Ron understands more than anyone that religious views shouldn't interfere with policy. But explain to your friend what Paul was likely saying.
The question, " do you believe in evolution?" is asked to really be " do you believe in god?"
Evolutionist freak out when people say, "no" But they are saying no to two different things.
The point is nobody knows how god created us.
And it's not important to know. Whether he snapped his fingers or used evolution to make man kind is irrelevant. Paul likely answered "no" in defense of his belief in god not because he doesn't understand survival of the fittest.*
The below is irrelevant but you may have to take this approach to your friend.
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The majority of people on digg said something like , "omg ron paul is so dumb he doesn't understand evolution" They usually say something like this:
Evolution is a fact and here is an example:
some bugs are white and blend in with white rocks.
these bugs tend to live longer becase birds can't see them well and eat the other bugs.
The white bugs mate and have white kid bugs
Eventually all bugs are white.
Evolution...
Micro evolution is not the same thing as MACRO evolution.
How did that white bug turn into a freaking lizard?
Final argument.
If your friend is hard core atheist and or evolutionist she is probably making fun at believers explanation of "god" creating everything.
Just break it down something similar to this:
Option A: God+Nothing= everything - Yep crazy.
Option B: Nothing+Nothing+ TIME = everything. - I would say this is pretty crazy.
If you really want to make her mad tell her that her god is "Time" since apparently all things are possible with the magic of the time god.
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