As a former participant in these disputes, I believe the evolution arguments —— whether right or wrong, for or against -— does the conservative cause no favors.
I would prefer such argument be done elsewhere.
I believe the embracing of ignorance, whether it’s science or economics, does the Conservative Cause no good.
What would be really helpful would be an argument, preferably between Catholics and Protestants, as to the implications of creation or evolution on the nature of free will.
/sarc
That falls within the shadow of our concern for folks who waste tax dollars.
A current scandal involves embryonic stem cell research. Although nothing has come of such research beyond the discovery that no one knows how to "turn on" the genes to build up to a tissue, a lot of public bonding authority has gone into backing the construction of large buildings to house researchers in that field.
At the same time meaningful and useful research into the use of adult stem cells lacks proper funding because all the money went into buildings for ESC research.
It's useful to discuss ESC and "evolution" on these threads ~ irrespective of which side of these issues you support or oppose.
"They" are wasting our tax dollars somehow and it's important we understand how "they" do it!