Summit Ministries

Our 2008 Australian Summit was conducted in Melbourne at the Deakin University campus. The college bookstore was drenched in Richard Dawkins. His picture was everywhere, promoting his book The God Delusion. But nowhere to be found were any works challenging Dawkin's atheism, evolution, humanism (but I repeat myself). Dawkins teaches at Oxford University, but so does John C. Lennox. Alas, the bookstore had no interest in Lennox, only Dawkins! Also not to be found was Berlinski's The Devil's Delusion, "the definitive book of the new millennium," according to George Gilder.

"Et tu, Brute?" Caesar utters these words as he is being stabbed to death and recognizing his friend Brutus among the assassins. The most famous three words in literature (Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, III, 1, 77) streak down through the centuries as the ultimate betrayal by one's closest friend.

Ben Stein's film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed has broken through the steel ceiling around Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Colorado Springs Gazette (April 18, 2008) devoted nearly a page to the discussion of Intelligent Design (ID). One article by an agnostic actually supported ID being discussed in science classrooms; another article by an atheist disagreed, saying ID has no place in science classrooms, but could be discussed as a mental disorder in psychology classes. Insisting that ID is pseudoscience, not science, the atheist says, "Science produces testable guesses. If something isn't testable, it's not scientific."

On April 23, 2008, a debate between Michael Newdow and Chris Leland was held at the Focus on the Family campus. The content of the debate was whether or not the American Pledge of Allegiance and its phrase "One Nation Under God" along with "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency violates the U.S. Constitution.

Just when it seems that Ted Turner is beginning to relax and make some sense (he is launching a $200 million partnership with Lutherans and Methodists to fight malaria in Africa), he proves once again that old dogs have a difficult time learning new tricks. Either that, or his lithium meds need to be reprogrammed!

Soon after announcing his promising and highly doable anti-malaria campaign he tells the world that global warming "could lead to cannibalism." His answer - stabilize the population! "We've too many people, that's why we have global warming. Too many people are using too much stuff." Ted's way to stabilize the population - have couples pledge to have only one or two children.