Originally Posted by Spider  I did like him a lot as a person, but I can't see having a President whose belief in a literal interpretation of the Bible overrides an acceptance of scientific principles. To me, this is a judgement issue which does affect leadership, |
Misinformation makes for poor decisions. Huckabee did not ever say he had a literal interpretation of the Bible and none of his speeches or answers to debate questions implied so. In fact, he was just the opposite -- he told everyone that the Bible can have many interpretations.
Remember back to one of the first Republican debates when they asked Huckabee if he believed that the earth was created in 6 days. He said he did believe that it was, but that those six days were simply time periods, not necessarily 24-hour days. He believed that God created the heavens and the earth in six time periods.
But, I don't understand why people think faith in something makes a person have poor leadership decisions. Wouldn't you rather have a leader who believes in something than one who believes in whatever the polls tell him to at the moment? Hillary proclaimed Christianity only when she was campaigning to Christians, then played down faith when campaigning to others. Obama played up his faith and church until it came out that they preach hate of America, then he says faith doesn't matter. Huckabee maintained his faith regardless of the polls. It is glaringly apparent that voters don't like that.
But, what gets to me even more, is that we hear all the time that people don't like Washington insiders who are all about business as usual. Huckabee and Ron Paul were the only candidates who weren't insiders conducting business as usual. I guess people just like to say they don't want the insiders, but end up electing them anyhow.