the_archfiend | Brady's continued strangeness concerning evolution (Reply)

In the wake of the Sun-Times' qualified endorsement of Pat Quinn for Governor, I'd like to point out another reason why voting for Bill Brady might not be such a hot idea:

GOP gubernatorial hopeful Bill Brady said Tuesday he would not stand in the way of a public school board should it want to teach creationism.

“I believe knowledge is power, and I believe local school districts should establish the curriculum when it comes to those things,” Brady told the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board in a wide-ranging interview session with running mate Jason Plummer.

"Knowledge is power", eh? So why go with a cultural relativist concept of "knowledge" that implies that scientific knowledge can be changed by a school board's vote, especially considering that pressure groups will do their best to sway that vote? What's next: voting on whether Newton or Einstein's concept of gravity is more scientifically accurate?

There's more, of course:

Brady was asked repeatedly about his personal views on intelligent design.

“My knowledge and my faith leads me to believe in both evolution and creationism,” he said. “I believe God created the earth, and it evolved.”

Uh, Bill...Bill? I hate to say this, but those concepts are mutually incompatible, at least as far as politically active creationists have it. It's been reiterated time and time again by figures such as Duane Gish and Ken Ham that biblical inerrancy is the only POV in science education that's acceptable to them. For Gish, Ham and other like-minded fundamentalists, there is no middle ground, which is exactly why Brady's hemming and hawing on this issue comes off as so much typical politics-driven waffling.

Then again, what do you expect from a pol looking for the Main Chance these days? The truth?