I closed that blog with these words, which I strong believe about this situation and about Baylor University:

“I am most disappointed at the incredible antagonism and disregard for the truth evident in this university…. I have no kind words for Baylor University and am appalled at what appears to be a university conspiracy against intelligent design and against open dialogue.”

Yes, indeed. But our man Bill has a sense of humor. I died laughing when I learned how he handled an otherwise horrible situation.

See:
http://www.uncommondescent.com.....chives/530

Reproter ask Bill:
In spite of that, the Faculty Senate voted overwhelmingly just a few days later to request that the Baylor Administration dissolve the Center….The final two sentences of your press release, which created an immediate uproar, stated: “Dogmatic opponents of design who demanded the Center be shut down have met their Waterloo. Baylor University is to be commended for remaining strong in the face of intolerant assaults on freedom of thought and expression.” Looking back on the firestorm that ensued from that press release, do you think you might have been hasty and do you regret the wording? Or do you believe your response was necessary and appropriate?

Bill Responds:

My “Waterloo” comment was meant to underscore the irony, indeed the ridiculousness, of these entire proceedings. Unfortunately, those Baylor faculty who were most eager to shut down the Polanyi Center down were also the most humorless people I have ever met. Rather than seeing the irony and understanding that they had been completely victorious in crushing the Polanyi Center, they agitated still further, thereby compounding the irony. Thus Baylor president Robert Sloan, after shutting down the Polanyi Center, went further and fired me from a center that no longer existed.

I still roll over laughing thinking how Bill exposed what a bunch of idiots were in charge at Baylor. Bill must hold the world record for keeping his sense of humor in the midst of adversity.

the prevailing view among Christian professors has been that Darwinism…is unbeatable”

–Phil Johnson

“The most peculiar reaction is the hostility which I encounter from many professors at Christian colleges and seminaries. You would be amazed if I gave a list of the evangelical institutions that don’t want me on campus!”

–Phil Johnson

I qualified that in just about every sentence with “one supposes”, “one presumes”, and “perceived advantage”. Did I really need to make it explicit with all those qualifications that “one may be gulled” too?