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OneTenthofOnePercent

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9. Personally, I don't see why the evolution question is relevent.

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Wed May 23, 2012, 04:12 PM

May 2012

Whether or not someone belives in evolution, creationism, or some sort of intelligent design/evolution... it has pretty much no bearing on the political leadership needed to rescue a country from recession. The same goes for religion - it doesn't matter if a president believes in one god, many gods, or zero gods.

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