Idols of a 'jealous God'
By Shelley Widhalm
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
December 22, 2005

Pamela R. Winnick was labeled a fanatic and a member of the "religious right" five years ago when she published an article about a scientist skeptical of Darwin's theory of evolution.

In fact, Ms.Winnick says, she is a nonreligious Jewish Democrat. But the outcry against her article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette caused her to question the claims made on behalf of science.

"The scientific community cannot bear being challenged, even when they are patently wrong. They have come to see themselves as gods, and they don't like anyone challenging them," she said last week at the Discovery Institute, discussing her new book, "A Jealous God: Science's Crusade Against Religion." The rest