Posted on 01/04/2008 2:12:20 PM PST by Sub-Driver
US 'doomed' if creationist president elected: scientists Jan 4 05:29 PM US/Eastern A day after ordained Baptist minister Mike Huckabee finished first in the opening round to choose a Republican candidate for the White House, scientists warned Americans against electing a leader who doubts evolution.
"The logic that convinces us that evolution is a fact is the same logic we use to say smoking is hazardous to your health or we have serious energy policy issues because of global warming," University of Michigan professor Gilbert Omenn told reporters at the launch of a book on evolution by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
"I would worry that a president who didn't believe in the evolution arguments wouldn't believe in those other arguments either. This is a way of leading our country to ruin," added Omenn, who was part of a panel of experts at the launch of "Science, Evolution and Creationism."
Former Arkansas governor Huckabee said in a debate in May that he did not believe in evolution.
A poll conducted last year showed that two-thirds of Americans believe in creationism, or the theory that God created humans at a single point in time, while 53 percent believe that humans developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life -- the theory of evolution.
Around a quarter of Americans said they believe in both.
The evolution versus creationism debate has crept into school classrooms and politics, where it is mainly conservative Republicans who espouse the non-scientific belief.
"If our country starts to behave irrationally whereas all the other countries coming up and chasing us (to take over as the world leaders in science and technology) behaving rationally, we are doomed," Omenn said.
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I am not a Mike supporter, but this here is bullsh*t.
Funny too.
Scientists like these make me sort of skittish about admitting I’m a scientist.
67% plus 53% minus the 25% who believe in BOTH = 95%
Would he prefer us vote for a commie?/s
I was thinking that too but later on he says 25% believe both, so considering overlaps that gets him off the stupid hook.
Oh, golly gee, what pure unadulterated horse...crap.
These ‘scientists’ do not do science every minute. This is especially true when they are attempting to do politics.
"Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!" - God
I think your thinking is a little bit too black and white. Are you suggesting that there are not legitimate questions about some god’s role in the creation of the universe, or that there are not legitimate reasons to teach the Bible even if it isn’t factually true when interpreted in the most literal sense?
May I suggest that you give the Bible a little more credit.
only in moderation.
I’m really looking forward to Ben Stein’s movie that’s coming out on this subject.
But yes, this “scientist” is ridiculous. Evolution is a discernible fact in that the genome of populations are subject to change, some believe the theory that this might be due to natural selection, but there is no doubt that there is change. The same discernment cannot be made about global warming as atmospheric readings show a decline in temperature, ground based readings show an increase, and ocean temps are inconclusive (AFAIK). Even if the warming was definitive in all three measures, there is no evidence that would say this is anthropogenic or a result of our economic activity. This guy just did Science and Evolution no favors by linking an empirical Science to a ‘global climate model’ and the faith that some have that humans are bad and the earth is good; so humans MUST be harming the earth.
I don’t support huckabee nor do I believe in young earth creationism, but we have more to fear from test-tube totalitarianism than creationism.
Do they have proof of this, or are they taking it on faith?
Oh for heavens sake.
I talk with a lot of science types - I don’t hear too many saying things as strong as America is doomed.
But they do recognize that almost all progress in civilization comes from science and a President who doesn’t believe in evolution (or atomic theory or acids and bases or electromagnetic theory or any core science) would never be able to set the right priorities.
Even if the silly biases of this person were true - that someone who believes in creation is ‘against science’ - this would only be a threat to someone who believed that the executive branch of the US govt is the primary driver of scientific research.
Me thinks the green ogre crawled back into his swamp to do some more evolving....
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