Creation

Telling debate at the Reagan Library the other night on such issues as abortion and creation. I think the Creation issue makes it easier to sort out some of the candidates--I liked Huckabee and Brownback from the early goings--and now have to add Tancredo, whom was off my radar screen. At one point, I liked McCain, but this debate and some of his recent stands changes things with me.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/05/AR2007050501039.html

[i]Eager to Be Reagan's Heir, but Not Bonzo's Cousin

By Chris Cillizza And Shailagh Murray
Sunday, May 6, 2007; Page A02

When former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, Rep. Tom Tancredo (Colo.) and Sen. Sam Brownback (Kan.) each raised his hand in response to a question from moderator Chris Matthews during Thursday night's Republican presidential debate in California, signaling that they did not believe in evolution, it raised more than a few eyebrows among journalists.

But a look at public polling on the issue reveals that the three men aren't far from the mainstream in that belief.

A recent Newsweek survey presented people with three explanations for the origins of human life: that humans developed over millions of years, from lesser to more advanced forms of life, while God guided the process; that God played no hand in the process; and that God created humans in their present form.[/i]