A neurosurgeon that doesn't believe in evolution is like a welder that doesn't believe in metallurgy

[AtheistCrusader]

Would you trust that welder to make you a gas tank for your car? Does it matter if he's highly recommended?

Why would anyone trust someone who does not understand the fundamentals of their field? Because he's done well up to yesterday? Got lucky? Crappy competition?

[Rob H.]

1. Not being a neurosurgeon myself...

I'm assuming he took at least basic biology and the evolution of different organs was discussed (primitive light-sensing cells evolving over millions of years into the eyeball as we know it today, for example), so taking that into account, I'm guessing he was shown reams of evidence for evolution and rejected it anyway.

[AlbertCat]

3. I'm assuming he took at least basic biology

Well, since "all knowledge comes from gawd" he may have skipped class.

[truebrit71]

2. Yeah but I would if they had a really nice movie made about them...

...you know, that would make them hard not to love even if they were a bigoted piece of crap....

[kdmorris]

5. So true, so true

I watched Attila in 2001 and I thought, "It's hard not to love him after watching that movie, even if he had a bit of an ego". And OMG Gerard Butler is my favorite actor ever, so he just made it harder not to love this guy.

And please, don't bother to tell me pesky details of Attila's real life, the brutality and ruthlessness that he displayed to the numerous people he raped and destroyed...all that stuff doesn't cancel out the fact that he was a BRILLIANT leader and, well, I just can't help but love him.

[bvf]

4. What people believe and what they say

are two very different things, especially in politics.

Nice simile though.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. I attended a blacksmithing class held by a NASA scientist/artist/blacksmith

He was a hell of a teacher.

Turns out the Shuttle had several parts that no cadcam, machined, industrial process could make. He shaped, heated, twisted, and formed a critical engine part by hand, with an anvil, hammers and hand made tools. No flight could take place without him.

He taught me stuff I will never forget. Great man. He must have been heartbroken when they cancelled the program.

Not only was his science incredibly solid, he was practical, pragmatic, and creative. Things I always to which I always aspire.

[Panich52]

7. All these medical doctors who've entered politics makes me think I need a new list of questions f/

my docs. Asking their opinions on a number of social & scientific issues would reveal whether or not I could trust them to be rational (think Ben Carson).

I wouldn't trust a general practitioner who didn't recognize the fact of evolution.

[mr blur]

8. But he's Heroic!

Didn't you get the memo?

[truebrit71]

9. Vermin can't read, remember?

[beam me up scottie]

10. I see what you didn't do there.