Scalia warns legal profession to pay mind to traditional Christians
SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (AP) -- The legal profession shouldn't write off traditional Christians as "simple minded," Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told fellow Catholics, and he urged a blend of reason and faith.
"One can be sophisticated and believe in Jesus as in some way a 'son of God.' But," Scalia said sarcastically, "to believe in traditional Christianity is something else. To believe Jesus was God and was born of a virgin ... surely those who adhere to those beliefs are regarded in educated circles -- maybe in the South, it's different -- are regarded as simple minded."
The justice, whose nine children include a priest, quoted scripture passages warning that those wise in the world would not accept Christianity.
"Faith with no rational thought is false. What is irrational is to reject (without question) the possibility of miracles," he told more than 300 people at a banquet on the eve of an annual Mass to honor and bless lawyers and people who work with them.
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