Certainly any person is free to have their own religious beliefs. But I agree with BA that a person who believes the Universe is only 6000 years old and denies evolution is a person who is blind to scientific fact and not fit to lead a country in this century. That is my opinion and it is not an attack on religion.

Religious belief is fine as long as it doesn't get in the way of sound policy or good judgement. I do not trust the judgement of people who ascribe events to God's will. We live in a world of cause and effect, not supernatural intervention.

Palin supports teaching creationism in schools. She supports abstinence-only sex education. She would like abortion to be illegal even in cases of rape or incest. I think these are areas where her religious belief has led to bad policy.

I am not qualified to make a clinical diagnosis of insanity, so instead I like to use the non-medical term "wackadoo" to describe people who deny scientific fact.