When we judge a candidate’s experience, lets keep in mind that the two Americans with the most experience in all areas relative to POTUS are Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Does anyone want either again because they are so experienced? No? So much for experience. It’s time for someone new.

On the other hand, how much experience did Abe Lincoln have? A short term congressional representative? Bipartisan polorizer? Failure in business? So much for experience. Judgement and intellect trump experience.

Caleb, I would have to look up and find the stat again, I do not remember where I read it from. It was in the last 6 months, though.

I have read all kinds of information from creation websites that people have sent me. I have yet to see a single piece of information on those websites that is not twisted around or only a piece of the information with other parts missing to make it sound far different than what it actually is.

I’m not trying to get things too off topic, either, I don’t mean to hi-jack the thread. But it is quite relevant, considering the person this thread is about supports having a nonscientific idea-and in fact, one that has been disproven-taught in science classrooms across our country. If they ever did that, my children would never go to public schools.

I’m sorry, but I don’t believe you’ve truly had that much education on evolution if you think that creation science website is valid. I’ve been all over that site and found large amounts of wrong information that appears to be purposely twisted around.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/03/collins.commentary/index.html

How about an article with some actual statistics? The following article on polled scientists at 21 top-rated research universities in the United States shows “More than 31 percent said they do not believe in God, and another 31 percent said they do not know if there is a God and there is no way to find out — a whopping 62 percent of those surveyed.” The 31% that said they don’t know whether God exists or not pretty much fall into the same category in my book. Only 9.7% of the remaining 38% said they have “no doubts about God’s existence.”

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3341576

I’m not claiming that you didn’t read your statistic from somewhere, but I would really like to know where you got that statistic from.

Your claim that I “have never bothered to even look at the evidence for evolution or what evolution even states” is wrong. My major of study is filled with nothing but science, and I’ve had my belly full of classes that teach evolution as fact. I’ll, in turn, give you some literature to “better educate yourself on the matter.” It gives some very good references too if what you read isn’t enough.
http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/FAQ42.html#wp1149132

Oh, and if you doubt his credentials, go back to the home page.

(This has really gone off-topic. I’ll postpone my crusade for Creationism vs. Evolutionism for now.)

I think she’s in for a really really tough road ahead, if the news coming out just today is any indication.

The evidence for evolution is VAST. That is why scientists believe it. What an insult to them for you to dismiss so much of their hard work and research, saying they just made this idea up. Scientists prize scientific integrity and keeping an open mind while reviewing the data.

I would recommend reading “The Language of God” by Francis Collins to better educate yourself on the matter. He is a devout Christian so you don’t have to worry about those evil atheist scientists feeding you lies.

I’ll tell you why evolution is taught as a fact. Because evolution is true, and it has been supported with MOUNTAINS of evidence. You only think this is untrue because you’ve never bothered to look at these mountains of evidence. We have personally witnessed evolution in our own lifetimes in a few areas around the world in animals with very short generations. We have the obvious relatedness of all living things. We have the fossil record. We have retrovirus evidence, probably the strongest evidence of all for long term evolution. Do you know why antibiotics and pesticides stop working on certain diseases or pests after a while? It is because of evolution.

Nothing is ever considered “proven” in science, which is why we still refer to evolution as a theory. However, calling it a theory doesn’t mean it’s just some idea. In science, something is not elevated to a theory until it has large amounts of evidence to support it. Yet, even though in science we never use the word proven, we do use the word disproven. The word “theory” in science does not mean the same thing as when we use it in every day language. So the “theory of evolution” does NOT mean there is no evidence for it and that it is just some idea.

Creationism is not a scientific theory. It has been disproven again and again. It has no place in the classroom in public schools. By the way, St. Augustine and many other church leaders throughout history said that the creation story in the Bible was not meant to be read as a literal story. And this was hundreds of years before Darwin even existed. The interpretation of Genesis as a literal story is quite recent.

Anyway, this means that Sarah Palin is making decisions about our educational system without having even taken the time to research the decision. Because if she did, she would see why creationism does not belong in a science classroom. I don’t want someone to potentially be president who doesn’t even do her homework on issues before making a decision about them.

May I assume you are willing to have all stories of the origins of life and the world from every single religion that has ever existed taught in science class?

Being in touch with normal, common people is good. But, not to the extent that one is severely unqualified for a job. Being on the PTA and being a mayor of a town of 9,000 can be good early experience, but certainly doesn’t qualify one to be the president of the United States.

Someone mentioned I should be glad he chose her if it is a bad idea. In a way, I am. I hope this makes him lose a lot of votes. But, on the other side, there are religious people who will vote for someone blindly over a few issues (abortion and gay people) without considering the many other issues that need consideration. This thread is a prime example of that, which I don’t mean that offensively, but that is how I view this thread. I am quite worried about McCain getting elected and dying while in office, leaving us with this woman as our president, who clearly does not know what she is doing.