It appears that in Alabama, belief in evolution is now a disqualifying factor for candidates for public office. Alabama gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne is being attacked in the ad below for once saying that evolution “best explains the origin of life.”
Byrne is also being challenged for saying that the Bible is “only partially true.” If you recall, a majority of Republicans running for President last election stated that they did not believe in evolution. For a prior column, click here.
Byrne is notably running against the “ten commandments judge” Roy Moore.
For his part, Byrne quickly promised that he wants creationism and not evolution taught in Alabama schools: “As a Christian and as a public servant, I have never wavered honey baked ham in my belief that this world and everything in it is a masterpiece created by the hands of God,” he said. “As a member of the Alabama Board of Education, the record clearly shows that I fought to ensure the teaching of creationism in our school text books. Those who attack me have distorted, twisted and misrepresented my comments and are spewing utter lies to the people of this state.”
He further assured voters that he believes “every single word” of the Bible to be true.
At least in our politics, we certainly seem to be disproving Darwinistic theories of the survival of the fittest.
He is not alone. There is increasing intolerance for religious figures (here), scientists (here), and others who profess belief in evolution or a non-literal reading of the Bible.
For the full story, click here
Inherit the Wind Farm. 🙂
The next round of commercials in that race:
Sardonic narrator: “Can you believe that Bradley Byrne actually objected to watering crops with Gatorade?!?!?”
(“Idiocracy” reference…)
And people wonder why so many of us make fun the South (esp. those of us unfortunate enough to have lived there). Ironically, Alamba has been trying to retool itself partly through lavish subsidy of the U Alabama medical campus in Birmingham.
You know it really is serious if this the level of ignorance that gets to play …how unreal do you have to get, to be …aww wait a minute …this is just one of them thar tricks of the liberal biased media playing a funny on them good Evolutors…ha ha ha
“…I have never wavered honey baked ham…” Huh?
I guess we can expect Byrne to outlaw Alabama’s shrimp industry. The Bible says that eating crustacean and mollusks are detestable.
With “brilliant” individuals like Byrne, the South will continue to be a lost cause.
How sad to be so proud of one’s ignorance.
Wayne Jarvis:
Maybe we could use Rev. Falwell. Oops, he ‘s gone to his reward.
I am hoping that the biblical literalist vote gets split over the whale/fish issue in the story of Jonah, paving the way for Alabama’s first atheist governor.
But really, shouldn’t the outcome of the election already be found somewhere in the Book of Revelation?
The South will proof again!
“In Birmingham they love the governor
Now we all did what we could do…”
millsapian87,
They mean “rise” like a yeast roll.
When Southerners say “The South will rise again”, the verb “rise” is used in the sense of “rise in rebellion”, not “rise to some pinnacle of excellence”.
Mespo: your zinger would make more sense if Catholics were Bilblical literalists (they are not) or if the Vatican has not been pro-evolution for quite a while (it has).
I do not pardon your zinger.
You should take another crack at it and maybe work in some pedophilia jokes….
Alabama, home to George Wallace. Hmm, do things really ever change?
The title “Governor of Alabama” is now being re-christened “Lord of the Fools.” I also hear the Pope presents the crown.
Funny story. My niece use to live in Valdosta, Georgia. After her husband was transferred they had to sell their house. While talking to a real estate agent, the agent asked which church my niece and her family attended. My niece told her they attended the Catholic Church. The Real Estate Agent says, “Oh, Catholic. I knew one of them once”.
With this kind of deep seated ignorance it is doubtful that the south will ever rise again.
. If Bradley Byrne wants creationism and not evolution taught in Alabama school, how can you call him a monkey?
. Remember the words of the most famous creationist who ever lived, Ronald (Gipper) aReagan, who spoke with his right hand over his creationist heart.
Wow. I find this story disturbing on many levels… I wish that politicians who don’t believe in evolution (or say they don’t) weren’t allowed to have a vote on any policy which effects any of the sciences based on evolution.