In 2008 GOP p**********l candidates were asked if they believed in Darwinian Evolution two-thirds said they did. By 2016 only one Republican candidate, Jeb Bush, admitted to believing in evolution and he added the qualifier that if taught in public schools it should be taught alongside of creationism.

Now the question is: how many actually stopped believing in evolution and how many were simply trying to cover their ass amongst v**ers!

https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkScience/videos/1434061180039335/

Moses authored the Book of Genesis nearly 4000 years ago. At that time, it wasn't necessary for him to go into great detail about why, how and where in which time, space, matter and energy were created. The English t***slation of the original Hebrew is accurate as far as it goes, but a close study of the first 10 verses of Genesis, in both languages, reveals a striking sequence that has long been a point of contention among Christians, between theologians and scientists, and provides atheists with a ready weapon with which to express their contempt for all things Biblical.

Briefly,

In the 1st verse of Genesis, we see that the earth was without form, and void. (In the English t***slations, "earth" is in lower case, a subtle yet very important point. In Hebrew the word refers to matter or physical particles.) The "earth" remains "without form, and void" until we come to the 9th and 10th verses where "dry land" appeared and God called it "Earth" (Capitalized).

Since one rotation of the Earth established the 24 hour day, and the Earth did not appear as "dry land" until we get to the 9th and 10th verses of Genesis, it is impossible to determine the elapsed time between the "beginning" and the formation of the Earth, planets, and stars. Neither Biblical scholars, theologians or scientists have been able to account for that period of time. No one can say how or what time may be to an Intelligent Creator. The Bible does, on occasion, suggest that time in the eyes of God and in the lives of men are two very different things.

In Psalm 90, the only Psalm attributed to Moses, he concludes that man and God look at time from entirely different perspectives. And, in 2 Peter we see that With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

So, no doubt this debate will go on until the end of time. There is no need to get your panties in a twist over what you ignorantly perceive as "rubbish."

In 2008 GOP p**********l candidates were asked if they believed in Darwinian Evolution two-thirds said they did. By 2016 only one Republican candidate, Jeb Bush, admitted to believing in evolution and he added the qualifier that if taught in public schools it should be taught alongside of creationism.

Now the question is: how many actually stopped believing in evolution and how many were simply trying to cover their ass amongst v**ers!

https://www.facebook.com/BigThinkScience/videos/1434061180039335/

He took away your ability to reason so that you would believe anything, and that trait unfortunately is what rolls with political beliefs as well. If FOX and Trump say it the right blindly believes it.

There have been studies being done with what happens in the brain in people subject to beliefs (some people simply are not, it needs to be proved to them) There is a part of the brain that is used and involved in reasoning that is atrophied in a believer. The correlating studies as to why come up with several possible reasons, one being early developmental training as they are growing up. I saw a great example being used by the author of the study results. If one kid is subjected to answers about why the sun comes up in the morning, that it's because god wants us to have light so he gave us the sun. It's an answer designed to stop further curiosity and explorative thinking. Another kid who's parent answers with the technical facts such as...the earth revolves around the sun, and that's why there is dark when the side that's in the shade is on the opposite side.

The one answer is the result of a lazy brain that creates an unimaginative kid, the brain is not going to work as well as far as reasoning.

The other parent, depending on how far they are willing to go might be drawing their kid pictures, and explaining a long list of answers to questions a bright and interested kid is going to have. A kid who is encouraged to think about technical science based things is going to be using that reasoning part of their brain far more than the kid who's question was shut down with a faith based answer, where further questions are shut down with a statement that we don't question god and his power and goodness.