IF you believe there is a god who used death to bring humans into existence (which is what evolutionists must believe if they believe in a god)and that this god used survival of the fittest methodology to ‘create’ humans, then that god pretty much resembles a terrorist. So if Rubio believes that there is a god and this god used death and survival of the fittest over 7 epochs of millions of years to get humans into existence then who wants to worship this kind of deity? If Rubio was politically and theologically SMART he would have said this - that if evolutionist think there is a god and this god brought us into existence by trial and error or by mutating and then killing off the less fit - then this is not the kind of god I want to believe in nor do I. That would be a very slick political answer to the question of whether he believes in evolution and a good theological shifting of the ground to point out how ridiculous it is to worship that kind of deity. If I believed there was such a trial and error survival of the fittest type of god, I would join forces with those who want to murder this monster if we could find him.
Odd idea.
A god who sets up a system and lets it run by itself to see what happens is inherently evil? (Not that this is necessarily what I believe happened, it’s more or less a paraphrase of your description.)
Then what would you call a god who creates intelligent beings but allows them free will to perform evil on each other? Seems that’s an even greater abdication of responsibility.
“and that this god used survival of the fittest methodology to ‘create’ humans...”
Consider an Olympic runner and a frail man walking through the jungle. They are spotted by a jungle cat, who begins to give chase. The frail man, a lover of books, has read that this particular cat prefers to chase its prey to ground before devouring it. The frail man drops to the earth and lays still.
The Olympic runner, though in the best condition of his life, incredibly fit, is hopelessly outclassed in a run of any length against the cat, and is unaware of the cat’s preference to give chase, so he runs as fast as he can. He is the eventual dinner for the animal.
The frail man rises and walks home, thankful that he was aware of what was the best way to survive...by adapting to the situation. Who was the most fit?
In a sensical world perhaps. In today’s hostile political / leftist-media environment, it is better not to play their gotcha game. Just say it is “not relevant to why I am running for office, because I am running to ...” then fill in the blank with the message that needs to get out. That would be something like “get America working again” or “protect the civil liberties of Americans who are being deprived of them.”