Absolutely the worst question Tim Russert can ask Ron paul

[sharkcity]

The founders were smart guys

Ron Paul will be the best president this country has ever had. This thing we've going is bigger than most realize. It's literally going to be a revolution!!

He'll be great with Russert. No worries!!

 

[Perry]

Ron Paul will be the best president this country has ever had. This thing we've going is bigger than most realize. It's literally going to be a revolution!!

He'll be great with Russert. No worries!!

That's what I like to hear.

 

[dircha]

If you would have a difficult time voting for Congressman Paul because he does not personally subscribe to the theory of evolution, when he is adamant that federal government should have no role in what is or is not taught in schools, or what domestic scientific research is or is not done, then you are an ignorant, intolerant, bigot.

You should be ashamed of yourself. You are no different than the other Republican and Democratic candidates who, like many Americans, intend to use force of federal government to control the personal lives, beliefs, and fortunes of others.

And that doesn't fly here.

 

[therealjjj77]

Eh, I know people who have given up on Ron Paul because of his answer to evolution. Sad, but true. The thing is, the man can't help it. If you're raised under certain dogma, just like the vast, vast majority of 70-year-old Texans, there's not much one can do; then it is an environmental issue (that is, one being a product of one's environment), and not an issue of intelligence or anything such.

I USED to believe in evolution.

 

[LibertyEagle]

Eh, I know people who have given up on Ron Paul because of his answer to evolution. Sad, but true. The thing is, the man can't help it. If you're raised under certain dogma, just like the vast, vast majority of 70-year-old Texans, there's not much one can do; then it is an environmental issue (that is, one being a product of one's environment), and not an issue of intelligence or anything such.

Kinda how like you younger folks have been raised under a completely different dogma? Now, I really feel old. I am saying the same thing to you, as my elders used to say to me when I was your age.

Ron Paul is a Christian. He doesn't want to shove it down anyone else's throat. Each to their own.

 

[dircha]

And if that offends ignorant, bigotted atheists, I certainly won't lose any sleep over it.

Only 3% of the population self-identify as "atheist".

 

[shagywashere]

I think most of you are conservatives and you're underestimating the importance of this question. A lot of people will use the answer to this question to evaluate a candidate's judgment skills.

What the HELL does this have anything to do with being a conservative??!??

 

[RP-Republican]

LOL What's the difficult question, Perry? I thought you just posted an opinion that the evolution question would be the worst thing Russert could ask Paul? Are you saying you want this thread to be an endless evolutionary debate? sounds pretty divisive and troll-like to me.

Pardon me, but since humans only see less than 1% of the visual spectrum of light and have no conscious or sensory understanding of 99% of the universe that happening around them, I'm going assume that we don't have all the facts yet to know the truth with concrete certainty as to where we came from.

Whether it's "faith" in today's taught sciences or "faith" in a religious belief, I'm not going to be so arrogant *hint* to malign one faith over another just because I might have fooled myself into believing I know it all.

Your motives are suspect by the ways you're trying to lead the discussion. The results of your consistent hammering of the evolution question are obviously going to be endless and pointless prostelytizing from both sides of this issue, which will do nothing but waste time and stir emotions. Is that what you were really after? Truly, Perry, tell us. lol

I believe the trolls will jump on this threadwagon to make this a megapost. Job well-done, Perry. Job well-done. Hope your ego is satisfied, oh great Ron Paul supporter.

Enough said....

 

[Perry]

And if that offends ignorant, bigotted atheists, I certainly won't lose any sleep over it.

Only 3% of the population self-identify as "atheist".

I have never bought into that argument. It's my personal belief that when they take these polls they basically ask someone if they believe in a God and if the person says yes they mark them down as religious. In many circumstances there is very little difference between an atheist & an agnostic.
If these numbers were really so low I wouldn't have such a difficult time finding people that feel comfortable discussing God. In my experience most people(>50%) will drop this subject like a hot potato.

 

[Arek]

My opinion is evolution has never been proven thats why it's called a theory of evolution. If it was in fact proven it would be called the laws of evolution. Some scientists refute the theory of gravity.

Evolution is one of those things that have little proof jsut a theory with very little evidence to support it. The biggest argument for evolution today is that most living organisms have similar DNA patterns, but honestly I see that more as an argument for creationism than I do for evolution. Because if one being created everything don't you think it would have similar nucleic patterns. Evolution will only be theorized until they find the so called missing links. I believe in evolution in the sense that plants and animals may adopt to their environments and develop certain resistances. Hence many bacterium evolve to become resistant to antibiotics. So my final theory is why can't creationism and evolution coexist. What if the creator made plants and animals to evolve and adapt.

 

[xerigen]

This is a non issue. Get rid of the department of education, then the school decides what to teach. If you don't like it, don't send your kid to the school. With the DoE, it's still a non-issue because Ron would say it's unconstitutional to mandate what is taught.

 

[Troyhand]

I think you need to calm down and take my previous post into consideration.
I'm not going start a debate on evolution with you.
If you think this forum is so important then you're the one with the ego. This thread might get 1500 views from 100 people. Big deal. Tomorrow morning Paul will have 2,000,000 views.

I do think this forum is important....for the Ron Paul campaign. And I have a HUGE HONKIN' ego. But I don't understand how the former correlates to the latter. Whatcha mean?

Maybe, just maybe, i am someone who is not trolling but concerned.
Or maybe you actually believe I'm feeding my ego or this is some sort of a popularity contest for me. Could it be that I've spent hundreds of hours on ronpaulforums to bring down Ron Paul and I've been planning everything since August?

Strawman argument. You invent a ridiculous thought and respond to it as though it were mine. Maybe, maybe, maybe I'm just judging you by your behavior on this thread. Maybe, I'm condemning the arrogance you shown earlier to others for having different opinions than yours. I have no clue what drives you, but I still believe your earlier statements to be troll-like and unproductive.

Get real. You accuse me because you are worried nad don't like to hear it out loud.
Which by the way is the same reason I started this thread. Now stop being a hypocrite.

Huh? You started this thread because why again? I'll look in the mirror and try to find the hypocrisy of my behavior. Nope, what my huge honkin ego is feeling is total frustration with the evolutionary ping-pong blather. Nothing hypocritical about that.

This is politics and this is what we face in the very near future. If you aren't aware of it now you soon will be.

I'm sure I will.

 

[daviddee]

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[Perry]

I do think this forum is important....for the Ron Paul campaign. And I have a HUGE HONKIN' ego. But I don't understand how the former correlates to the latter. Whatcha mean?


Strawman argument. You invent a ridiculous thought and respond to it as though it were mine. Maybe, maybe, maybe I'm just judging you by your behavior on this thread. Maybe, I'm condemning the arrogance you shown earlier to others for having different opinions than yours. I have no clue what drives you, but I still believe your earlier statements to be troll-like and unproductive.

Huh? You started this thread because why again? I'll look in the mirror and try to find the hypocrisy of my behavior. Nope, what my huge honkin ego is feeling is total frustration with the evolutionary ping-pong blather. Nothing hypocritical about that.


I'm sure I will.

I'll tell you what I'll give you the last word and we'll just drop it.

 

[Shavenyak]

Because he might be our next president. Because some are concerned about his more traditionally conservative viewpoints which often overlap with evangelicals and contradict libertarians. Because admitting you don't believe in evolution bespeaks a distrust of science so deep that it would raise doubts about ones capacity to fairly analyze economic and social issues.

People who believe the world is flat may be able to make chefs or great artists or great accountants, but I wouldn't want them sailing my ship.

Seriously, we know the earth is round. We have pictures of it from the moon. Evolution is still a theory. We know small changes are made over time, but we have no idea how the large ones are made. Now, since it's no longer "survival of the fittest," shouldn't evolution have ceased?

I would question your apparently firm belief in it before I'd question Dr. Paul's skepticism.

 

[derdy]

Do you believe in evolution?
The racist questions are child's play. When Paul answers this question it is going to hurt us. I am sorry but it's true.

I would say that's the worst question because it has NOTHING TO DUE WITH THE CONSTITUTION!

Ron Paul's campaign is based upon the rule of law and discussion about evolution has no place on a so-called "News Network".

True journalists should know what the Constitution says, as an objective observer, and ask questions based upon the premis "The Constitution is the Rule of Law."

If "jounalists" can't do their homework and see that a Ron Paul Presidency (which is inevatible) would do little for pro-life or pro-darwanism federal government advocates, then they are WAY behind the times!

It's interesting how the "4th Branch" of the government, the watchdog, THE MEDIA, has become part of our government and we're only able to get the message of liberty out via the Internet, which, is currently the free-market of ideas!,


-Denny

 

[Dave Pedersen]

Where are all the interim examples of change? If evolution were true where are all the examples of transitional states? They should be here standing before us and showing themselves as participants in the unending continuum.

We have specific species and there are sometimes only small distinctions between species but in other cases the distinctions are very great between a species and the next most similar species. Also, evolution does not explain the origin of life. Evolution is a partial idea which many have treated as a body of understanding which answers far more than it actually does.

Personally I believe in the survival of the fittest and I believe in the evolution of organisms within the category of families, genus, species but I believe the families were created as general kinds and released to evolve according to the principle of survival of the fittest within those familial boundaries. But then who can say? The bible simply says "kind after kind". The Creator has made all things and no man can declare Him to be a liar based on the theory of evolution no matter how hard they try.

This is a non issue among those who are interested in choosing the best candidate for president of the United States. The constitution prohibits religious tests. Let's do likewise.

 

[free.alive]

Can't you people take the evolution debate into another forum? This is a tired and boring topic and just the thread being on the first page of the grassroots forum is pushing back something that is more worthwhile.

Take it outside!lol

 

[rfbz]

sorry, but this is a non-issue. Somebody tell me how one's beliefs on creationism and evolution will have an impact on how they will run the country if that person wants the government out of our lives and leave most things up to the states. If this was Huckabee, there may be some cause for worry, because who knows, maybe he'll mandate prayer in the classroom or ban the teaching of evolution. But Ron Paul's platform is individual freedom. Whatever you beliefs happen to be, it is your right to have those beliefs.

I am an atheist and evolution does make a lot of sense to me, but I could care less if Ron believes in it or not.

 

[Corydoras]

Somebody tell me how one's beliefs on creationism and evolution will have an impact on how they will run the country if that person wants the government out of our lives and leave most things up to the states.

Department of Defense conducts a substantial amount of biological research.