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Tis the Season to Bash Christians
12/24/2003

Fa la la la la la la la la.

Glenn Reynolds drummed up this knee slapper for your reading pleasure on Christmas Eve:

Our leading bishops demand hard evidence of Saddam Hussein's possession of weapons of mass destruction. If we were to demand the same level of proof from their profession, they would all be out of a job.

As much of a hawk as I am, I don't think even Reynolds wants our government to conduct the war on terror based on faith. On the other hand, atheists who supported the war might do well, in this context, to remember that they have, in fact, argued that a lack of "hard evidence" does not mean that the weapons did (and do) not exist.

All in all, it's a mild jab, but one questions its timing.

Posted by Justin Katz @ 10:45 AM EST

1 Comment

Don't blame Glen, he's pointing at angry ex-Catholic Andrew Sullivan who dragged out of obscurity a letter to the editors of the London Times by one Avril Segal who was commenting on a statement by "bishops" (Anglican? Catholic?) from 1/19/2003. Since the letter mocks faith it has a ready audience -- for the Times to print it and for Sullivan to reprint it.

Patrick Sweeney @ 12/24/2003 11:16 AM EST