>>”Since they wrote the basis of our national identity, I think their example ought to suffice for thinking people. “
“If not, how is it that icons of science such as Newton, Galileo and many others were creationists?”
In the interest accuracy...
1. A piece we call “Old Mistresses’ Apologue” was written by Ben Franklin in a letter to friend considering marriage. How broadly he felt that sentiment is another issue.
2. Each generation has a great scientist who misses what’s coming next. Classic examples are Lord Kelvin dismissing atomic theory and Albert Einstein not appreciating chaos. That doesn’t diminish them - it means the great among us are still human. When you extend that over multiple generations it becomes difficult for anyone to fully anticipate what will be discovered. There is no blame there. It the people who deny (after appropriate skeptical inquiry) that are diminished. For example Brownback, Huckabee and Tancredo just eliminated themselves for being qualified to be President, IMO.
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Please explain how this diminishes their value as Presidential timber? Are national leadership issues rooted in origin beliefs?
Let’s all get real and remember there is a larger world beyond the fishbowl of evolutionary dogma - FR threads on this issue notwithstanding.