tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10883291.post2034575700126584277..comments2023-10-15T05:53:37.221-07:00Comments on St George Blog: Smarter Emperors, PleaseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10883291.post-63759831696121969812008-09-02T13:52:00.000-07:002008-09-02T13:52:00.000-07:00I didn't say I wanted a scientist as leader, just ...I didn't say I wanted a scientist as leader, just someone who understood science.Vache Follehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942494955243643381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10883291.post-58163502107264723212008-09-02T10:12:00.000-07:002008-09-02T10:12:00.000-07:00As I said, there are creationists who are also Con...As I said, there are creationists who are also Constitutionalists and libertarians, and they are to be preferred over those who would steal my money for their scientific research.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620822221586726516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10883291.post-34727722884564930482008-09-02T08:27:00.000-07:002008-09-02T08:27:00.000-07:00James,The creationist politician of sound politica...James,<BR/><BR/>The creationist politician of sound political judgment sounds like a unicorn to me. They might well hate education and science and cut funding for it under the guise of the 10th amendment, but they are just as likely to forget about the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. Consistent constitutional interpretation is not likely to be their strong suit.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I consider myself a creationist in the sense that I belive that God created the universe. I just don't believe he did it 6,000 years ago and planted fossils to mess with our minds.<BR/><BR/>And creatonism is not a "scientific" belief. I can respect it as a religious belief just as I am obliged to respect them all, what with their all being equally irrational, but I don't think I could trust him as a political leader.Vache Follehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942494955243643381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10883291.post-69146710507799935892008-09-01T20:39:00.000-07:002008-09-01T20:39:00.000-07:00I would place greater trust in a creationist polit...I would place greater trust in a creationist politician who understands that the Tenth Amendment prohibits federal funding for science and education, than a more well-reasoned scientist who doesn't care one whit for the legal limits of the federal government. <BR/><BR/>And it is the very fact that "mainstream" scientists beg for unconstitutional federal funds that make me doubt the validity of their work. After all, in that instance, they are not at the service of Truth, but rather in the service of "whatever it takes to get even more federal grant money."<BR/><BR/>You may respond, "But, as we've seen with Falwell, Huckabee et. al., the creationists don't understand the Constitution either." Maybe so, but I know <I>some</I> people who are both creationists and, if not anarchists, very nearly so. In a way, I respect their religous/scientific beliefs all the more because I respect their political judgments.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620822221586726516noreply@blogger.com