Sarah Palin: People lived alongside dinosaurs!

In their bizarre attempt to reconcile fossil records with a Biblical view of history that places the earth's creation at about 6000 years ago, some far right Christians cling to the absurd notion that dinosaurs and humans co-existed.  And although Creationism (and its ugly step-sister, Intelligent Design) has been discredited by the scientific community, the belief that people once romped with raptors is still promulgated among home-schooled evangelicals.  Astonishingly, the woman who would be Vice President of the United States, the most advanced nation on the planet, embraces this looniness.  From the LA Times:  Soon after Sarah Palin was elected mayor of the foothill town of Wasilla, Alaska, she startled a local music teacher by insisting in casual conversation that men and dinosaurs coexisted on an Earth created 6,000 years ago -- about 65 million years after scientists say most dinosaurs became extinct -- the teacher said... Palin told him that "dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth at the same time," Munger said. When he asked her about prehistoric fossils and tracks dating back millions of years, Palin said "she had seen pictures of human footprints inside the tracks."  She'd seen pictures of footprints? 

Matt Damon recently quipped in an interview:  "I need to know if (Pailin) really thinks that dinosaurs were here 4000 years ago. I want to know that, I really do. Because she's gonna have the nuclear codes."

It's amazing that a person who could conceivably become our Commander-in-Chief is so disdainful of science.  Now I'm sure the Bible contains useful information, and that it brings spiritual comfort to folks.  But I figure at least one of the Old Testament authors would have mentioned it if there'd been velociraptors running around biting people on the ass.

Related: Creationism - Pseudo-science that lingers

Comments

[William]

Humans are still co-existing with dinosaurs, the humans being the conservatives and the dinos being something else! While you're mulling over this, Google "Obama Supports Public Depravity."
William

[Bee Girl]

That doesn't make any sense, William. Dinosaurs became extinct, and the number of people who idenitfy as "conservative" is declining. Google THAT.

[Arthur]

If there is indeed a "God in Heaven", I am confident that in his/her benevolence God would not bestow such a creature of dishonesty as Sarah Palin on the United States, let alone the world! Keep the Faith, all will be well despite cruel jokes like Palin!

[TehCrim]

"That doesn't make any sense, William. Dinosaurs became extinct, and the number of people who idenitfy as "conservative" is declining. Google THAT."

Funny that the liberal candidate for president doesn't even call HIMSELF liberal.

[Chris]

There isn't a "liberal" candidate for president. There is a democratic candidate, who is liberal. And I don't get why it's "funny" that he doesn't like to use the term liberal? OH MY GOD, How could he!

It's like saying "It's not torture, it's advanced interrogation techniques"

It's word choice and it's normal and meaningless, at least he has a grasp on science and reality unlike Palin.