re: #206 Spare O’Lake

Well, to be fair, can’t we allow for the possibility that the question was fairly pereceived as a transparent set-up for a follow-up religious zinger?
After all, they didn’t ask the pol whether he believes in the law of gravity or Boyles law, or for that matter whether he believes in God.
Isn’t it possible that ordinary religious believers are feeling a little intimidated these days as a result of the idiotic positions taken by the Young Earthers and the DI/IDers, noit to mention the antics of some of the hard core atheists?
I am not so sure that the question was merely “a question on evolution”.

Nope, it sounds pretty straightforward and eminently relevant and germane: “Do you accept the theory of evolution, Mr. Science Minister?” It’s a question that admits of a monosyllabic one word answer. But he waffled and weaseled, which tells me that the answer for him was not yes, but he’d rather obfuscate than say no.