charles, maybe he’s just…evolved?