Below The Beltway

In a post about Ronald Bailey’s article about the Presidential candidates and evolution, Steve Verdon makes a point that the advocates of so-called creationism never seem to get:
One of the things that never ceases to amaze me about those who support creationism, intelligent design and oppose the concept of evolution is that they are amazing [...]

Mike Huckabee, circa 1990:
“It doesn’t embarrass me one bit to let you know that I believe Adam and Eve were real people.”
H/T: Andrew Sullivan

Scientists have traditionally thought that the speed of human evolution has been relatively unchanged over the millions of years that humanoid species have been on Earth. New research, however, indicates that this isn’t the case and that human beings have evolved more rapidly in the past 10,000 years than it had in the past:
If evolution [...]

Mitt Romney isn’t the only Republican who needs to talk some more about his religious beliefs.
Consider this from Mike Huckabee:
Huckabee, at a dinner in Des Moines, told reporters that the theory of intelligent design, whose proponents believe an intelligent cause is the best way to explain some complex and orderly features of the universe, should [...]

I know I shouldn’t laugh at other people’s beliefs, but this is actually pretty funny.
One question — how did Adam & Eve  get away from the Veliociraptor ?
H/T: Radley Balko 

Creationists don’t believe in evolution, they believe in Super Evolution !

H/T: Steve Verdon

From today’s New York Times Washington Post:
Huckabee’s literal reading of the Book of Genesis came up yet again the other night on Bill O’Reilly’s show. O’Reilly pressed him to explain why he has said, in various forums, that he doesn’t believe in evolution as taught by modern science (for example, after evolution came up in [...]

Scientists in Britain are saying that research involving Saint Bernard’s has provided evidence of natural selection, the mechanism that drives evolution, in action:
The St Bernard breed of dogs has disproved the theory of creationism, a UK-based team of researchers has said.
Biologists from the University of Manchester say that changes to the skull shape of St [...]

It’s citizens are, quite honestly, dumb as mud:
PRINCETON, NJ — The majority of Republicans in the United States do not believe the theory of evolution is true and do not believe that humans evolved over millions of years from less advanced forms of life. This suggests that when three Republican presidential candidates at a May [...]

All I can say is…..enough said:
?While no stone should be left unturned in seeking to discover the nature of man?s origins, we can say with conviction that we know with certainty at least part of the outcome. Man was not an accident and reflects an image and likeness unique in the created order. Those aspects [...]