On April 9, 1996, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia delivered an address to the Mississippi College School of Law. What he said generated a firestorm of criticism in the liberal press.

He gave a brilliant and blistering portrayal of a society that now mocks religious belief, and especially the beliefs of Christians. Here is what he said that was so "controversial."

The worldly wise do not believe in the resurrection of the dead. It is really quite absurd [to them]. So everything from the Easter morning to the Ascension has to be made up by the groveling enthusiasts as part of their plan to get themselves martyred….the wise do not investigate such silliness. They do not believe.

A general belief in God is one thing, but it is quite another to embrace the miracles of the Virgin Birth o…