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http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/09/24/ben_carson_anti_science.html
"This actually goes way back. In 2006 he clearly stated his anti-evolutionary views and has repeated these claims many times since. In 2012 there was controversy over this when he was asked to give the commencement address at Emory University. In 2004 he said that people who accept evolution ādismiss ethics,ā a comment he later backed down on a very tiny little bit (later saying they āmight have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come fromā).
Iād heard about all this before, but an article at BuzzFeed has something I hadnāt heard: In 2012, in a speech at an event called āCelebration of Creation,ā he said that Darwin came up with evolutionary theory because the devil made him do it.
I mean that literally. He said, āI personally believe that this theory that Darwin came up with was something that was encouraged by the adversary.ā The Adversary is a nickname for the devil; itās the actual translation of the word āSatan.ā So thereās that.
He also dismissed the Big Bang, calling it a āfairy tale.ā The irony of this is palpable. When recently called on this claim, he dug in, saying (about people who think the Big Bang is true), āHereās the key, I then say to them look, āIām not gonna criticize you, you have a lot more faith then I have.ā I couldnāt, I donāt have enough faith to believe that.ā
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What's he going to do is an aide comes in and informs him the Chinese have launched ICBMs at Taiwan and they're begging for US military assistance? "It's okay, God will protect them and everyone else who believes." Is he going to trust in God to handle the heavy-lifting and hope for the best?
You can't be in charge of a country built upon science and technology if you think science and technology isn't true but your supernatural imaginary friend in the sky is.
"This actually goes way back. In 2006 he clearly stated his anti-evolutionary views and has repeated these claims many times since. In 2012 there was controversy over this when he was asked to give the commencement address at Emory University. In 2004 he said that people who accept evolution ādismiss ethics,ā a comment he later backed down on a very tiny little bit (later saying they āmight have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come fromā).
Iād heard about all this before, but an article at BuzzFeed has something I hadnāt heard: In 2012, in a speech at an event called āCelebration of Creation,ā he said that Darwin came up with evolutionary theory because the devil made him do it.
I mean that literally. He said, āI personally believe that this theory that Darwin came up with was something that was encouraged by the adversary.ā The Adversary is a nickname for the devil; itās the actual translation of the word āSatan.ā So thereās that.
He also dismissed the Big Bang, calling it a āfairy tale.ā The irony of this is palpable. When recently called on this claim, he dug in, saying (about people who think the Big Bang is true), āHereās the key, I then say to them look, āIām not gonna criticize you, you have a lot more faith then I have.ā I couldnāt, I donāt have enough faith to believe that.ā
"
What's he going to do is an aide comes in and informs him the Chinese have launched ICBMs at Taiwan and they're begging for US military assistance? "It's okay, God will protect them and everyone else who believes." Is he going to trust in God to handle the heavy-lifting and hope for the best?
You can't be in charge of a country built upon science and technology if you think science and technology isn't true but your supernatural imaginary friend in the sky is.