The Volokh Conspiracy - Ex-Atheist Larry Darby Accepts God and Jesus. Jews? Not So Much:

Larry Darby — who got 43.5% of the Democratic primary vote for Alabama Attorney General, though I hope because of voters' lack of knowledge rather than enthusiasm for the views I describe below — seems to have had a conversion on the road to Malibu.

His views about Jews (also Zionists and Israelis, but in the context of his statements about Jews, it seems hard to deny that the criticism of Zionists and Israelis is pretty closely linked to his views about Jews) seem the same as before:

Whether the [9/11] attacks were planned or caused by Muslims or, as some evidence and logic suggest, by Israelis and disloyal Americans in high positions of government, the motivation for the attacks surely had a religious nexus ....

[I]nsidious forces are at work destroying the remnants of the Framers' Republic and even our national memory or history of our forefathers and their achievements. Currently, these societal forces or their work product are variously referred to as political correctness, cultural diversity or multiculturalism, all of which are ways to describe the foreign ideology (or its effects) that has always threatened our nation. This ideology is now popularly called Neo-Conservatism and is primarily advocated by Zionists, including Christian Zionists or evangelicals who promote the interests of Israel to the detriment or destruction of the United States and the influence of the posterity of the Framers.

Neo-Conservatism is an outgrowth of a form of Communism called Trotskyism, named for Leon Trotsky, the alias of Lev Bronstein, who was one of the several Jewish masterminds of the 1917 October Revolution that led to the establishment of the Soviet Union. Communism employs socialist ideas of another Jew, Karl Marx, who is known as the founder of modern Communism. The related terms of Marxism, modern Communism, Neo-Conservatism and Zionism are rooted in the Old Testament and Talmud, wherein Jews are deemed to be the master race and to whom Gentiles are to be submissive.

Every U.S. president since Jimmy Carter effectively has made Jewish Supremacism a rule of law by way of "Education Day" proclamations that are based on congressional resolutions that advance the Noahide Laws, Jewish laws that subjugate Gentiles to Jews; Carter also began the tradition of the lighting of the United States "National Menorah" even though Jews allegedly comprise a very small percentage of the U.S. population. Such actions impose foreign ideology on citizens as a matter of law and usurp the authority of the U.S. Constitution.

Other aspects of Jewish Supremacism advanced by powerful government officials or condoned by the federal government that were challenged by the Atheist Law Center include the placement of Jewish idolatry in government buildings and the reciting of prayers to a [nameless] god or moments of silence in government schools, all of which are consistent with the de facto establishment of Judaism as our national or state religion.

Regarding Jewish idolatry, the Atheist Law Center consistently spoke against Chief Justice Roy Moore's efforts to maintain a monument to Jewish law in the rotunda of the Alabama judicial building in Montgomery....

Consistent with its activism in opposition to Communism or Neo-Conservatism and Jewish Supremacy, the Atheist Law Center also challenged the taboo in Alabama and the United States that thou shalt not question the marvelous or incredible tale that Six Millions Jews were systematically exterminated by Adolf Hitler or the German Third Reich, 1933-1945....

The Atheist Law Center hosted [David] Irving at the Prattville Holiday Inn on July 6, 2005. Attendees heard first-hand from the foremost authority on the Third Reich and author of "Hitler's War." Mr. Irving is a genuine historian in that his works are based on original research of documents and interviews with persons who actually knew and worked for Adolf Hitler or the German government or otherwise had first-hand knowledge of the subject matter, as opposed to the recycling of oft-unverifiable assertions put forth as history and recycled by conformist historians that serve the preeminence of Jewry in the United States and elsewhere.

Agents of Judeo-Marxism or enforcers of the politically correct version of the Holocaust and other Jew-related taboos ....

Contrary to expectation, many atheist member organizations or many groups that allegedly represent free thinkers were quick to jump on the Judeo-Marxist bandwagon and dissociate themselves from me, simultaneously demonstrating hypocrisy or rejection of principles of freedom of religion and freedom of speech or freedom to criticize the religion of Judaism. To put it another way, those groups hold that it is OK to criticize Christianity but not Judaism or its influences on American society. The Atheist Law Center held no such sacred cows or taboos....

[Various incidents of] yellow journalism and malicious attacks [details omitted -EV] are just a few examples of how the media or press really works, as described in the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion (Marsden translation from the Russian of Nilus, 1934): "[The press] serves to excite and inflame those passions which are needed for our purpose or else it serves ends of parties. It is often vapid, unjust, mendacious, and the majority of the public have not the slightest idea what ends the press really serves." ...

But here's the kicker, in the last paragraph:

I no longer categorically deny the existence of God. My views have changed based on experiences or understanding of the world around me. I appreciate the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson who, in the Declaration of Independence, spoke of the laws of nature and of nature's God. I agree with moral precepts put forth by Jesus of Nazareth and I am Christian in a sense that Jesus of Nazareth would approve.

I should certainly hope that Jesus of Nazareth would not approve of some of Mr. Darby's quite vocally announced moral precepts, though I regret to say that there are some who do not share my view. Thanks to David Weinstein for the pointer.

The human comedy is an endless source of amusement. If Larry Darby didn't exist, we'd have had to invent him. Oh, wait -- I shouldn't have said that ....

	[Eugene Volokh, August 8, 2006 at 2:02pm] Trackbacks Ex-Atheist Larry Darby Accepts God and Jesus. Jews? Not So Much: Larry Darby — who got 43.5% of the Democratic primary vote for Alabama Attorney General, though I hope because of voters' lack of knowledge rather than enthusiasm for the views I describe below — seems to have had a conversion on the road to Malibu. His views about Jews (also Zionists and Israelis, but in the context of his statements about Jews, it seems hard to deny that the criticism of Zionists and Israelis is pretty closely linked to his views about Jews) seem the same as before: Whether the [9/11] attacks were planned or caused by Muslims or, as some evidence and logic suggest, by Israelis and disloyal Americans in high positions of government, the motivation for the attacks surely had a religious nexus .... [I]nsidious forces are at work destroying the remnants of the Framers' Republic and even our national memory or history of our forefathers and their achievements. Currently, these societal forces or their work product are variously referred to as political correctness, cultural diversity or multiculturalism, all of which are ways to describe the foreign ideology (or its effects) that has always threatened our nation. This ideology is now popularly called Neo-Conservatism and is primarily advocated by Zionists, including Christian Zionists or evangelicals who promote the interests of Israel to the detriment or destruction of the United States and the influence of the posterity of the Framers. Neo-Conservatism is an outgrowth of a form of Communism called Trotskyism, named for Leon Trotsky, the alias of Lev Bronstein, who was one of the several Jewish masterminds of the 1917 October Revolution that led to the establishment of the Soviet Union. Communism employs socialist ideas of another Jew, Karl Marx, who is known as the founder of modern Communism. The related terms of Marxism, modern Communism, Neo-Conservatism and Zionism are rooted in the Old Testament and Talmud, wherein Jews are deemed to be the master race and to whom Gentiles are to be submissive. Every U.S. president since Jimmy Carter effectively has made Jewish Supremacism a rule of law by way of "Education Day" proclamations that are based on congressional resolutions that advance the Noahide Laws, Jewish laws that subjugate Gentiles to Jews; Carter also began the tradition of the lighting of the United States "National Menorah" even though Jews allegedly comprise a very small percentage of the U.S. population. Such actions impose foreign ideology on citizens as a matter of law and usurp the authority of the U.S. Constitution. Other aspects of Jewish Supremacism advanced by powerful government officials or condoned by the federal government that were challenged by the Atheist Law Center include the placement of Jewish idolatry in government buildings and the reciting of prayers to a [nameless] god or moments of silence in government schools, all of which are consistent with the de facto establishment of Judaism as our national or state religion. Regarding Jewish idolatry, the Atheist Law Center consistently spoke against Chief Justice Roy Moore's efforts to maintain a monument to Jewish law in the rotunda of the Alabama judicial building in Montgomery.... Consistent with its activism in opposition to Communism or Neo-Conservatism and Jewish Supremacy, the Atheist Law Center also challenged the taboo in Alabama and the United States that thou shalt not question the marvelous or incredible tale that Six Millions Jews were systematically exterminated by Adolf Hitler or the German Third Reich, 1933-1945.... The Atheist Law Center hosted [David] Irving at the Prattville Holiday Inn on July 6, 2005. Attendees heard first-hand from the foremost authority on the Third Reich and author of "Hitler's War." Mr. Irving is a genuine historian in that his works are based on original research of documents and interviews with persons who actually knew and worked for Adolf Hitler or the German government or otherwise had first-hand knowledge of the subject matter, as opposed to the recycling of oft-unverifiable assertions put forth as history and recycled by conformist historians that serve the preeminence of Jewry in the United States and elsewhere. Agents of Judeo-Marxism or enforcers of the politically correct version of the Holocaust and other Jew-related taboos .... Contrary to expectation, many atheist member organizations or many groups that allegedly represent free thinkers were quick to jump on the Judeo-Marxist bandwagon and dissociate themselves from me, simultaneously demonstrating hypocrisy or rejection of principles of freedom of religion and freedom of speech or freedom to criticize the religion of Judaism. To put it another way, those groups hold that it is OK to criticize Christianity but not Judaism or its influences on American society. The Atheist Law Center held no such sacred cows or taboos.... [Various incidents of] yellow journalism and malicious attacks [details omitted -EV] are just a few examples of how the media or press really works, as described in the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion (Marsden translation from the Russian of Nilus, 1934): "[The press] serves to excite and inflame those passions which are needed for our purpose or else it serves ends of parties. It is often vapid, unjust, mendacious, and the majority of the public have not the slightest idea what ends the press really serves." ... But here's the kicker, in the last paragraph: I no longer categorically deny the existence of God. My views have changed based on experiences or understanding of the world around me. I appreciate the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson who, in the Declaration of Independence, spoke of the laws of nature and of nature's God. I agree with moral precepts put forth by Jesus of Nazareth and I am Christian in a sense that Jesus of Nazareth would approve. I should certainly hope that Jesus of Nazareth would not approve of some of Mr. Darby's quite vocally announced moral precepts, though I regret to say that there are some who do not share my view. Thanks to David Weinstein for the pointer. The human comedy is an endless source of amusement. If Larry Darby didn't exist, we'd have had to invent him. Oh, wait -- I shouldn't have said that ....