August 12, 2005

Intellectuals Against Divine Intellect

By George Neumayr
No group is more opposed to the idea of intellect behind nature than "intellectuals." The absence of intelligence in the universe —— save the intelligence they find abundantly in themselves and search for eagerly in space —— is a Darwinian fable that brings powerful comfort to intellectuals. When this fable of chance is challenged, the great minds of our time insist that the universe is mindless, though CBS's Bob Schieffer did suspend his impatience with the idea of intelligent design momentarily during an attempted witticism on Larry King Live after Peter Jennings' death —— "If there is anything to this whole intelligent design business — and I don't think there is — but if there were, I mean, Peter would be an example of it, because he was designed to be a foreign correspondent." Why does the idea of an intelligent cause behind nature trigger apoplexy amongst intellectuals, still on display in their disgust at President Bush for...(Read Full Article)