Science is great. God is greater. When you stop worshiping yourselves and pretending like there is no accountability for you actions, out country will be in a much better place.
I like how he tries to make it sound ridiculous..."do I believe this all happened by chance? With no designer? No, I don't believe that" as if its absurd or something. what a moron.
Sounds like a lot of folks have a chip on their shoulder. Huckabee never denies evolution. He says that a greater being shaped life on Earth. He also says VERY SPECIFICALLY that he doesn't know if that happened over 6 days or 6 million. Rabid Evolutionists are just as despicable as rabid Creationists. They have a political agenda that they are pushing forward and are ultimately being disingenuous. By drawing a line in the sand they participate in the same narrow mindedness as those they scorn.
@TysicJC Tysic, actually evolution is still a theory. The science is not in and evolution hasn't been proven. Believe me, I am a biologist. Now, as far as theories go, evolution is a VERY strong theory, meaning it is very likely correct. However, do a bit of reading on the difference between a theory and a proof. 100% implies proof. Evolution is still a theory.
@MLATX512 I'd be more keen on believing you're a biologist if you weren't speaking as if there was some progression from theory to fact. A very strong theory, one as strong evolution, would be referred to colloquially as a fact. Just as, colloquially, the germ theory of human illness is referred to as a fact. It is not narrow mindedness to refer to it that way, it's an unbiased recognition of the facts. There is now debate in the scientific community that evolution occurred.
@TysicJC That's correct it is agreed to the our best guess at this point, however the theory as we know it today will very likely continue to be refined and sections of it may be completely abandoned in favor of other theories that more accurately take into account new evidence. My whole point being that spittle flecked fanaticism is ugly, no mater which side of the debate you are on. Especially since evolutionary scientists agree that there are still holes.
@MLATX512 My point is that if people held the same differing opinions about, say, the fact that earth is round, I don't think you'd pander to them and say, well that's the best guess we have according to the available evidence. You wouldn't hesitate to call them definitively wrong. No need to pander to idiots, I'm sorry.
@TysicJC Here's the big difference. The world is PROVEN to be round. 10,000 scientists from all over the world can perform identical measurements and get identical results. On the other hand, Evolution works really well once life exists on Earth, but has a difficult time explaining exactly how life got started. There simply is no evidence in the fossil record of those early pre-life building blocks like amino acids, etc. So, we're left with educated speculation, no one knows for sure
@TysicJC The funny thing about all of this is that I am an evolutionist. I call Creationism the "Ah La Peanut Butter Sandwiches!" explanation of life on Earth and rank it at about a .001% probability of being accurate. But, I am careful not to misclassify Evolution as 100% correct because it simply hasn't gotten that far yet. Though I do rank it at about 90% probability of being accurate. The 10% is there for fine tuning and filling in the blanks.
@TysicJC Also, please do not claim to speak for science when you are so clearly not qualified to do so. Armchair know-it-alls just dilute the authority of true scientists and actually end up hurting the argument for evolution.
it's really sad that in this day and age there are still people this retarded.. it's almost insulting when countless people have dedicated endless time and effort to discover the factual workings of life for us to become more intelligent about ourselves and have a clearer view on reality, and then people like this archiac moron sit there saying "nope.. it was god. the spirits did it" trying to regress us. How primitive can you be? Open your eyes dumbass.
"If someone believes that the Earth is 6,000 years old...why shouldn't I take that into account when I'm assessing the rationality of someone I'm going to put into the highest office in the land?"
Evolution dose NOT state that Humans evolved from Monkeys or Apes. But rather, that Humans and Apes have a "Common Ancestor" in the past.
The Theory of Evolution is supported by an "Immense Mass Of Evidence". That's why it's one of the most Universally Accepted Scientific Paradigms in ALL branches of Science.
It's taught in "Every" non-religious College and University on Earth. Both Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI have accepted it's validity.
False, not all science believe in evil illusion, aka evolution. Only the atheist science are popular and are still teaching a lie and a theory. A true Science will find the evident s and compliment Gods creation, the other want me to believe that I evolved from king kong.
1:47 Bill Maher uses an appeal to numbers logical fallacy. Just because a lot of ppl believe in something doesn't mean it is true. Maybe Bill doesn't know that the alleged age of the earth has changed exponentially only in the last few decades. The age the scientists think the earh is now will be completely different in a decade. Is the error rate of their calculations that far off? And we are to be confident in such shifting numbers???
You're criticising the logical fallacy of Maher while committing your own; an appeal to ignorance.
Science relies on data, which in this area has been plentiful in the last decades. This "exponential" change you're talking of is actually the accumulation of a wealth of evidence from different disciplines pointing in a single direction. Look at advances in medicine in the last 50 years, same thing.
Conversely, your appeal to ignorance offers no evidence at all.
@CiscoWes Lmao, I don't think anyone who's a christian is in position to use the words logical and fallacy where criticism of anyone else is concerned. Nor are you fit to speak of fairytales lol, unless you're talking about your own unsubtantiated beliefs. As a christian, you don't even understand the difference between fact and opinion. Reading your laughable, poorly conceived posts. The word hypocrite comes to mind. A christian calling someone else fallacious !!! Drum roll please !!!
0:57 Actually not true. Monkeys, gorillas, orangutans, etc... and us, came from a COMMON ANCESTOR. We did not come from monkeys. Monkeys and humans evolved from an ancient common ancestor, and so on and so on.
@maulstar1 thanks, and it answers the question so many anti-evolution people bring up= if we came from monkeys and apes, how come they are still here with us? There's the answer.
@tmc359 Haha, so true! It's an amazingly stupid question (and there ARE stupid questions!!). As soon as you hear that question, you immediately know that the person has absolutely no clue what is going on regarding evolution, which is probably why they don't believe it. Or at least a small part of it...
Hucky doesn't seem much interested wheter the world took 6000 or 6 Billion years. Folks, that's a factor of 1,000,000. In my line of work, a mistake of 0.01 can mean the difference between failure and success... I care about mistakes and accuracy. When you don't give a sh@t about a factor of one Million times, then you should be doing janitorial work.
@mamaluke29 Yes, we are. But realistically speaking, if we want to get our point across, since ours is sometimes blocked out because it's not shared by the majority or some shit, we have to be.
Though I don't really brand myself atheist. I agree with Maher on the stance that 'I don't know, and you don't possess any special powers to know either so stop telling me you know'
You fucking dumbass Christians and your fucking bible, PLEASE. That book could be re-interpreted a million times and you'd always find something to fight over, and somebody to persecute. The world has had enough of your sanctimonious bullshit. First you say that the bible is the 'word of god' but then when people point out how silly and farcical it is, you try to pass it off as 'allegory', when most of you have no clue what that is. NO; we're sick of it and we're taking anymore of your tyranny!
Huckabee is a just snake oil salesman masquerading as an honest 'I tells it likes I sees it' man of the people, for personal gain. It's hardley the best way to phrase it but at 0.58 BM says "but evolution is about - like we came from monkeys. You don't agree with that ?"
MH replies "I don't know".
What ? - MH was a bapist minister for 12 years. Did he explain to his congregation, I wonder, that he didn't know whether critical parts of the Bible were actually true or not? What a douche!
Its not a silly question to ask of a presidential candidate. If you can look at the overwhelming stack of evidence and still make decisions going against all the evidence I don't want you as president. Seems to me that is the mentality that got us into the mess in Iraq.
Um, he did NOT deny evolution. He confirmed that it began with a Creator. However, the Bible never asserts that humans evolved, so why would he say "I don't know" when Bill Maher asked him if he believed in evolution or not? Wow!
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It's hardly an unimportant question for numerous reasons. The last time the U.S. had a christian nutjob for a president he led us into what for him is a holy war. In addition, Science is the future. Anyone who aspires to the highest office in the land needs to have a complete grasp of what Science has done for mankind and what it can do in the future. If you want to create jobs and new industries...FUND SCIENCE !!! Something tells me this guy wouldn't get that.
@fukinblowme Saying a Christian is a nutjob is a clear indicator of where your mind is and an indicator of your mentality. Nobody has a problem with science. The problem begins when you try to say that a pineapple and a porcupine share a common ancestor or man is related to a field mouse. That's not science, that's BS. That's the problem, not science.
@CiscoWes Its just sad that you are so uneducated and still feel you need to share your ideas with everyone else. Yes Christians are nutjobs, believing in virgin births and talking snakes makes you crazy. But crazy people just blend in with other crazy people. Christianity isnt any more rational than Scientology is, but thousands of years make beliefs seem a lot less crazy. If you post your address I can send you the middle school science book that you so badly need
@CiscoWes There's an overwelming amount of evidence to support Evolution.So much so that it is widly accepted by both the world's academic and scientific communites.To deny belief in Evolution is to show great ignorance and a lack of education.Many American's belief in creationism is just one of many valid reasons why American's are laughed at around the world...and yes,anyone who is a member of a cult which believes in talking snakes and donkeys is a nutjob My mentality ? I'm rational and sane.
@fukinblowme yes, that's how eugenics and genocide were put to use.Nazis were the first to make massive scientific discoveries about all sorts of things, in fact, the atomic bomb was their idea and they were going to make it first.But to get to those discoveries they cut limbs off of live jews, then replace it to try to make it grow back, they would make poisonous gas tests on jews to see what effects they have etc.A "scientific" president is potentially dangerous.
@fukinblowme I agree that science is the future. However, there is a difference between believing in real science and believing in science fiction (i.e. Evolution).
@maryjane1384 Give you a break ? Something tells me you're too uneducated and/or dumb to understand my comment. I bet you'd even vote for Mitt Romney who believes that "his" god lives on a fictional planet named Kolob.
@Demingosan It doesn't matter if you "believe" in evolution. Evolution is not a matter for faith. It's not dogma, it's not doctrine, it's not holy mandate. Evolution is the product of two centuries of scientific inquiry, carried out by thousands of qualified professionals.
Evolution is fact, whether you like it or not. To deny it is insane, just as it would be insane to deny the existence of computers because they're never mentioned in your Bible..
@Demingosan Obviously you don't know about evolution. It's been observed in a lab with fruit flies, and it's also been observed via the domestication of cows, dogs, and cats. I suggest you do a little research before you make claims like those.
"...I thought it was just really, really, silly...it's really not a proper 'yes or no' question..."
It's not 'silly' and YES IT IS you incompetent, shithole! A candidate should be able to fucking READ before they enter office and denying evolution makes you out to be a weasley, uneducated, ass-kisser who can't stand up for anything or think straight to save his life!
Making the observation that evolution is a bunch of BS and standing up for the truth makes you extremely qualified to run for president. Why would I want some ignorant crowd follower that thinks a pineapple and a porcupine are related. I would want THAT for president??? Take your adult fairytale. We're not interested. Denying evolutionism actually makes a good atribute of someone.
Deity, who we must take for fact despite world full of anthropomorphic deities, creates light before sun; creates universe in 6 days; makes man from mud, woman from bit of man; installs them in magical garden, orders them to not eat fruit of single tree for no apparent reason; is omnipotent, so knows man will do so anyway, urged on by talking snake; deity so pissed at eating of magical fruit in magical garden that he banishes mankind, as he knew he would.
@razzlefrog Its always idiots like you who shove evolution in people face and get mad when Christains share their beliefs with the world. Thats probably why your so mad..
As much as I wouldn't vote for Huckabee, I think his answer was fair and honest. Basically, he said "I don't know". He didn't outright negate evolution. Personally, I don't think evolution negates God, or visa versa. Since no one alive today was around in "the beginning", no sane person can say they "know".
The bible is a bronze age work of pure fiction. NOTHING in it is real. If you believe in Jesus, Mohammed, the Jewish thing, Buddha - all that shit, then you're a fucking retard. You're no better than the ancient Greeks, Egyptian, Vikings etc etc who made things up to explain the world around them. Evolution is based on actual observable evidence. In fact it happens ALL THE TIME! How do viruses build resistance to drugs? They evolve! Very quickly. So it's observable in a matter of months.
@HurryingFever1 Because some people are less evolved than others. On my TV right now, there is an artist that I fell in love with in 1983, but she is totally moronic! No matter what she offered me today, I would say no!!! How the fuck can somebody think that evolution is a beliefe? It's a FACT, but not if you are a creationist idiot dimwit craphead.
@batistaker123 It is true, as you assert, that a "theist" can concurrently believe in evolution and the presence of god(s). However, I would further clarify that the god(s) in question could not be the specific god of the Christian bible. If Christians (like Huckabee) want to be true to their book, they have to believe in the genesis myth, the young earth time line, and the Noah myth, all of which contradict the physical evidence of evolution.
@rmcdaniel423 True but since many Christians want to cling to their faith so tightly and almost impossible to make them doubt Jesus' miracles they might as well accept that Creationism is bullshit.
Mike Huckabee is so monumentally stupid! Only in America could such a man get to be a presidential candidate. I fear the day, when such a moron gets his finger on "the button". What if a voice in his head tells him to push it? Would he do so, because it "must be god"?
@pearlsb4swine1969 so the answer is NO. You have NOT read anything about evolution so you are dismissing someone you don' understand and don't want to understand. I don't hate you at all. You're just another ignorant, pitiful, strange American person who probably takes the Bible literally. You probably think Noah's Ark was real. Ok, enough. Goodbye
@pearlsb4swine1969 have you ever read a book on evolution that was written by someone with a PhD in the subject? Of course you haven't because you're an ignorant American idiot. WE DID NOT COME FROM APES!!!! We are related to them because we share a common ancestor but we did not come from them. Let me repeat - WE DID NOT COME FROM APES! You have no idea what evolution actually is all about. Oh and all that Jesus and Bible shit? Someone made it up in some desert somewhere! You are a disgrace!
@pearlsb4swine1969 Do you ever shut the fuck up? Seriously, I got about 5 comments or so before I just gave up hope of seeing a sane statement from you. I don't know what my favourite part was, but your hilariously ignorant misrepresentation of the theory of macro-evolution was well, fucking priceless. If you confronted anyone with a basic understanding of evolution and proclaimed "Ah didn't come from no monkey!" They'd actually agree with you.
2) as to your claim that there are no transitional forms between ape-like ancestors and modern man (yet more utter arse gravy of the highest order) :
H. habilis, H. gautengensis, H. rudolfensis, H. georgicus, H. ergaster, H. erectus, and the list goes on and on. There are in fact plenty of transitional fossils, not just for us humans, but other species too. I seriously have no idea why you creationist nutbars keep slinging that claim, it's getting old, seriously...
@pearlsb4swine1969 You serious? Evolution doesn't necessarily mean we came from monkies. It's more based off the idea that creatures evolve unique to conditions they live in. When Madadasgar seperated from Indian continent the plants and animals adapted uniquelly.80% of plants animals on the island are unique to it.Same all over the world.Certain birds developed wings more suited for arctic harsh winds, others for coasting on the beach. Some squirells learned to fly.Evolution
The point is, Americans are fucking retarded fascist cunts. Half of your country denies evolution. That's like denying gravity. Evolution is based on overwhelming evidence. It actually happens all the time - how do you think viruses build up resistance to drugs? They evolve. Please read a fucking book on the subject. Even the presenter has got it all wrong. We did not evolve from monkeys - we share a common ancestor. Religious people are illiterate, retared cowards
@StigJensen123 Right on! And I'm American. As Susan Jacoby says: This is "The Age of American Unreason." Religion in America has become a fascist, political movement. They're useful fools for the corporate ruling-class. On survival mode, from the island of Kauai. Aloha and Peace.
I love that the question was, "How many of you do not 'believe' in evolution?", as if evolution is something people can choose to believe or not believe on. I don't believe in evolution, I understand that it is reality that it has happened and continues to happen; I don't get an opportunity to "believe" in it or not. Those that don't "believe" in evolution just don't understand what it is.
no we didn't come from apes.God created us.just because we christians can't explain everything does not make God false.there are some christians who belive in evolution.
Let us all hope that Mike Huckabee never ever becomes President of the United States. Any intelligent person knows that evolution is a scientific fact.
"i don't care if it took 6 billion years". These people take the bible so literal and preach to their brainwashed offspring of how the bible is completely truthful, but then he would accept if God didn't create the world in 7 days like the bible says. Nothing but contradictions without any logic whatsoever
Humans did not "evolve from monkeys". That is a ridiculous misconception brought about by creationists. Humans evolved WITH monkeys from one common ancestor. Humans are and never were the same species as modern monkeys.
@TheDubCollector EXACTLY. Someone with a brain. We didn't fucking come from monkies. Us and monkies both came from an ancestor with traits that we both have. Monkies developed in their own little way for what was needed to substain life in their enviroment and we did the same. We evolved along two very different paths. Anyone who doesn't believe in evolution just does not have a clear understanding of it and thinks there's a conspiracy to disprove Christianity specifically.
@June28July You're an idiot. If the president of the United States doesn't accept natural evolution, then who is he to make decision about financing for the direction of the scientific community's research?
"No, no....no more funding for biology, let's get chemists together to figure out how to make bigger and more colorful explosions!"
@MrAnalChrist I am an evolutionist myself. Ok now I want you to show me where Mike huckabee says evolution is not true. Why is it so hard to understand that someone can be religious and still accept science,
@gigaboy47 In the first 20 seconds it's made clear. Maher described a situation in which huckabee raised his hand to the notion that he didn't beileve in evolution, and then nodded at his approval of the recount? Does that not imply his denial of evolution? Do you actually need him to explicitly say it?
I'm completely offended that Huckabee does not respect basic science (this does have an effect on his policies - as you can see by his platform in regards to education and science) and thinks evolution is a 'random chance'
I really, really hate the atheists who actually say or imply that we evolved from modern day monkeys. That's complete retardation. Other modern day primates are close relatives of homo sapiens, and we all came from a common ancestor that does NOT exist today.
@AgrivatedKillah Watch the video "Top Ten Creationist Arguments". Their reply to the argument that "if humans evolved from monkeys, why are their still monkeys today?" was that since Americans are from England, why is there still England. That implies that they believe we evolved from current primates.
@AgrivatedKillah The video was posted as a response to creationist arguments, and the uploaders user name was "TheThinkingAtheist". I suggested you watch the video, which you clearly did not.
Ok what do you say to scientist who belief and have proof aboutintelligent design? What about the early scientist who thought that creation was real and God is the creator and what they found He revealed it to them..I believe this is not only a religious question
@TCSC777 Scientific proof? I'd believe they're wrong because it's a philosophical question. Just so you know, I feel the same way when atheists talk about God not existing like it's a scientific question when it's not. Perhaps you have examples of God's existence being proven through science? Anyway, I believe that the scientific evidence supports the idea that the earth is billions of years old and that species have evolved from lower lifeforms.
Evolution can and will never be proven because the magic ingredient in your equation is time. Look around you man is getting worse, wars, hatred and senseless violence, how does your science deal with mans condition? Or for that matter your own
@TCSC777 Again, science *doesn't* deal with man's "condition" because that's a philosophical/religious issue rather than a scientific one. You seem to be assuming that I don't believe in God, but that's not the case, actually. One can still believe in God and evolution, you know.
That's not the theory of Evolution. The selection is not random! The mutations are essentially random but the selections are not. This is what so many people don't understand.
I disagree with Huckabee because I believe it *is* a relevant question. A lot of creationists want creationism taught in public schools, so yeah, I think knowing a would-be president's views on this would be pretty important, especially if he has ties to very, very conservative/fundamentalist groups (as is the case with Huckabee).
@JBenjamin82 Why are you evolutionist so afraid of creation being taught right along side the evolution saga..lol you guys act like you care this is about you defending your religion which is evolution...see you can never really prove it...so it takes faith to believe it...just like Christianity, but see I have the Bible that you will never disprove abd creation that screems designer over random nous
@TCSC777 Creationism isn't science. If people want to discuss God and creation, it should be done in a religion or a philosophy classroom. And I disagree that "you can never really prove" evolution. You cannot prove that God created the universe through science because you cannot measure and observe God scientifically, unlike the study of evolution and other scientific questions. Questions of God's existence are philosophical questions rather than scientific ones.
its funny that people are bashing on mikes intelligence by arguing for evolution. mike is arguing God was the driving force behind life. evolution isnt about abiogenesis its about progression. without evidence of abiogenesis evolution is built on faith without a foundation.
That was not an apropiate question to ask someone running for president. Athiest and christians are good people with different views and should respect one another's beliefs. Maybe Huckabee should have said, God bless America. What would be wrong with that?
@thebigcougar Well I would ask a similiar question, the fact that my politicians are so willing to believe such silly things like Noah's Arc, a boat that could hold millions of species, feed them all, keep them alive, separate them from eating from one another, distribute them in the right place throughout the earth where they are properly suited to live. Sounds like a fantasty book don't you think? I'm concerned my government officials actually believe in such things.
@TheHandsomeDonovan I would have liked to see their reaction to the question, do you belive in the story of Noah and the Ark. Maybe that should have been a follow up question. I still believe people of faith are good people. They believe God is watching us. It keeps some of them on the straight and narrow path.
It's difficult to imagine that in this day and age someone can go onto television, state that they believe a deity created the Earth and everything in it, then baselessly refute a highly-vetted and widely-accepted scientific theory, and actually have a shot at the presidency. If that isn't a face-palm, I don't know what is.
Its so funny watching Huckabee speak, he has a talent of turning a 1-4 word answer into a 5 sentence answer which still doesnt answer the question, Must be fustrating trying to have a debate with him. I cant see how someone who is older then 18 isnt fammilier with the theory of evolution, honestly i am 15 and live in South Africa which isnt known for its great education system and as Bill says most of these thing you learn by just being alive
@Shad3251 if his opinion of the origins of the universe are valid in a presidential race because we need to know what we're getting, then the friends of President Obama should definitely be taken into consideration.
Huckerbee is being intellectually dishonest in his replies to this question. He is an ordained minister and what he is basically saying is that he does not believe the Genesis account of creation (as it is written) is true,
As a minister, he should state which parts of the Bible he believes to be literal truth and which are false. Does Biblical truth start with Abraham, Moses, David, Soloman, the Jewish exile to Babylon ? He is ducking the real question in an attempt to retain popularity.
If he had said that he doesn't believe/accept evolution because he doesn't know enough about it to declare a stance then that's one thing and I could respect that but he says that he doesn't because of his religious beliefs and I don't want that kind of thinking coming from the President. He's being irrational on the subject and doesn't even understand evolutionary theory enough to say what he said during the debate.
Huckabee has a good point. You can't lie and say that a person is going to abandon all the other issues just because a candidate does not believe in evolution. Oh yeah, sure... they are going to sit there with this bad economy and say, "But at least we have a president who believes in evolution" sure....
@LazaaMMA Most religious "scholars" (I'm not one of them, by the way, I'm an atheist) read the bible as non-literal text. It's really more important to religions to have faith in God and worship him and all that then to believe in the specifics of the bible. As for why, if there is a God, he would take so long to make humanity, 4.5 billion years might seem like a day to God, if God exists he probably has different perceptions of time than humans do.
He has no answers and is not to be trusted. I think that having the same knowledge of science as an 8th grade teacher would be an excellent characteristic of an individual running for office. Someone smack him and give him a spine.
Okay, I tried to give Republicans a chance, but you know what, I'm fucking sick of their question-dodging. Just answer the question, Mike, do you believe life forms evolve over time or not? We're not asking your religion we are asking what you believe about the natural world. I would probably respect him more if he would just grow a pair and answer the question honestly, even if it's a stupid answer
@Ichiboy900 He did answer it. He said that if by evolution you mean some randomness that just kinda happened to create this order and that something came from nothing, then that's complete bullshit, and ya know what? He's right! lol
@illusionistdave When he says he doesn't believe in randomness and that something came from nothing, all he's saying is that he's not an atheist (which no candidate in history has ever been, big shocker!). To the question of evolution, all he said was "I don't know". Like I said, I would respect him alot more if he would've at least answered a yes or no
Science is all....
maryjane1384 2 weeks ago
Science is great. God is greater. When you stop worshiping yourselves and pretending like there is no accountability for you actions, out country will be in a much better place.
jakeel85 2 weeks ago
I like how he tries to make it sound ridiculous..."do I believe this all happened by chance? With no designer? No, I don't believe that" as if its absurd or something. what a moron.
Kingding6 3 weeks ago
Sounds like a lot of folks have a chip on their shoulder. Huckabee never denies evolution. He says that a greater being shaped life on Earth. He also says VERY SPECIFICALLY that he doesn't know if that happened over 6 days or 6 million. Rabid Evolutionists are just as despicable as rabid Creationists. They have a political agenda that they are pushing forward and are ultimately being disingenuous. By drawing a line in the sand they participate in the same narrow mindedness as those they scorn.
MLATX512 1 month ago
@MLATX512 Wrong. The science is in, and evolution is 100% correct. There is no debate. To deny it is to either be stupid or unread.
TysicJC 1 month ago
@TysicJC Tysic, actually evolution is still a theory. The science is not in and evolution hasn't been proven. Believe me, I am a biologist. Now, as far as theories go, evolution is a VERY strong theory, meaning it is very likely correct. However, do a bit of reading on the difference between a theory and a proof. 100% implies proof. Evolution is still a theory.
MLATX512 2 weeks ago
@MLATX512 I'd be more keen on believing you're a biologist if you weren't speaking as if there was some progression from theory to fact. A very strong theory, one as strong evolution, would be referred to colloquially as a fact. Just as, colloquially, the germ theory of human illness is referred to as a fact. It is not narrow mindedness to refer to it that way, it's an unbiased recognition of the facts. There is now debate in the scientific community that evolution occurred.
TysicJC 2 weeks ago
@TysicJC *no debate, excuse me
TysicJC 2 weeks ago
@TysicJC That's correct it is agreed to the our best guess at this point, however the theory as we know it today will very likely continue to be refined and sections of it may be completely abandoned in favor of other theories that more accurately take into account new evidence. My whole point being that spittle flecked fanaticism is ugly, no mater which side of the debate you are on. Especially since evolutionary scientists agree that there are still holes.
MLATX512 2 weeks ago
@MLATX512 Despite my spelling mistakes and poor use of punctuation. :)
MLATX512 2 weeks ago
@MLATX512 My point is that if people held the same differing opinions about, say, the fact that earth is round, I don't think you'd pander to them and say, well that's the best guess we have according to the available evidence. You wouldn't hesitate to call them definitively wrong. No need to pander to idiots, I'm sorry.
TysicJC 2 weeks ago
@TysicJC Here's the big difference. The world is PROVEN to be round. 10,000 scientists from all over the world can perform identical measurements and get identical results. On the other hand, Evolution works really well once life exists on Earth, but has a difficult time explaining exactly how life got started. There simply is no evidence in the fossil record of those early pre-life building blocks like amino acids, etc. So, we're left with educated speculation, no one knows for sure
MLATX512 2 weeks ago
@TysicJC The funny thing about all of this is that I am an evolutionist. I call Creationism the "Ah La Peanut Butter Sandwiches!" explanation of life on Earth and rank it at about a .001% probability of being accurate. But, I am careful not to misclassify Evolution as 100% correct because it simply hasn't gotten that far yet. Though I do rank it at about 90% probability of being accurate. The 10% is there for fine tuning and filling in the blanks.
MLATX512 2 weeks ago
@TysicJC Also, please do not claim to speak for science when you are so clearly not qualified to do so. Armchair know-it-alls just dilute the authority of true scientists and actually end up hurting the argument for evolution.
MLATX512 2 weeks ago
Monkeys and Huckabee must by all means have a common ancestor, just by looks and I.Q.
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pinkzeppelin1982 2 months ago
it's really sad that in this day and age there are still people this retarded.. it's almost insulting when countless people have dedicated endless time and effort to discover the factual workings of life for us to become more intelligent about ourselves and have a clearer view on reality, and then people like this archiac moron sit there saying "nope.. it was god. the spirits did it" trying to regress us. How primitive can you be? Open your eyes dumbass.
bitski488 2 months ago
Lol i cannot stop watching these supposedly created morons:DDD
And while i am not american myself i find that the U.S. really is the source to go for entertainment even if it`s the wrong kind:P
flioink 2 months ago
"If someone believes that the Earth is 6,000 years old...why shouldn't I take that into account when I'm assessing the rationality of someone I'm going to put into the highest office in the land?"
Right. The. Fuck. On.
PaleoCowboy 2 months ago 2
Evolution dose NOT state that Humans evolved from Monkeys or Apes. But rather, that Humans and Apes have a "Common Ancestor" in the past.
The Theory of Evolution is supported by an "Immense Mass Of Evidence". That's why it's one of the most Universally Accepted Scientific Paradigms in ALL branches of Science.
It's taught in "Every" non-religious College and University on Earth. Both Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI have accepted it's validity.
To deny it's validity, is Rational Ignorance.
Redshift313 2 months ago 2
Where do America find these fucking people? How incredibly fucking dumb is that?!
ullevafan 2 months ago
ALl the GOP candidates are idiots! Anyone who denies the fact of evolution is an idiot.
bobster451 3 months ago
False, not all science believe in evil illusion, aka evolution. Only the atheist science are popular and are still teaching a lie and a theory. A true Science will find the evident s and compliment Gods creation, the other want me to believe that I evolved from king kong.
mylivingwater 3 months ago
Eight grade question for eight graders!!
mylivingwater 3 months ago
1:47 Bill Maher uses an appeal to numbers logical fallacy. Just because a lot of ppl believe in something doesn't mean it is true. Maybe Bill doesn't know that the alleged age of the earth has changed exponentially only in the last few decades. The age the scientists think the earh is now will be completely different in a decade. Is the error rate of their calculations that far off? And we are to be confident in such shifting numbers???
CiscoWes 3 months ago
@CiscoWes This is nonsense.
You're criticising the logical fallacy of Maher while committing your own; an appeal to ignorance.
Science relies on data, which in this area has been plentiful in the last decades. This "exponential" change you're talking of is actually the accumulation of a wealth of evidence from different disciplines pointing in a single direction. Look at advances in medicine in the last 50 years, same thing.
Conversely, your appeal to ignorance offers no evidence at all.
zed1207 3 months ago
@CiscoWes 6,000 years to 6 billion years...thats a big freakin mistake if you ask me.
exploremagic23 3 months ago
@CiscoWes Lmao, I don't think anyone who's a christian is in position to use the words logical and fallacy where criticism of anyone else is concerned. Nor are you fit to speak of fairytales lol, unless you're talking about your own unsubtantiated beliefs. As a christian, you don't even understand the difference between fact and opinion. Reading your laughable, poorly conceived posts. The word hypocrite comes to mind. A christian calling someone else fallacious !!! Drum roll please !!!
fukinblowme 3 months ago
0:57 Actually not true. Monkeys, gorillas, orangutans, etc... and us, came from a COMMON ANCESTOR. We did not come from monkeys. Monkeys and humans evolved from an ancient common ancestor, and so on and so on.
tmc359 4 months ago
@tmc359 Correctomundo my friend. Tis an often missed point, but an important one.
maulstar1 4 months ago
@maulstar1 thanks, and it answers the question so many anti-evolution people bring up= if we came from monkeys and apes, how come they are still here with us? There's the answer.
tmc359 4 months ago
@tmc359 Haha, so true! It's an amazingly stupid question (and there ARE stupid questions!!). As soon as you hear that question, you immediately know that the person has absolutely no clue what is going on regarding evolution, which is probably why they don't believe it. Or at least a small part of it...
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Hucky doesn't seem much interested wheter the world took 6000 or 6 Billion years. Folks, that's a factor of 1,000,000. In my line of work, a mistake of 0.01 can mean the difference between failure and success... I care about mistakes and accuracy. When you don't give a sh@t about a factor of one Million times, then you should be doing janitorial work.
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tmc359 4 months ago
So who created the Creator?
tmc359 4 months ago
based on the comments I've read so far, I've come to the conclusion that atheists are douchebags.
mamaluke29 4 months ago
@mamaluke29 Yes, we are. But realistically speaking, if we want to get our point across, since ours is sometimes blocked out because it's not shared by the majority or some shit, we have to be.
Though I don't really brand myself atheist. I agree with Maher on the stance that 'I don't know, and you don't possess any special powers to know either so stop telling me you know'
TitaniumTicTac 4 months ago
Too all you creationists, heres your missing link. HUCKABEE.
hidepuller2008 4 months ago
Seriously, where do you find these people?
ullevafan 4 months ago
You fucking dumbass Christians and your fucking bible, PLEASE. That book could be re-interpreted a million times and you'd always find something to fight over, and somebody to persecute. The world has had enough of your sanctimonious bullshit. First you say that the bible is the 'word of god' but then when people point out how silly and farcical it is, you try to pass it off as 'allegory', when most of you have no clue what that is. NO; we're sick of it and we're taking anymore of your tyranny!
melbyRick 4 months ago
Huckabee is a just snake oil salesman masquerading as an honest 'I tells it likes I sees it' man of the people, for personal gain. It's hardley the best way to phrase it but at 0.58 BM says "but evolution is about - like we came from monkeys. You don't agree with that ?"
MH replies "I don't know".
What ? - MH was a bapist minister for 12 years. Did he explain to his congregation, I wonder, that he didn't know whether critical parts of the Bible were actually true or not? What a douche!
TheSmithDorian 4 months ago
Poor Mikey is as clueless as a bag of rocks.
MACKATTACK1970 4 months ago
Its not a silly question to ask of a presidential candidate. If you can look at the overwhelming stack of evidence and still make decisions going against all the evidence I don't want you as president. Seems to me that is the mentality that got us into the mess in Iraq.
orion1anon 4 months ago
YES, we do fucking know!!!!
CarlSagan6 5 months ago
Um, he did NOT deny evolution. He confirmed that it began with a Creator. However, the Bible never asserts that humans evolved, so why would he say "I don't know" when Bill Maher asked him if he believed in evolution or not? Wow!
smoothALOE 5 months ago
It's a shame that the Republican party is the anti-science party. See "Religious Fanatic debates Atheist" on my channel.
Sweence 5 months ago
Rough Bill. "Humans come from monkeys?" Probably not the best way to put it.
OliverZimbelman 5 months ago
Both of these guys are full of caca
dec4dence 5 months ago
10 republicans on a stage and nobody had a machine gun?
cardigan3000 5 months ago
'I don't understand how the world works, so therefore god must have made it all'.
This kind of childish logic has been holding us back as a people for centuries, it needs to come to an end now.
damvid21 5 months ago
Speaks out of both sides of his mouth, don't he? Republicans are so fucking ignorant.
hznfrst 5 months ago
This guy's a clown.
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TheServiceWeb 5 months ago
this guy is ca clueless
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christian198011 5 months ago
If you in Euope say, what Huckabee is saying, your political career would be over in a split second.
christian198011 5 months ago 2
fucking idiot
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kbar313 6 months ago
It's hardly an unimportant question for numerous reasons. The last time the U.S. had a christian nutjob for a president he led us into what for him is a holy war. In addition, Science is the future. Anyone who aspires to the highest office in the land needs to have a complete grasp of what Science has done for mankind and what it can do in the future. If you want to create jobs and new industries...FUND SCIENCE !!! Something tells me this guy wouldn't get that.
fukinblowme 6 months ago 34
@fukinblowme Saying a Christian is a nutjob is a clear indicator of where your mind is and an indicator of your mentality. Nobody has a problem with science. The problem begins when you try to say that a pineapple and a porcupine share a common ancestor or man is related to a field mouse. That's not science, that's BS. That's the problem, not science.
CiscoWes 3 months ago
@CiscoWes On what basis is that BS?
zed1207 3 months ago
@CiscoWes Its just sad that you are so uneducated and still feel you need to share your ideas with everyone else. Yes Christians are nutjobs, believing in virgin births and talking snakes makes you crazy. But crazy people just blend in with other crazy people. Christianity isnt any more rational than Scientology is, but thousands of years make beliefs seem a lot less crazy. If you post your address I can send you the middle school science book that you so badly need
MrKGatl 3 months ago
@CiscoWes There's an overwelming amount of evidence to support Evolution.So much so that it is widly accepted by both the world's academic and scientific communites.To deny belief in Evolution is to show great ignorance and a lack of education.Many American's belief in creationism is just one of many valid reasons why American's are laughed at around the world...and yes,anyone who is a member of a cult which believes in talking snakes and donkeys is a nutjob My mentality ? I'm rational and sane.
fukinblowme 3 months ago
@fukinblowme Have we ever had a president that wasn't Christian?
rudygetsplenty 3 months ago
@fukinblowme yes, that's how eugenics and genocide were put to use.Nazis were the first to make massive scientific discoveries about all sorts of things, in fact, the atomic bomb was their idea and they were going to make it first.But to get to those discoveries they cut limbs off of live jews, then replace it to try to make it grow back, they would make poisonous gas tests on jews to see what effects they have etc.A "scientific" president is potentially dangerous.
IRussian007 3 months ago
@fukinblowme I agree that science is the future. However, there is a difference between believing in real science and believing in science fiction (i.e. Evolution).
gamefreak1000000 1 month ago
@gamefreak1000000
You're cute. Can you hold up your fingers and show me how old you are?
MrImmoli 1 month ago
@fukinblowme Give me a break....
maryjane1384 2 weeks ago
@maryjane1384 Give you a break ? Something tells me you're too uneducated and/or dumb to understand my comment. I bet you'd even vote for Mitt Romney who believes that "his" god lives on a fictional planet named Kolob.
fukinblowme 1 week ago
I don't believe in evolution. The evidence for evolution is tainted. It's been set up.
Mutations, evolution, change over time.. its just not real....
>.>
Demingosan 6 months ago
@Demingosan It doesn't matter if you "believe" in evolution. Evolution is not a matter for faith. It's not dogma, it's not doctrine, it's not holy mandate. Evolution is the product of two centuries of scientific inquiry, carried out by thousands of qualified professionals.
Evolution is fact, whether you like it or not. To deny it is insane, just as it would be insane to deny the existence of computers because they're never mentioned in your Bible..
TheSmackerlacker 5 months ago 5
@Demingosan Obviously you don't know about evolution. It's been observed in a lab with fruit flies, and it's also been observed via the domestication of cows, dogs, and cats. I suggest you do a little research before you make claims like those.
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@pearlsb4swine1969
Shut the fuck up. Jesus Christ.
calmsnowfall 6 months ago
"...I thought it was just really, really, silly...it's really not a proper 'yes or no' question..."
It's not 'silly' and YES IT IS you incompetent, shithole! A candidate should be able to fucking READ before they enter office and denying evolution makes you out to be a weasley, uneducated, ass-kisser who can't stand up for anything or think straight to save his life!
It was a TOTALLY APPROPRIATE question!
razzlefrog 6 months ago 24
Making the observation that evolution is a bunch of BS and standing up for the truth makes you extremely qualified to run for president. Why would I want some ignorant crowd follower that thinks a pineapple and a porcupine are related. I would want THAT for president??? Take your adult fairytale. We're not interested. Denying evolutionism actually makes a good atribute of someone.
CiscoWes 3 months ago
@CiscoWes Adult fairytale:
Deity, who we must take for fact despite world full of anthropomorphic deities, creates light before sun; creates universe in 6 days; makes man from mud, woman from bit of man; installs them in magical garden, orders them to not eat fruit of single tree for no apparent reason; is omnipotent, so knows man will do so anyway, urged on by talking snake; deity so pissed at eating of magical fruit in magical garden that he banishes mankind, as he knew he would.
zed1207 3 months ago
@razzlefrog Its always idiots like you who shove evolution in people face and get mad when Christains share their beliefs with the world. Thats probably why your so mad..
idance28productions 1 month ago
As much as I wouldn't vote for Huckabee, I think his answer was fair and honest. Basically, he said "I don't know". He didn't outright negate evolution. Personally, I don't think evolution negates God, or visa versa. Since no one alive today was around in "the beginning", no sane person can say they "know".
modonaut 6 months ago
The bible is a bronze age work of pure fiction. NOTHING in it is real. If you believe in Jesus, Mohammed, the Jewish thing, Buddha - all that shit, then you're a fucking retard. You're no better than the ancient Greeks, Egyptian, Vikings etc etc who made things up to explain the world around them. Evolution is based on actual observable evidence. In fact it happens ALL THE TIME! How do viruses build resistance to drugs? They evolve! Very quickly. So it's observable in a matter of months.
StigJensen123 6 months ago
Huckelbeetard is just being the likable gomer here, the question was not if god is behind evolution, it was do you believe in evolution.
kingorbit 6 months ago
Evolution is just basically whoever is best suited to live and survives makes babies who get that advantage......how can someone not believe that?
HurryingFever1 6 months ago
@HurryingFever1 Because some people are less evolved than others. On my TV right now, there is an artist that I fell in love with in 1983, but she is totally moronic! No matter what she offered me today, I would say no!!! How the fuck can somebody think that evolution is a beliefe? It's a FACT, but not if you are a creationist idiot dimwit craphead.
martingoldfire 6 months ago
@HurryingFever1 Exactly what many theists who deny evolution don't understand is that you can still believe in evolution without disbelieving in God.
batistaker123 6 months ago
@batistaker123 It is true, as you assert, that a "theist" can concurrently believe in evolution and the presence of god(s). However, I would further clarify that the god(s) in question could not be the specific god of the Christian bible. If Christians (like Huckabee) want to be true to their book, they have to believe in the genesis myth, the young earth time line, and the Noah myth, all of which contradict the physical evidence of evolution.
"Theists" might get a pass. "Christians" do not.
rmcdaniel423 6 months ago
@rmcdaniel423 True but since many Christians want to cling to their faith so tightly and almost impossible to make them doubt Jesus' miracles they might as well accept that Creationism is bullshit.
batistaker123 6 months ago
He's from arkansas, the most stupid state in our country....
killerboyfoolz 6 months ago
@killerboyfoolz Wouldn't know, still agree;-)
martingoldfire 6 months ago
Mike Huckabee is so monumentally stupid! Only in America could such a man get to be a presidential candidate. I fear the day, when such a moron gets his finger on "the button". What if a voice in his head tells him to push it? Would he do so, because it "must be god"?
martingoldfire 6 months ago
@pearlsb4swine1969 Great story! I don't agree with your views, but what a fantastic story. Loved it!
martingoldfire 6 months ago
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@pearlsb4swine1969 so the answer is NO. You have NOT read anything about evolution so you are dismissing someone you don' understand and don't want to understand. I don't hate you at all. You're just another ignorant, pitiful, strange American person who probably takes the Bible literally. You probably think Noah's Ark was real. Ok, enough. Goodbye
StigJensen123 6 months ago
@pearlsb4swine1969 have you ever read a book on evolution that was written by someone with a PhD in the subject? Of course you haven't because you're an ignorant American idiot. WE DID NOT COME FROM APES!!!! We are related to them because we share a common ancestor but we did not come from them. Let me repeat - WE DID NOT COME FROM APES! You have no idea what evolution actually is all about. Oh and all that Jesus and Bible shit? Someone made it up in some desert somewhere! You are a disgrace!
StigJensen123 6 months ago
It is even scarier when someone with the knowledge less than an eighth grade science teacher is trying to become President.
So can we get some eighth grade science teachers as candidates? I am sure that would be an improvement.
Neosaigo 6 months ago
@pearlsb4swine1969 Do you ever shut the fuck up? Seriously, I got about 5 comments or so before I just gave up hope of seeing a sane statement from you. I don't know what my favourite part was, but your hilariously ignorant misrepresentation of the theory of macro-evolution was well, fucking priceless. If you confronted anyone with a basic understanding of evolution and proclaimed "Ah didn't come from no monkey!" They'd actually agree with you.
pamew 6 months ago
2) as to your claim that there are no transitional forms between ape-like ancestors and modern man (yet more utter arse gravy of the highest order) :
H. habilis, H. gautengensis, H. rudolfensis, H. georgicus, H. ergaster, H. erectus, and the list goes on and on. There are in fact plenty of transitional fossils, not just for us humans, but other species too. I seriously have no idea why you creationist nutbars keep slinging that claim, it's getting old, seriously...
pamew 6 months ago
@pearlsb4swine1969 You serious? Evolution doesn't necessarily mean we came from monkies. It's more based off the idea that creatures evolve unique to conditions they live in. When Madadasgar seperated from Indian continent the plants and animals adapted uniquelly.80% of plants animals on the island are unique to it.Same all over the world.Certain birds developed wings more suited for arctic harsh winds, others for coasting on the beach. Some squirells learned to fly.Evolution
gayfarmerboy 6 months ago
The point is, Americans are fucking retarded fascist cunts. Half of your country denies evolution. That's like denying gravity. Evolution is based on overwhelming evidence. It actually happens all the time - how do you think viruses build up resistance to drugs? They evolve. Please read a fucking book on the subject. Even the presenter has got it all wrong. We did not evolve from monkeys - we share a common ancestor. Religious people are illiterate, retared cowards
StigJensen123 6 months ago
@StigJensen123 Right on! And I'm American. As Susan Jacoby says: This is "The Age of American Unreason." Religion in America has become a fascist, political movement. They're useful fools for the corporate ruling-class. On survival mode, from the island of Kauai. Aloha and Peace.
kauaiphil 6 months ago
What a fucktard.
MrJohnnyrace 7 months ago
0:27
No fucking shit. It shouldn't have to be.
BlckSbthMan 7 months ago
@pearlsb4swine1969
Your a stupid fucking human being.
PensFan35 7 months ago
I love that the question was, "How many of you do not 'believe' in evolution?", as if evolution is something people can choose to believe or not believe on. I don't believe in evolution, I understand that it is reality that it has happened and continues to happen; I don't get an opportunity to "believe" in it or not. Those that don't "believe" in evolution just don't understand what it is.
PigCapitalist 7 months ago
no we didn't come from apes.God created us.just because we christians can't explain everything does not make God false.there are some christians who belive in evolution.
abulakle 7 months ago
Bill is a fucking idiot, if your going to be a supporter in evolution, at least know the basics of evolution. Its a common ancestor!!!
Josh0473 7 months ago
Let us all hope that Mike Huckabee never ever becomes President of the United States. Any intelligent person knows that evolution is a scientific fact.
roac7777 7 months ago
these guys are our leaders? and they think faire tales are real? wtf?
MrKittyisnumber1 7 months ago
Huckabee is, apart from being pro-life and pro-gun, a liberal.
FaganRoberts 7 months ago
"i don't care if it took 6 billion years". These people take the bible so literal and preach to their brainwashed offspring of how the bible is completely truthful, but then he would accept if God didn't create the world in 7 days like the bible says. Nothing but contradictions without any logic whatsoever
friscob1 7 months ago
Oh. My. God.
Humans did not "evolve from monkeys". That is a ridiculous misconception brought about by creationists. Humans evolved WITH monkeys from one common ancestor. Humans are and never were the same species as modern monkeys.
C'mon Bill.
TheDubCollector 8 months ago
@TheDubCollector EXACTLY. Someone with a brain. We didn't fucking come from monkies. Us and monkies both came from an ancestor with traits that we both have. Monkies developed in their own little way for what was needed to substain life in their enviroment and we did the same. We evolved along two very different paths. Anyone who doesn't believe in evolution just does not have a clear understanding of it and thinks there's a conspiracy to disprove Christianity specifically.
gayfarmerboy 6 months ago
I kind of agree with the guy. The president shouldn't decide what is taught in Biology class, let our scientific institutions decide that.
June28July 8 months ago
@June28July You're an idiot. If the president of the United States doesn't accept natural evolution, then who is he to make decision about financing for the direction of the scientific community's research?
"No, no....no more funding for biology, let's get chemists together to figure out how to make bigger and more colorful explosions!"
Dwslassls 7 months ago
its no accident, its natural selection
DirtyMikeballin 8 months ago
"we don't know how long it took"......we DO fucking know, Mike! We DO know. At least some of us do.
cutes22 8 months ago
He never denide evolution.
gigaboy47 8 months ago
@gigaboy47 Use your brain.
MrAnalChrist 8 months ago
@MrAnalChrist I am an evolutionist myself. Ok now I want you to show me where Mike huckabee says evolution is not true. Why is it so hard to understand that someone can be religious and still accept science,
gigaboy47 8 months ago
@gigaboy47 In the first 20 seconds it's made clear. Maher described a situation in which huckabee raised his hand to the notion that he didn't beileve in evolution, and then nodded at his approval of the recount? Does that not imply his denial of evolution? Do you actually need him to explicitly say it?
MrAnalChrist 8 months ago
I'm completely offended that Huckabee does not respect basic science (this does have an effect on his policies - as you can see by his platform in regards to education and science) and thinks evolution is a 'random chance'
acherrybalm 8 months ago
I really, really hate the atheists who actually say or imply that we evolved from modern day monkeys. That's complete retardation. Other modern day primates are close relatives of homo sapiens, and we all came from a common ancestor that does NOT exist today.
kevinrocks2323 8 months ago
@kevinrocks2323 No atheist says we evolved from modern monkeys.
AgrivatedKillah 8 months ago
@AgrivatedKillah Watch the video "Top Ten Creationist Arguments". Their reply to the argument that "if humans evolved from monkeys, why are their still monkeys today?" was that since Americans are from England, why is there still England. That implies that they believe we evolved from current primates.
kevinrocks2323 8 months ago
@kevinrocks2323 You said
"I really haate atheist who actually say or imply we evolved from modern day monkeys".
Then you say "top ten creationist arguments as if they're atheist some how.
AgrivatedKillah 8 months ago
@AgrivatedKillah The video was posted as a response to creationist arguments, and the uploaders user name was "TheThinkingAtheist". I suggested you watch the video, which you clearly did not.
kevinrocks2323 8 months ago
Ok what do you say to scientist who belief and have proof aboutintelligent design? What about the early scientist who thought that creation was real and God is the creator and what they found He revealed it to them..I believe this is not only a religious question
TCSC777 8 months ago
@TCSC777 Scientific proof? I'd believe they're wrong because it's a philosophical question. Just so you know, I feel the same way when atheists talk about God not existing like it's a scientific question when it's not. Perhaps you have examples of God's existence being proven through science? Anyway, I believe that the scientific evidence supports the idea that the earth is billions of years old and that species have evolved from lower lifeforms.
JBenjamin82 8 months ago
Evolution can and will never be proven because the magic ingredient in your equation is time. Look around you man is getting worse, wars, hatred and senseless violence, how does your science deal with mans condition? Or for that matter your own
TCSC777 8 months ago
@TCSC777 Again, science *doesn't* deal with man's "condition" because that's a philosophical/religious issue rather than a scientific one. You seem to be assuming that I don't believe in God, but that's not the case, actually. One can still believe in God and evolution, you know.
JBenjamin82 8 months ago
8th grade teacher - you fail
SmileyGarrish 8 months ago
ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION, you hack
skeech15 8 months ago
If you vote for this idiot, then us eurpeans will be pissed. We don't want any more illegal wars.
lanceawatt 8 months ago
@0:46,
That's not the theory of Evolution. The selection is not random! The mutations are essentially random but the selections are not. This is what so many people don't understand.
MegaAstrodude 8 months ago
Too bad he didn't say "He created everything in 6 days" and then proceeded to school Bill Maher's uneducated ass.
dougmoerhoffman 8 months ago
I disagree with Huckabee because I believe it *is* a relevant question. A lot of creationists want creationism taught in public schools, so yeah, I think knowing a would-be president's views on this would be pretty important, especially if he has ties to very, very conservative/fundamentalist groups (as is the case with Huckabee).
JBenjamin82 8 months ago
@JBenjamin82 Why are you evolutionist so afraid of creation being taught right along side the evolution saga..lol you guys act like you care this is about you defending your religion which is evolution...see you can never really prove it...so it takes faith to believe it...just like Christianity, but see I have the Bible that you will never disprove abd creation that screems designer over random nous
TCSC777 8 months ago
@TCSC777 Creationism isn't science. If people want to discuss God and creation, it should be done in a religion or a philosophy classroom. And I disagree that "you can never really prove" evolution. You cannot prove that God created the universe through science because you cannot measure and observe God scientifically, unlike the study of evolution and other scientific questions. Questions of God's existence are philosophical questions rather than scientific ones.
JBenjamin82 8 months ago
The guys name is Huckabee, I mean if thats not the most hick name youve ever heard? Of course the guy dosent believe in evolution.
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But, WE DO KNOW!
atchisrj1 9 months ago
"We came from the monkeys."
Huckabee hasn't made it that far yet.
p3snooper 9 months ago
Huckabee has the kind of integrity that matters~ integrity of the HEART
MarcfromTreasureNet1 9 months ago
Anyone who disbelieves in Darwinian evolution has no business being president.
Cainkane1 9 months ago
its funny that people are bashing on mikes intelligence by arguing for evolution. mike is arguing God was the driving force behind life. evolution isnt about abiogenesis its about progression. without evidence of abiogenesis evolution is built on faith without a foundation.
Gods0n1 9 months ago
That was not an apropiate question to ask someone running for president. Athiest and christians are good people with different views and should respect one another's beliefs. Maybe Huckabee should have said, God bless America. What would be wrong with that?
thebigcougar 9 months ago
@thebigcougar Well I would ask a similiar question, the fact that my politicians are so willing to believe such silly things like Noah's Arc, a boat that could hold millions of species, feed them all, keep them alive, separate them from eating from one another, distribute them in the right place throughout the earth where they are properly suited to live. Sounds like a fantasty book don't you think? I'm concerned my government officials actually believe in such things.
TheHandsomeDonovan 9 months ago
@TheHandsomeDonovan I would have liked to see their reaction to the question, do you belive in the story of Noah and the Ark. Maybe that should have been a follow up question. I still believe people of faith are good people. They believe God is watching us. It keeps some of them on the straight and narrow path.
thebigcougar 9 months ago
@thebigcougar good point but God did a bad job recently with Bush Cheney and Rummy .They killed and maimed and lied in his name !
klnine 8 months ago
@klnine I guess if you believe God did a bad job on some things, you also believe in God.
thebigcougar 8 months ago
PAHAHAHAHA what a DUMBASS.
TheAlexacaius 9 months ago
Mike Huckabee said, "We don't know but God done it." what a moron
makshobelosa 9 months ago
"We are not running to be an 8th grade science teacher, we are running to be president."
This is a fucking scary statement.
Neosaigo 9 months ago 2
Ignorance is bliss
Athrek 9 months ago
I shit turds smarter then Mike Huckabee and this guy wants to be president? Ahahahahahahahah
TheLuckySaGe 9 months ago
It's difficult to imagine that in this day and age someone can go onto television, state that they believe a deity created the Earth and everything in it, then baselessly refute a highly-vetted and widely-accepted scientific theory, and actually have a shot at the presidency. If that isn't a face-palm, I don't know what is.
siegenblahblah 9 months ago
Its so funny watching Huckabee speak, he has a talent of turning a 1-4 word answer into a 5 sentence answer which still doesnt answer the question, Must be fustrating trying to have a debate with him. I cant see how someone who is older then 18 isnt fammilier with the theory of evolution, honestly i am 15 and live in South Africa which isnt known for its great education system and as Bill says most of these thing you learn by just being alive
zzIronHeadezz 9 months ago
Go on the side that there's a creator behind it...because that is the easy way out. A shortcut away from using your mind.
braveheart1989 9 months ago
he didn't deny evolution
PatRibsey 9 months ago
@Shad3251 if his opinion of the origins of the universe are valid in a presidential race because we need to know what we're getting, then the friends of President Obama should definitely be taken into consideration.
hskrzfan34 10 months ago
"every scientist in the world?" that's false, not every scientist in the world believes that.
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freakman707 10 months ago
Huckerbee is being intellectually dishonest in his replies to this question. He is an ordained minister and what he is basically saying is that he does not believe the Genesis account of creation (as it is written) is true,
As a minister, he should state which parts of the Bible he believes to be literal truth and which are false. Does Biblical truth start with Abraham, Moses, David, Soloman, the Jewish exile to Babylon ? He is ducking the real question in an attempt to retain popularity.
TheSmithDorian 10 months ago
If he had said that he doesn't believe/accept evolution because he doesn't know enough about it to declare a stance then that's one thing and I could respect that but he says that he doesn't because of his religious beliefs and I don't want that kind of thinking coming from the President. He's being irrational on the subject and doesn't even understand evolutionary theory enough to say what he said during the debate.
RussianAssassin21 10 months ago
The question about evolution was very valid. People should know what they are getting. What their rationale is based on. Like Maher said.
Shad3251 10 months ago
It's not a silly question. This man believes that laws should be designed upon the biblical 10 commandments
Shad3251 10 months ago
@Shad3251 They are!!!
mikeeboy1000 10 months ago
Huckabee has a good point. You can't lie and say that a person is going to abandon all the other issues just because a candidate does not believe in evolution. Oh yeah, sure... they are going to sit there with this bad economy and say, "But at least we have a president who believes in evolution" sure....
surfsalem7 10 months ago
@LazaaMMA Most religious "scholars" (I'm not one of them, by the way, I'm an atheist) read the bible as non-literal text. It's really more important to religions to have faith in God and worship him and all that then to believe in the specifics of the bible. As for why, if there is a God, he would take so long to make humanity, 4.5 billion years might seem like a day to God, if God exists he probably has different perceptions of time than humans do.
Ichiboy900 10 months ago
I'll go on the side that Huckabee is ignorant person.
menthol5 10 months ago
He has no answers and is not to be trusted. I think that having the same knowledge of science as an 8th grade teacher would be an excellent characteristic of an individual running for office. Someone smack him and give him a spine.
GrandmasterBBC 10 months ago
Now why would Huckabee not believe in evolution? After all he only has to look at himself in the mirror to see that he looks like a man-ape.
nsecchi 10 months ago
Hey, Huckabee stupid,
WHO CREATED YOUR "GOD"?????
All4reason 10 months ago
Okay, I tried to give Republicans a chance, but you know what, I'm fucking sick of their question-dodging. Just answer the question, Mike, do you believe life forms evolve over time or not? We're not asking your religion we are asking what you believe about the natural world. I would probably respect him more if he would just grow a pair and answer the question honestly, even if it's a stupid answer
Ichiboy900 10 months ago
@Ichiboy900 He did answer it. He said that if by evolution you mean some randomness that just kinda happened to create this order and that something came from nothing, then that's complete bullshit, and ya know what? He's right! lol
illusionistdave 10 months ago
@illusionistdave When he says he doesn't believe in randomness and that something came from nothing, all he's saying is that he's not an atheist (which no candidate in history has ever been, big shocker!). To the question of evolution, all he said was "I don't know". Like I said, I would respect him alot more if he would've at least answered a yes or no
Ichiboy900 10 months ago
@Ichiboy900 Evolution is the idea that it was all random and things collided after they came from nothing and produced everything we see.
illusionistdave 10 months ago