The meme-ready "I'm not a scientist, man" and the later "I'm not a scientist. I don't think I'm qualified to answer a question like that" may serve as convenient dodges, but they also indicate that Rubio thinks that science, as opposed to a theology, is the right way to answer the question, which it has.ADDED: Rubio's answer reminds me of Obama's "above my pay grade" maneuver when asked about the humanity of the unborn. Both men said it's not my job to avoid conflict with religious people.
November 22, 2012
"Marco Rubio’s Deceptively Pro-Science Answer on the Age of the Earth."
"Though asserting that science and theology disagree on the age of the earth... Rubio's opinion on the matter does slip through."
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 205 of 205Depending on where my youngest kid ends up living I am recommending they consider home schooling.
There are some basics that every kid should have, no one argues that -- but WHAT those basics are is where people have legitimate disagreement. A heck of a lot of public schooling is spent on things which are not essential. In many cases nice ... but especially in the lower grades ... not essential.
A significant number of 'kids' I am familiar with have ended up with educations as good as, and in quite a few cases, better than public school grads. Kids who are successful in name brand universities.
Diversity is good. Right?
[Several commenters] "Why should a non-scientist know the age..."
I want MY president to be the smartest, most curious man available. I, and most of the friends I know, could peg the age of the earth and the universe to within a billion years. I would hope the person that rules the most powerful nation on earth could do the same.
As this is a late comment, may I take the liberty of talking to the far-future readers of this blog? CAN YOU BELIEVE THE BULLSHIT WE HAD TO PUT UP WITH BACK NOW? UNBELIEVABLE, RIGHT?
About those backwards religionists --
The question "how old is the universe?" implies that the universe had a beginning.
And that is exactly what the Creation account in Genesis teaches, that the universe had a beginning.
Meanwhile, it was not too long ago that science was telling people that the universe has always existed, that it had no beginning. This Steady State theory was held to be rock-solid science by many smart people with really pointy heads who laughed contemptuously at those stupid backward religious people who believed in such myths as "In the beginning . . ."
Tell me again who the real ignoramuses are.
Rubio is not a natural born Citizen, since he was born to resident alien Cuban parents, and neither is Bobby Jindal, born to resident alien Indian parents. If they were real statesmen they would say so, but they are surely not. Both are frauds.
You're free to send your kids to private school, Synova. Oh, you can't afford it? Maybe you should work harder rather than ask the government to pay for it. There's some good conservative advice for you. But in any case, keep on fighting the tyranny of educational standards! I suspect you and those in your milieu find such bare minimums to be quite difficult to attain and thus quite oppressive.
Oh, please. Synova is one of the most insightful commenters on this blog. As for standards, public school standards are pathetically low.
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