This is certainly an interesting little tidbit that I missed the first time around. A couple months ago, in Pennsylvania, a conference was held called "When Christians and Cultures Clash." One of the presenters there was an attorney named Randy Wenger, who is affiliated with the Alliance Defense Fund, the religious right legal group behind the frivolous Steven Williams lawsuit in Cupertino, California and a close ally of the Discovery Institute. Wenger is also the attorney who filed amicus briefs on behalf of the DI and the Foundation for Thought and Ethics in the Dover case. Listen to what he had to say at this conference (link no longer works, unfortunately):
But even with God's blessing, it's helpful to consult a lawyer before joining the battle, the speakers said.
For instance, the Dover area school board might have had a better case for the intelligent design disclaimer they inserted into high school biology classes had they not mentioned a religious motivation at their meetings, Wenger said.
"Give us a call before you do something controversial like that," he said.
"I think we need to do a better job at being clever as serpents," Wenger added.
Isn't that interesting? The serpent, of course, is very important in Christian thinking as a symbol for lying. The serpent in the garden of Eden is said to have lied to Eve to get her to eat the apple. And here an ADF attorney is encouraging Christians to be deceitful in hiding their motivations for the good of their legal strategy. In other words, he wants them to lie. This comes as no surprise to those of us who have folllowed the ID movement over the years. We've documented their obvious attempts to cover up their past statements and wish them away ad nauseum. But it's nice to see one of them come right out and admit it like that.