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Do they put something in the water there?
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007 02:52 amI know this has been blogged to death, but I can't refrain from commenting ....
The Washington Post reported that three Republican presidential candidates (Huckabee, Tancredo and Brownback) do not believe in evolution (not even the soft version which has God as the architect of evolution). That's not so worrying - they are, after all, fringe candidates, and not much closer to the finishing line than Michael the Archangel. The worrying part comes later in the article: "a 2004 ABC News poll found 61 percent said the creation story in the Bible - that God created the world in six days - is 'literally true.'"
I am normally quite happy for people to believe in whatever creation myths they choose. I rather like the Egyptian one about the world being created by Ptah masturbating. But I still find it worrying that a majority of the population in the world's most powerful country are seriously disconnected from reality. These people can vote, which means that the leader of the world's most powerful country is dependent on the support of people who haven't a clue about the world they inhabit. That person will be making decisions about things like climate change.
The Washington Post reported that three Republican presidential candidates (Huckabee, Tancredo and Brownback) do not believe in evolution (not even the soft version which has God as the architect of evolution). That's not so worrying - they are, after all, fringe candidates, and not much closer to the finishing line than Michael the Archangel. The worrying part comes later in the article: "a 2004 ABC News poll found 61 percent said the creation story in the Bible - that God created the world in six days - is 'literally true.'"
I am normally quite happy for people to believe in whatever creation myths they choose. I rather like the Egyptian one about the world being created by Ptah masturbating. But I still find it worrying that a majority of the population in the world's most powerful country are seriously disconnected from reality. These people can vote, which means that the leader of the world's most powerful country is dependent on the support of people who haven't a clue about the world they inhabit. That person will be making decisions about things like climate change.
