It's too bad Wolf didn't ask the question he should have asked. Here it is, Wolf, in case you ever get another chance.
Scientists have demonstrated that life has evolved, that humans and the other apes share a common ancestor and that the Earth is 4.5 billion years old. Do you accept these scientific facts or do you prefer to believe in the truth of your particular religious viewpoint over that of modern science?Followup question;
It's not acceptable to dismiss scientific evidence on the grounds that you weren't there when evolution was happening. Pleading ignorance is tantamount to rejecting modern science. The question relates to your ability to accept scientific evidence when making decisions that affect America and the free world. Do you, or do you not, believe what scientists discover?
[Hat Tip: Canadian Cynic]
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Believe it or not, I actually got hate mail to my blog for saying that Huckabee's woo-ism makes him unqualified to be President.
This is so not funny. It's not limited to the Republicans either.
I am currently studying to be a high school biology teacher. I will most likely teach here in Wyoming. I have read that Wyoming's high school biology curriculum has been rated "useless" for its avoidance of evolution.
This has nothing to do with stupid or uneducated biology teachers. I've met them and observed their classes. It has to do with a state curriculum that hedges its bets so as not to send our students to hell.
I think Barack Obama's speech on religion and politics in June 06 (on his website) crushes Mitt Romney's like a grape.
Huckabee's got a real problem when he says that in a dilemma, he will trust religion over science because religion is constant while science is always changing. It's pretty clear that Huckabee does not understand anything about how science works.
Interesting how Huckabee can say that he can't know how, when and for what duration God created the Earth and the heavens because he (Huckabee) wasn't there, but that he can say that he does know that God created all. Interesting how he can know this despite having not been there. If he can trust his Bible as an authoritative report on the creator, why does he suddenly become iffy when it comes to the sections of the Bible that discuss the how, when, and for how long?
Did you catch where he said that folks who want to vote for a President who doesn't believe in God have plenty of choices? Who might those candidates be? I've yet to hear any Presidential candidate in any election say he or she was a non-believer. They all, without exception, fall all over themselves to try to be the one who can pander the most to those adhering to Bronze Age tribal superstitions.
Huckabee claimed the question "do you believe in evolution"" is equivalent to "do you not believe in God?", then later, he opened the doors for theistic evolution by claiming he didn't know how god does things.
Whoever coached him on this answer must've been as confused as Miss South Carolina's answer coach.
He doesn't believe he is "the descendant of a primate"? So, what, his mom's a rodent or something?
I'm not one to bash my fellow Americans, but what really bothers me is that a significant part of the electorate considers this answer by Huckabee to be a GOOD one. 7 out of the 9 remaining Republican candidates disbelieve evolution, which actually puts them, as a group ahead of the average American (though perhaps not when adjusted for educational factors)
The problem I have with how the media handles this issue is the use of the word "believe". The debate is then transformed into a matter of conflicting opinions which is a major distortion.
I don't "believe" in evolution either. I accept its validity because I find the supporting evidence not only persuasive but overwhelming. There's no need to "believe" on the basis of faith as in religion and deity worship.
Reducing a broad scientific consensus supported by more than a century and a half of evidence to a "belief" to permit a comparison with religious faith is not valid but I suppose in this religion-addled country (I guess I should specify that I mean the US since this is a Canadian's blog!) we'll never see the media making this distinction.
To paraphrase JS Mill, it's the party of stupid.
"Huckabee's got a real problem when he says that in a dilemma, he will trust religion over science because religion is constant while science is always changing"
And yet, if tomorrow he woke up and started puking blood all over the place, I'm willing to bet my house that I'll find him at the hospital, not at church.
Funny how these people all seem to turn to science, and therefore materialism, when it becomes a matter of life or death. It's one thing to believe in stupidities, it's another altogether to bet your life on them...
Huckabee's got a real problem when he says that in a dilemma, he will trust religion over science because religion is constant while science is always changing.
No he doesn't. He knows he was talking crap.
He doesn't believe he is "the descendant of a primate"?
That was a slip up. I'm sure he meant to say a common primate or something like that. He will probably clarify that one later.
Glad to see he was quoting Luther. Luther was the man. They don't make them like Luther any more.
How do you know he knows he was talking crap? There is no evidence to my knowledge that Huckabee understands science or evolution. This is plausible evidence to the contrary though.
So depressing. I just don't know how much longer the US can sustain a viable post-industrial economy with such a largely butt-ignorant population.
Steve LaBonne said...
"So depressing. I just don't know how much longer the US can sustain a viable post-industrial economy with such a largely butt-ignorant population."
We will slaveishly serve the fast-food desires of foreigners whilst claiming to have the best of everything in the world. Denial is the spice of life. Oh, and I think the phraseology is butt-ugly and pig-ignorant... but I digress.
I suppose I had a subliminal desire not to insult pigs. ;)
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