The right’s contempt for facts is especially evident when it comes to issues like climate change and evolution. Here’s some of the science denialism we heard from the right on in 2015. (Click here for previous posts on what we heard from the right in 2015.)
“I’m going to punt on that one as well. That’s a question a politician shouldn’t be involved in one way or another. I love the evolution of trade in Wisconsin.”
– Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, responding to questions about his thoughts on evolution during his failed campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
“No, it hasn’t changed my mind. We all have the same evidence, and it’s just a matter of how you interpret it. There’s no dates stamped on these things.”
– Canadian Edgar Nernberg, who serves on the board of a creationist museum that promotes the idea that Earth is only about 6,000 years old, explaining his personal discovery of 60-million-year-old fish fossil.
“Humans, horses, and other animals do not use similar facial muscles and communicative expressions because of shared ancestry, but they do share a common Designer and so we would expect to see similarities in living things — and we observe that.”
– Ken Ham, an outspoken Creationism advocate, unscientifically explaining why recent research showing that horses use facial expressions to communicate is an example of intelligent design.
“There’s a large part of the world that follows the pope’s advice. But what if the advice that’s being given is coming from ungodly beliefs and perspectives?”
– Texas religious-right propagandist David Barton, criticizing Pope Francis for a recent encyclical on global climate change and questioning just who is giving the pope counsel.
I wouldn’t call it a war on science but there is lots of speculation. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth is not an argument for proof of creation. It is a statement that brings a human being to a decision point right away.
It takes a whole lot more faith to believe in the evolutionary theory of secular scientists than it it does to believe the creator of the universe. Read Job 38-41. Then talk.