Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
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
Not all people who believe in creationism believe that the world is less than 10,000 years old.

There are different sects of creationism. Most combine science with their religious beliefs and accept the scientific age for the planet/universe.

Creationism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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.
People look to god to give them strength to make decisions every day. If believing in something gives you the strength to make very difficult decisions then I see no fault in that.

The fact is that no one can disprove creationism and no one can prove evolution. I personally believe in evolution but I won't discredit a creationist because there is no evidence to say that it's not true.

Bottom line, FACT, We don't know. Respect others beliefs and leave it at that.


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.
Palin supports creationism to be taught in schools in addition to traditional science. She is not trying to replace anything at all. I feel that creationism would be fine as an elective course if you wanted to take it. Is this really so bad?

I don't agree with her position on abortion at all, but even if the congress became a conservative congress and Palin/McCain were VP I seriously doubt this would pass.

Bush had a conservative congress for most of his time in office. I believe Bush is also a Pro-Lifer... you didn't see any anti-abortion laws go into effect based on his religion. They don't want to lose their own power now.


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.
wackadoo is perfectly acceptable from a non professional view point. You also don't know for certain that she denies scientific fact. For all you know she could be one of those progressive creationism who do believe in science but also believe in their religion.

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