tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066523326381482793.post8802730471501504679..comments2024-03-25T02:02:15.771-04:00Comments on It's Not a Lecture: I'm not a scientist either, but...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2066523326381482793.post-17724914195758718702012-11-21T14:35:01.765-05:002012-11-21T14:35:01.765-05:00I think there is another nuance to his response th...I think there is another nuance to his response that a lot of people seem to have missed, and that is Rubio is (finally) acknowledging the theological controversy over this issue. <br /><br />Rubio is Catholic, and most of the Latino constituency he is attempting to appeal to is also Catholic. Catholics have no problem with evolution and the Vatican theologians do not take kindly to New Earth creationists.<br /><br />I think that in his response he is deferring more to Catholics than to scientists, and he is bringing them into the fold by not presenting fundamentalism as the only "correct" Christianity.<br /><br />I think his response is pretty similar to when Christie said his views on evolution were none of our business. Neither has a theological basis for believing in Creationism, but neither wants to offend the national Republican base. <br /><br />But I don't know if either response is particularly pro-science.<br /><br />Michelenoreply@blogger.com