Well, I don't believe God exists, and personally, it makes me a little bit uncomfortable to know there is a possibility that a person who believes Jesus Christ is going to come back and take all the believers away within their lifetime, has codes for atomic weapons. I really don't believe people who hold crazy beliefs should be given mankinds ultimate weapon... maybe that's just me though..
A young earth creationist is someone who believes the earth was created in 6 days, somewhere between 6-10 thousand years ago.
Here she is explaining her beliefs;
pg. 217 from Going Rogue
"[Schmidt] knew my position: I believed in the evidence for microevolution that geologic and species change occurs incrementally over time. But I didnt believe in the theory that human beings thinking, loving beings originated from fish that sprouted legs and crawled out of the sea. Or that human beings began as single-celled organisms that developed into monkeys who eventually swung down from trees; I believed we came about through a random process, but were created by God."
And here she is advocating teaching creationism and evolution side by side in the science classroom. I wonder if Mrs. Palin supports teaching the flat earth theory, the "no holocaust" theory, or the "babies come from storks theory" in sex ed?
Teach both. You know, dont be afraid of information. Healthy debate is so important and its so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both. And you know, I say this too as the daughter of a science teacher. Growing up with being so privileged and blessed to be given a lot of information on, on both sides of the subject creationism and evolution. Its been a healthy foundation for me. But dont be afraid of information and let kids debate both sides.
She doesn't accept the theory, and doesn't believe all life shares a common ancestor. She believes in Intelligent Design, which the Supreme Court ruled is Creationism in Kitzmiller v Dover, making her a creationist.
I was talking about the fruit fly research she disregarded as pointless and wasteful;
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She clearly doesn't understand the implications of such research, making her completely ignorant on the subject. So why is she speaking about a subject she doesn't know shit about? - lying about it no less, and telling her supporters exactly what they want to hear - that she'll cut all the 'wasteful spending'.