This is from an interview that palin gave in the 2002 Gubernatorial race:
Let there be no more doubt. Let it also be note that she thinks “Creation Science” is a scientific theory, that evolution is “only a theory,” that it’s a theory of the origin of life and that there are “other theories.”
Is there anyone who still wants to say she doesn’t want to teach creationism is public schools?
Looks pretty convincing to me. But that was 2002, before she gained the vast executive experience she has today. Maybe her views have evolved. :rolleyes:
According to the Alaska Republican Party website, it’s still on their plank:
How is that a surprise coming from a person who knows God’s plan for Iraq?
Past bony fishes, not quite to primates. Ideology recapitulates phylogeny.
There’s a joke in there somewhere involving slime molds, I’m sure…
And lipstick. Don’t forget the lipstick.
Considering the large hadron collider thread revealed that physics is now considered a club for “elitists”, I don’t think the fact that Palin supports teaching magick in school is going to put her supporters off.
And in the 2006 debate, she said that she didn’t think it needed to be part of the curriculum.
So if she did believe it in 2002, it sounds like she modified her position later.
Which would mean she’s a “flip-flopper”!
Temporarily, I’m at a PC without sound. There are plenty of videos online of the 2006 debate you mention.
Where can I find a transcript? Thanks!
Alaska Daily News Report on the debate
Always better to cite rather than assert. Thanks for playing though.
So what has she done to actually try to get “creation science” taught in Alaska?
All the complaints I’ve heard-
she’s a book-banner
(who hasn’t actually banned any books or named any books she wanted to ban);
she’s a anti-abortionist, even in cases of rape
(although she hasn’t actually tried to ban abortions due to rape);
she’s wants Creationism taught in schools
(who hasn’t actually made any moves to require it be taught).
You know, maybe it’s her supporters who should be complaining!
How would she try to ban abortion praytell?
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Full disclosure: I’m a descriptive Evolutionist and a explanatory Creationist.
Evolution may explain the How; Creationism explains the Who and Why.
The Universe sure seems to be around 12-14 bil yrs old, the Earth 4.5 bil, and humanlike critters maybe a million (not sure where that is now), but Adamic “God-child” humans around 6000 yrs old. I don’t like it when some Creationists insist that everything had to start around 6000 yrs ago. I don’t like it when some Evolutionists insist that God is totally written out of the equation and can’t even be considered by scientific-thinking people.
Discordia: Hail Eris! Oh, even tho it would immediately be judicially struck down if passed, she could still champion a bill against it. I’m going to have to check tho to see what she has actually done about abortion in Alaska.
What are you actually trying to insinuate? She holds horrible views on important issues, but we shouldn’t hold it against her because she’s failed to accomplish any of her nefarious plans?
Probably from being so close to Russia.
Don’t trust, and verify.
Please could you give a cite for this.
I’ll provide a cite; me. I don’t think that God should be at all considered by scientific-thinking people. Hence why we don’t teach creationism in science lessons.
Of course, most of us think in more terms than science alone, so I have no problem with it in R.E. lessons (and indeed was taught it myself there).
Can you point to evidence supporting God’s existence? Can you propose an experiment that, if not successful, would disprove God’s existence?
Someone may believe in God despite thinking scientifically on other subjects, but there is no reason for a scientific-thinking individual to believe that God is any more plausible than the Easter bunny.