“I don’t see it as even a matter of science because I don’t know that you can prove one or the other. That’s one of those things. We can talk about theology and all of those other things but I’m basically concerned about, you’ve got a choice between Claire McCaskill and myself. My job is to make the thing there. If we want to do theoretical stuff, we can do that, but I think I better stay on topic.”
via Todd Akin: No ‘Science’ Behind Evolution | ThinkProgress.
Oh Todd Akin… me thinks you do not know the meaning of science. Most have gotten his science education at Tee-Tee University.
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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He must know what he is talking about, seeing as he is on the House Science and Technology Committee. No, he is afraid, afraid that his tether to a meaningful and caring world will be destroyed. He is ready to take his stand and fight against this evil. The evidence makes no difference to him.