There are studies that he was referencing.
There are studies that politician reference all of the time that are flat out wrong and bogus.
No one has answered my question
Should we have condemned Sara Palin for being a creationist to please the media and the left in hopes they would vote Republican?
Isn’t creationism a baldfaced stupid statement in the minds of many? One that Republicans want to hide like a learning impaired child?
situations NOT equivalent. some bogus unnamed study that posits a ludicrous concept [women being able to control conception] that no legit ob/gyn would validate is not the equal in any way or creationism or globalwarming, which have established sets of “believers”.
“There are studies that he was referencing.”
There are no studies he was referencing when he said women have a way of shutting down their system after being raped Other other than “some doctors” have told him.Will any doctor admit to making such a dumb junk science statement. There are no doctors that would say such stupidity. This will not be this person’s first megablunder. There are usually more puppies to follow after the first one comes out. The Democrats are now raising money nationally off this. He needs to begone.
“There are studies that he was referencing.”
There are no studies he was referencing when he said women have a way of shutting down their system after being raped Other than “some doctors” have told him.Will any doctor admit to making such a dumb junk science statement. This will not be this person’s first megablunder. There are usually more puppies to follow after the first one is delivered. The Democrats are now raising money nationally off these foolish statements. He needs to begone.
I'm a creationist. I don't hide that and in fact I have a track record of fighting ecclesiastical battles over theistic evolution. So do a fair number of Republican politicians.
My standard answer when challenged about my creationist views goes something like this:
“My Christian faith also teaches me to believe in the resurrection of Christ and Jonah being swallowed by a whale. If I were a Roman Catholic, I would believe in the miracle of transubstantiation. None of those beliefs can be proven by current scientific views. The same could be said of many other people's religious beliefs. I do not advocate taking taxpayer dollars to teach my religious doctrines or those of anyone else, because in public schools, taxpayer-funded teaching about religion cannot advocate for or against religion. If people want to be taught creationism, that's what private Christian schools are for. So why is this an issue?”
That sort of answer generally shuts down the controversy. An answer like Akin’s blows a controversy wide open.
I don't think anybody can argue that Akin’s statement about women's bodies preventing pregnancy in case of rape come even close to creationism in how the general public feels about allegedly stupid comments. Other than some atheistic scientists and educators, most liberals don't get emotionally involved on creationism issues. On the contrary, most people — men and women, liberal and conservative — have great sympathy for rape victims, ***AND THEY SHOULD.***
What Akin does is up to him. Akin is a solid Christian conservative and he's pro-military. But this statement was really dumb and I hope he thinks long and hard about what he's done by opening his mouth before his brain was engaged.