Originally Posted by skipster  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. |
I definitely do not believe that faith makes anyone an unfit candidate for President. I do remember, however, that Huckabee once said that he believed in creationism and that the earth was only a few million (thousand?)years old. He did not believe the scientific evidence indicating the true age of the earth. If I misunderstood his position, I apologize, but that's how I remember it. I do not think that belief in a strict literal interpretation of the Bible, which denies scientific evidence, is an indication that a person will be open minded on issues such as birth control, stem cell research, teaching intelligent design as science, etc. I have discussed what I believe to be the roles of religion and science in society and in the lives of individuals, and have explained on numerous occasions how they can coexist. I don't want a President who doesn't understand this, and again, if I have misjudged Huckabee on this, my apologies, but even if I felt otherwise, it's too late to help him get the nomination.