This should certainly not be deemed a definitive account but does seem to be plausible enough to justify a question being posed to Palin.
By the way, dear readers, if it's true that she thinks Pebbles and Deeno really did live at the same time, would that make you feel worse about Palin? Better? Or not change your view?
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LOL! I am not a young earth creationist. I was simply stating that our understanding of reality is in the infant stages. No I don't think cavemen and dinos roamed the earth at the same time. But, it will only take one verified find to overturn the "accepted" theory. I was quoting Rupert Sheldrake who is a very well respected British scientist who has been attacked for even "attempting" to research outside the accepted norm. No I am not an athiest but I'm not a evangelical either. While I understand and respect the scientific method it is just that. A method for understanding things we can measure and re-produce. It is not proof of atheism nor does it support religion or any other dogma be it athiest or religous. I have found that the "new" atheist are just as guilty as their counterparts in the religous community of trying to "silence" dissenting views. As for Palin I am not a repulican nor will I be supporting a repulican ticket. But, I don't really care what her religious views are. When I go to a dentist I don't ask him or her what their religion is anymore than I would ask a mechanic what his religion is. Lets not make the same mistake the religous right has made and have a religous test or even a scientism test for political office.
Steve Snead
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of freedom...Einstien!
Please forgive my spelling errors in the above post. (as well as this one if I make any.)What I was trying to say is no I am not a creationist. However, I don't think things just happened and there is no reason beyond chance that the world is here. Still that is a debate for another thread. I can't see anyone voting for the repulican ticket this time because of the shape the economy is in. I would absolutely vote for a flat earther if I thought their economic and forign policy was sound. I just wouldn't let em teach my kid science. :-) (or history for that matter.)
A sense of humor..don't leave home without it. ;)
I think it does matter if Gov. Palin thinks dinosaurs co-existed with humans 6,000 years ago. It goes a long way to explain the ability of a person to form sound judgement. As it's not an issue that deals with the unknown, it can't be dismissed as faith. It's simply a direct contradiction of what the truth is. It's as if she said she doesn't believe in nuclear theory, or the theory of gravity, yet we see the truths of those repeatedly.
If I was a member of a Pentacostal Church that Sarah Palin wanted to join, I would have no problem welcoming her with open arms, but we aren't talking about that. This is a person who wants to be elected to the second highest office in the USA and that is where her scientific beliefs come to play.
All that article did was reinforce my opinion of her. That was...no way would I want her in the 2nd highest office in the land.
First, it is her ultra-conservative religious beliefs, then her total lack of understanding of foreign affairs, (I can see Russia from my back yard seems to be the extent of it), her lack of ability to answer questions that are asked her in interviews regarding ANYTHING that she'd need to know to be a vice-president, and a heart-beat away from the presidency. How she thinks Dino and Bam-Bam were on the earth at the same time? Scary.
No, we most certainly don't need to her as VP....nor her running mate as President. Neither appeal to me at all.
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