hk wrote:

There's no reason to tolerate religious nutjob b.s. Think evolution is
“just a theory,” you are not getting my vote. Think abortion should be
illegal no matter what, even in cases of rape and incest, you're not
getting my vote. Think intelligent design should be taught in science
classrooms, you're not getting my vote.

So most thinking voters, at least, won't have to even bother with the
issues of experience and her complete lack of knowledge regarding
foreign affairs and well, hell, the fact she didn’t even know what the
VP did a few weeks ago. They don’t have to think about any of that, as
her extreme religious views already disqualify her. No more social
conservatives in the White House or next to it, ever.

There is as much reason to tolerate "religious nutjob b.s." as there is
to tolerate your brand of "b.s." or mine, or anybody else's. It's called
the First Amendment to the US Constitution. Look it up. She has the
right in this country to believe and say such things. You have the right
to not listen, but you don't have the right to shut her up. Keeping all
beliefs open and in the public eye is what makes us strong. Suppression
and censorship weakens us.

And the theories of evolution and intelligent design are not mutually
exclusive. I have no trouble conceiving of an intelligent design that
includes evolution as part of a feedback loop to adapt to changing
conditions. Same idea, but infinitely more sophisticated, as the
computer that uses various sensors to control your car's fuel mixture
and performance. If *I* were designing Life for a planet that is always
under changing climate cycles, I'd put an adaptation mechanism in the mix.

TJ