Did God Create Adam and Eve or McCain and Obama?

Fact Is, Nobody Really Knows Who Created What!

Evolution has become a subjective thing in our world and not an established fact- thanks to creationists and the people who blindly believe them. This "Evolution is ONLY a theory" posit is a crock: to believe in creationism is insulting to an all-powerful God. The anthropomorphism of having God create something and seeing "it was good" is a shameful denegration of God. If God "wanted" humans to believe in "Him" and "told" them about his "wishes" by inspiring men to write down his "words" then He's not much of an all-powerful, all EVERYTHING God, is "He"? He was right to allow setting down ethical guidelines for survival in a book filled with poetry and imagery for the being who had not reached knowledge of who He was. Perhaps, however, God intended for mankind to evolve past a book of stories and metaphors. If there was any direction we were supposed to go, it was forward to new thoughts for the betterment of all so that all could survive. Christians believe in God. At least they say so. But many of them don't believe in humanity. They believe that man is weak and, while he has a certain capacity for good, he succumbs to evil. That's not really believing in humanity, is it? And there are those who believe that every person is born in sin. And that that sin is transmitted by...sex. Man is to look upon his lot in life to overcome something he was born with. Man is born with guilt. And many Christians LOVE guilt. Their principles are built on guilt.

Going back to creation vs. evolution: it really comes down to two distinct schools of thought that have never been reconciled: God created everything directly OR everything evolved (with or without God). These schools of thought have been antagonizing each other for years, but never before have they been a concern for citizens of the United States when choosing a president. Religion has made itself prominent enough in the political sphere to warrant looking into presidential hopefuls' creation vs. evolution beliefs. So what do our two prominent presidential candidates think about creationism and evolution?

(Think Progress, Feb. 12, 2007)

Yet, on February 23, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will be the keynote speaker for the most prominent creationism advocacy group in the country. The Discovery Institute, a religious right think-tank, is well-known for its strong opposition to evolutionary biology and its advocacy for “intelligent design.” The institute’s main financial backer, savings and loan heir Howard Ahmanson, spent 20 years on the board of the Chalcedon Foundation, “a theocratic outfit that advocates the replacement of American civil law with biblical law.” (Emphasis my own)

McCain has an ambiguous record on whether he supports intelligent design in the science curriculum. In 2005, he said it should be taught:

Daily Star: Should intelligent design be taught in schools?

McCain: I think that there has to be all points of view presented. But they’ve got to be thoroughly presented. So to say that you can only teach one line of thinking I don’t think is - or one belief on how people and the world was created - I think there’s nothing wrong with teaching different schools of thought.

Daily Star: Does it belong in science?

McCain: There’s enough scientists that believe it does. I’m not a scientist. This is something that I think all points of view should be presented.

But last year, he said the intelligent design theory should not be taught in the science classroom:

“I think Americans should be exposed to every point of view,” he said. “I happen to believe in evolution…I respect those who think the world was created in seven days. Should it be taught as a science class? Probably not.“

Barack Obama:
(From About.com)

In one form or another, conflicts over the teaching of evolution in public schools have been an important aspect of the Christian Right's culture wars against modernity and the Enlightenment. Almost every Republican candidate for president has rejected evolutionary science; support for creationism has almost been a litmus test for Republican politicians. Barack Obama does accept evolutionary science and, moreover, he opposes teaching any form of creationism - including Intelligent Design creationism - alongside evolution in public schools.

So, we have one candidate who believes in evolution while making speeches to established Reconstructionists. Not the sign of a very positively principled person. Reconstructionists are fierce in their extreme theocratic views. Speaking at the The Discovery Institute is about as far right as you can get. And the other candidate may become more centrist (as he has in other ways) advocating that intelligent design be taught, but not in the science classroom.
The next few months will be interesting when it comes to these issues. The Christian Right will certainly MAKE them issues and MAKE both campaigns answer the question: Which Do You Believe In: Evolution or Creationism?

Obama: evolution of Cool