Ben Carson argued evolution was ‘encouraged by’ Satan

[HuckleB]

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/ben-carson-argued-evolution-was-encouraged-satan?cid=sm_fb_maddow

"As it turns out, the same year, Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson delivered remarks that were strikingly similar. BuzzFeed reported yesterday:

In a speech delivered in 2012, Ben Carson said the big bang theory was part of the “fairy tales” pushed by “high-faluting scientists” as a story of creation.

Similarly, Carson, a noted creationist, said he believed the theory of evolution was encouraged by the devil.

I wish I could say that’s an exaggerated description, but it’s really not. The retired right-wing neurosurgeon, known for his off-the-wall ideas about a great number of issues, called the science surrounding the big bang “ridiculous,” and added in reference to evolution, “I personally believe that this theory that Darwin came up with was something that was encouraged by the adversary.”

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[longship]

1. Ben Carson == Theocrat.

It is that simple. We don't dare let this guy anywhere near government.

[Orsino]

2. Can't wait to hear his opinions on witches, ghosts and fairies.

It is sad to see a presumably smart doctor playing so goddamned dumb for those sweet, sweet PAC bucks.

[hifiguy]

3. The hot inflating Big Bang

Is as sound a theory as exists in all of science. It explains the universe as it is back to a few billionths of a second. I suppose quantum physics abd relativity - the most tested and verified theories in the history of science, are bogus, too.

How did this simpleton ever make it through med school?

[Rex]

4. And we are SURE this guy did brain surgery at one time?

Really? How does one medically understand the human body, but believes in fairy tales about demons and dragons? Makes no sense to me at all.

I mean, I can see being a brain surgeon and playing D&D. NOT being a brain surgeon and believing D&D to be reality.

[jberryhill]

6. How hard is brain surgery, really?

Ancient people did brain surgery.

Unlike working on, for example, hearts, the brain itself compensates for damage. You go in, cut out the lesion or tumor, seal off bleeding, get out, and hope for the best.

If you think about it, it's got to be the simplest internal organ to work on.

[Rex]

9. Well then I guess it is not rocket science.

I stayed at a Holiday Inn once...so I am ready to prep! I say we make Rick Perry my first donor...rumor has it he is all stem.

[hifiguy]

11. I think he did some brain surgery on himself.

Apparently with a ball-peen hammer and a wood chisel.

[HuckleB]

16. Unfortunately, he's not alone in the profession.

One does have to wonder, still.

[ck4829]

5. So give all the antibiotic-resistant bacteria devil horns and spade tails to replace their flagella?

"Nobody heard of antibiotic resistant bacteria until the THEORY of evolution, thanks a lot you jerks!"

[JCMach1]

7. cue the pitchfork... he's just about done...

[progressoid]

8. Holy fuck monkeys.

This guy is off the chart nutz

[Arugula Latte]

21. And may I add...

holy shit weasels as well.

[NightWatcher]

10. The only people pushing "fairy tales" are the creationists who talk about a guy with super powers

who personally made EVERYTHING in one week a couple thousand years ago.

[Gothmog]

12. Carson is proving that doctors make bad politicians

[HuckleB]

27. I don't think that's a worthy generalization.

Still, he's not helping doctors at all.

[niyad]

13. how in the nine circles of HELL does someone with his education come up with this crap?

[KamaAina]

14. TaliBen strikes again!

h/t geek tragedy

[rsexaminer]

15. Carson is a loon

Amazing that he claims he doesn't want a president who puts their religious beliefs above the law of the land. This is too ironic.

[MineralMan]

17. Freaking Fundy Moron!

That sums it all up.

[spanone]

18. a doctor that doesn't believe in science....now that's precious

[dogknob]

19. It takes a nuclear superpower to produce people with the luxury to deny science...

If I may paraphrase some horseshit I read about Sanders on here the other day.

[HuckleB]

20. +1,000,000 ... 000

[Owl]

22. Carson's a dimwit.

[pampango]

23. Reminiscent of Scott Walker in the UK: “a question a politician shouldn’t be involved in one way or

the other". Rejecting science because the base doesn't believe in it is a republican disease.

Scott Walker dodges question about evolution beliefs during trade visit to UK

Republican presidential hopeful Scott Walker has refused to say whether he believes in the theory of evolution, arguing that it is “a question a politician shouldn’t be involved in one way or the other”.

Webb, who was chairing the talk, responded that “any British politician, right- or leftwing, would laugh and say ‘yes of course evolution is true’”.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/feb/11/scott-walker-special-relationship-trade-cheese-republican-chris-christie

[JHB]

24. As a brain surgeon, does he know a treatment for guanopathy?

Evidently not.

[Vinca]

25. Is that what I think it is?

It definitely infects GOP brains.

[JHB]

26. Technically, I'm probably applying the suffix "path" too loosely...

...but hey, RWers hate technicalities anyway. Psycho-, socio-, you can fill in the rest.


First applied to the Grifter Queen of Glacier Gulch, but Carson shows advanced symptoms.

[Vinca]

28. LOL - Grifter Queen of Glacier Gulch.

You have a way with words. That is too, too funny.

[gollygee]

29. How did he get through the science courses required to become a doctor? n/t

[tabasco]

30. It is the year 2015 and a major political party in the U.S.A. has nothing but kooks

That includes the rank and file kooks who vote for these imbeciles.

[Major Nikon]

31. This isn't your everyday stupid