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The Seals Have Done What 'God' Could Not
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The Seals Have Done What 'God' Could Not

Celebrating Human Ingenuity Over Divine Intervention

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Craig Biddle
Apr 13, 2009
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Those who are thanking an alleged “God” for the rescue of American cargo ship captain Richard Phillips are engaging in a grave injustice. Phillips was saved not by “God,” who does not exist, but by Navy Seals, who deserve full credit for this marvelous feat.

Paraphrasing one of the protagonists from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, the brutes who believed they…

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