Rand Paul Won’t Say How Old the Earth Is. (Whiny liberal hates Creationists)

True/Slant ^ | 6-28-2010 | Charles Johnson

[Christian_Capitalist]

Rand Paul Won’t Say How Old the Earth Is
Charles Johnson
The Lizard Annex 6-28-2010

From PageOneKentucky.com, here’s a video of GOP candidate Rand Paul addressing a convention of Christian homeschoolers, and dodging a question about the age of the Earth.

The questions asked by the homeschoolers in the video: 1) are you a Christian, 2) how old is the Earth, and 3) will you let the UN take our children. Yep, really. And these are the teachers asking these questions. They’re raising a generation of kids who are ignorant anti-science fanatics, afraid that the United Nations is going to come and kidnap them. Good grief.

Did he dodge the question because he’s a creationist and he knows that he shouldn’t reveal it for political reasons, or because he’s not a creationist and he knows he shouldn’t reveal it for political reasons? Either way, this is very sleazy behavior.

My opinion: I think he probably is a creationist, just like his father Ron Paul, because his world view matches the creationist world view in every respect.

[Christian_Capitalist]

Apparently, after all those years taking biological science classes for Medical School, Dr. Rand Paul is somehow unqualified to express any reservations, even quiet disavowal, about the Cult of Evolutionism.

At least according to Charles Johnson, the scientific brainiac who vomited up this bilge.

"I am proud to support great grassroots candidates like Dr. Paul....
Because he’s a federalist and he wants the states to have more say --
and as we respect the 10th Amendment in our Constitution,
he wants the states to have more say in a lot of these issues." ~~ Governor Sarah Palin

"I'm endorsing Rand Paul because he's a true conservative who will stand up to the Washington establishment. Rand has been running on the issues that matter since the beginning of this campaign. He's a strong advocate for balanced budgets, he wants to end the culture of earmarks, he supports term limits, and he's 100% pro-life. Rand is exactly the kind of leader Americans are looking for right now. He's not a career politician and he's got the guts to stand up to the massive spending, bailouts, and debt that are being forced on us in Washington. ~~ Senator Jim DeMint, chairman of the Senate Conservatives Fund

Rand Paul is endorsed by:

• Governor Sarah Palin
• Steve Forbes
• Dick Armey
• Gun Owners of America
• Concerned Women for America
• And Senator Jim DeMint!

[Christian_Capitalist]

Rand Paul bumpity-bump.

[Christian_Capitalist]

Could you please ping the Free Republic Creationist Ping List, if there is one? I scanned several of your posts, and you looked like the guy to call.

[Christian_Capitalist]

Ping to Free Republic's very own local Bookie.
(Rand Paul holding steady at 69.9%-To-Win on Intrade).

[muawiyah]

Charles Johnson most likely can't spell "epigenetics" yet that's the series of discoveries that more or less 'splain why everybody (horses, men, dogs, cats, lizards and fruitflies) can have pretty much the same genes yet turn out differently.

I doubt he's interested in looking at that field of study.

Not that the fundies are either, but genetics is now a far more complex body of science than was imagined as recently as 5 years ago.

[Christian_Capitalist]

Not that the fundies are either, but genetics is now a far more complex body of science than was imagined as recently as 5 years ago.

Sure we are. There's plenty of highly qualified Creationist scientists.

Evolution Cultists like to pretend that there aren't, but they're just Flat-Earth Fools who will be swept away by the tides of scientific history in due time. Scientific majorities can be very temporary things.

[gunnyg]

“Rand Paul Won’t Say How Old the Earth Is. “
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WTF Cares!

Ask someone else!

Google it!

The man is very busy, why bother him...you prolly wouldn’t believe hin if he toldja!!!!!!!

Generations, and regenerations of hippies, dopers, etc. who voted for YKW!!!!!!!!!!!

No wonder we’re in a worldash!t!!!!!

[Mygirlsmom]

Rand Paul Won’t Say How Old the Earth Is.

And Barack Obama won't say where he was born

[Mygirlsmom]

Rand Paul Won’t Say How Old the Earth Is.

And Barack Obama won't say where he was born

[ASA Vet]

Maybe Dr. Paul recognized the “are you still beating your wife?” question for what it was.

[Tax-chick]

And Barack Obama won't say where he was born.

Ding ding ding - we have a winner!

[bray]

I doubt SC will hold it against him that he believes in God.

Pray for America

[Christian_Capitalist]

Kentucky, actually — but yes, I agree.

[speciallybland]

What politician does answer that question? It's completely loaded, not to mention stupid. In Charles Johnson's fantasy world, Rand Paul is hurt in Kentucky by not answering a non-politican question?

h ttp://pageonekentucky.com/2010/06/28/rand-paul-loves-christian-home-schoolers/

If this video is meant to portray Rand Paul negatively, it missed the mark by a mile.

[Christian_Capitalist]

Thanks, and I agree. Should have pinged you, my bad!!

[aruanan]

The questions asked by the homeschoolers in the video: 1) are you a Christian, 2) how old is the Earth, and 3) will you let the UN take our children.

I guess every group needs its shibboleths. That doesn't, though, mean the shibboleths necessarily have anything to do with reality.

Take the age of the earth for instance. The mindset of those who attempt to count generations using genealogical lists in the Bible, assigning an estimated length of time for each generation, and coming up with a figure for how long people have been on earth since its creation are using exactly the same approach as people who attempt to measure the age of the earth by measuring ratios between parent and daughter elements of radioactive decay.

Both assume a lot. Those using radioactive decay are measuring actual quantities but have to assume an original ratio of parent/daughter elements and that the specimen hasn't been selectively enriched or depleted of parent or daughter elements over the period of time in question. Those using genealogical lists usually ignore the fact that there are no complete genealogical lists given anywhere in the Bible because the ones that are given are telescoped, truncated, edited for specific purposes having to do with considerations either of space to write or of theological/narrative objectives.

That someone uses one method of dating in an attempt to discredit another method of dating may serve a sociological purpose in defining in and out groups, but it doesn't have much to do with ascertaining the truth.

[raybbr]

Evolution Cultists like to pretend that there aren't, but they're just Flat-Earth Fools who will be swept away by the tides of scientific history in due time.

Derisive name calling - is that way of the Lord?

[PapaBear3625]

If I could be confident that a politician would vote for limited, Constitutional government, I would not care if he was a creationist, a evolutionist, a Jew, a Hindu, a Scientologist, or a Cthulhu worshiper.

[Notary Sojac]

I personally don't give a rat's behind whether Rand Paul is a young earth creationist or not. Because the age of the earth is not an appropriate subject for Senate action.

I think that the Kentuckians who asked him that question are a$$hats, for the same reason.

[FrankR]

Is this the new "test" of creationism, "how old is the earth"?

Most of us really don't care how old the earth is, the earth is timeless, it's home.

Isn't there more pressing matters that deep-thinkers should be pondering than the age of the earth, AND, what does that have to do with the vetting of political candidates?

Looking at the kenyan who got elected as president, I'd say "ALL VETS ARE OFF.".