Ron Paul on Evolution
Presidential Candidate Congressman Ron Paul, MD, says that he doesn’t think there’s enough evidence to support evolution. You can see the YouTube video at Dispatches from the Culture Wars or go to YouTube directly and search for it.
In response to a question about whether he thinks the theory of evolution is true or false, he said he thinks it’s “a very inappropriate question, you know, for the presidency to be decided on a scientific matter.”
He adds that “it’s a theory…I don’t accept it.” He then goes on to talk about “the creator I know…that created every one of us and the universe…”
He concludes, “I just don’t think we’re at the point where anybody has absolute proof on either side.”
There’s a lot of evidence to support evolution and anybody who cares to look can see it happening in front of their very eyes. It can be objectively verified and continues to grow over time. There is absolutely zero evidence that any supernatural being created man and the universe, and to believe in such a thing one must discard scientific evidence. You can’t have it both ways.
Ron Paul is a very smart man, probably one of the smartest running for the presidency. He’s also an MD. It’s inexcusable that he holds such a view or even just saying it to get votes.
After eight years of George W. Bush who doesn’t know the difference between his beliefs and objective evidence, it’s a perfectly appropriate question for somebody running for any office, especially the presidency. In this video, Ron Paul has shown he’ll reject evidence and accepts myths with the same ease as Bush. Unfortunately, the same applies to the other candidates as well, but just in different ways.
Maybe “inappropriate” is his way of saying you shouldn’t ask this question because it puts me in the position of having to sound more religious than I am and having to say something I don’t believe just to win because I can’t win if I tell the truth.
He doesn’t seem to be worried about reactions on any other issue and refreshingly speaks his mind, politically correct or not. I have to think that if he thought evolution was true, he’d come out and say it.
Religion is poison for the human intellect. For more on that, and how mystical, irrational cultures select against rational people obtaining positions of power–Ron Paul is just more evidence–read my book.
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December 29th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
According to Shanktified, a Christian oriented blog, the Ron Paul campaign responded to an e-mailed question with the following:
Ron Paul did not raise his hand during that question, it was Tancredo, Huckabee & Brownback who raised their hands. Dr. Paul is physician and believes in evolution.
The question they are referring to is “is there anybody who does not believe in evolution?”
There is a video of the question being asked at the Republican debate, and Ron Paul, as well as several other candidates did not raise his hand.
The Great Realization takes a comment from The Young Turks: