Wisdom is as wisdom writes

Ah, today is such an easy one to write.

In today's local paper, a clever op/ed writer named James Gill has much to say about lunacy.

He writes (among other things):

"It no longer makes sense to suggest the creationists are making a laughing stock out of Louisiana. They have just lost a round in Baton Rouge -- stop the presses! -- and, besides, they have been comprehensively upstaged by Catholic bishops meeting in Baltimore. It just isn't fair to mock some simple soul who believes Darwin was a hoaxer when learned prelates can forgather to confront an outbreak of demonic possession."

He writes: "How deluded creationists are is not easy to tell, for they keep shifting ground as the courts block their attempts to proselytize in the public schools. Some 30 years ago, when the Louisiana Legislature passed an unconstitutional law requiring evolution to be counterbalanced with Genesis, true believers would tell you that God created the world Oct. 23, 4004 BC."

And he wrote: "When the Education Department drafted rules for implementing the act, and proposed to ban "materials that teach creationism or intelligent design or that advance the religious belief that a supernatural being created humankind," the creationists raised holy hell. BESE was only too pleased to do their bidding and scotch the rule out. No doubt the creationists now figure they will fare better back before BESE than when they were trying to lean on the advisory council, but maybe the advisory council vote signals that the tide has finally turned against them. Or maybe eight of the council members had been possessed by demons. There must be a logical explanation somewhere."

Very funny, huh? Love the demonic mention, after setting it up earlier in the column about Catholic bishops trying to increase the number of qualified exorcists. Loved the logical explanation reference. Loved the holy hell line. Very funny, this James Gill.

I could write a rebuttal, but apparently I'm a looney tune when it comes to believing that God created humankind. Apparently it is absolute lunacy to believe that God created without randomness. Apparently I'm nuts if I believe that there was a void and God filled it with life.

Despite there being no evidence whatsoever that God DIDN'T create or even logical evidence, reasoned evidence that God DIDN'T speak this world into being, Mr. Gill, a British scholar obviously with all the known answers, speaks as if he has that evidence.

And anyone who believes differently, well, their IQ is below the cost of a happy meal.

Do all Christians believe the same about this text known as Genesis? No. Do all scientists believe without question that creationism is ridiculous? No.

If Mr. Gill's point is that creationism shouldn't be taught in school, according to American constitutional law, perhaps that might be true. Creationism might be best taught in another environment, like say, the home, the church, the weekly meetings of informed minds (of which Mr. Gill would be invited, but obviously would not attend). But to say without question that anyone who believes that God created this world is infantile, that's a bridge too far.

In the beginning, there was only God. James Gill wasn't there. His educators weren't there. His scientists weren't there. Period.

Paul, a foreigner of great intellect as well as Mr. Gill, said of these op/ed columnists: "Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”;[a] 20 and again, “The LORD knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile."

God must chuckle about our self-proclaimed wisdom.