I've just heard a very worrying article on the radio. It was about the candidates to be the next leader of the Repulican party in America. The winner has a good chance of being the next President or possibly the President after that.
What disturbed me was that 8 out of the 10 candidates didn't believe in evolution.
I know that politiciansd are tricky customers and have been known to tell fibs. If this is the case they are saying this to get votes. In which case a large number of people in America believe in creationalism. That is the world was created as stated in the Bible and that Darwinism is bunk.
Am I alone in finding this scary?
I saw a documentary quite recently about how American politicians suddenly started going to church and becoming part time preachers etc to gain votes. I found it very disturbing indeed.
The media is full of horror stories about muslim extremists but the right wing christens seem just as bad.
Possibly all religious extremists are scary
except of course as I'm sure Kiss will point out extreme Budists.
don't dis a buddhist.... we'll Aum Yo Ass!
lp
I try to be moderate in all things. Including moderation therefore have have to have some extreme views. My extreme views are on extremists.
I think this may possibly be due to the fact that America was founded on the back of the Masonic Movement, to date all but 3 of the presidents have been high ranking practicing Masons.
Masons believe in a Grand Architect of the Universe and as such, evolution is something that would be impossible in this instance.
Most political powers leaders are practicing Masons so it would follow that this was the ethos of that persons viewpoint on the existence of mankind and the human species!
Ive found that most Americans are far more vocal with regard to their religious beliefs.
Martin Luther Kings close friend Rev Jesse Jackson stood as a candidate for leadership of one of the parties
But politicians in the UK are seen at religious events(rememberance day service)etc
Its seen as a duty to attend events such as that
I am not a religious man. I do not believe in God or an afterlife. However, I like to think that I am a moral man. Because of the way I was brought up many of my moral beliefs coincide with those of Christenity and possibly other religons. I find it personaly distasteful to see politicians using religon as tool to increase their popularity and religious leaders using religon to subugate people and attack others.