re: #140 Sharmuta

i dinged you down, and I’ll tell you why. Because that is still the only quote of Reagan’s that I’ve seen on this issue. He made that comment to a group of Evangelicals in Texas, and it could have been some pandering on his part. He was a politician, after all. I need something more from Reagan before I accept that he’s the creationist he’s being portrayed as by you and others.

Its not my portrayal…I didn’t quote him or write that article. I’m also not trying to “bash” Reagan, either.

Further, I don’t presume to know what Reagan actually believed in his heart, but would you accept that its *possible* that he let his guard down in front of a friendly audience?

The point is, that empirically, its not just clear to me that support for so-called “intelligent design” is as big a political “loser” as one might think. That’s all.

Maybe things ARE different with respect to this issue today…I honestly don’t know. What I will say, though, is that the Creationist arguments themselves haven’t changed in 30+ years.