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Darwin Gets 4K Write-Ins vs. Creationist Lawmaker

Georgia congressman Paul Broun gets symbolic opposition

By the Associated Press

Posted Nov 8, 2012 6:09 PM CST

(AP) – Charles Darwin earned almost 4,000 write-in votes in one Georgia county against a congressman who denounced evolution and other scientific theories as "lies straight from the pit of hell." The symbolic votes in Athens-Clarke County on Tuesday were against Republican Rep. Paul Broun, who was running unopposed. (He beat Darwin by about 13,000 votes in the county, reports the Athens Banner-Herald.) Broun gave a speech to a church group in September lambasting evolution, embryology, and the Big Bang theory.

This photo from 1878 provided by the Granger Collection shows English naturalist Charles Darwin.
This photo from 1878 provided by the Granger Collection shows English naturalist Charles Darwin.   (AP Photo/The Granger Collection, File)
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reallybig
Nov 9, 2012 10:24 AM CST
Truthfully --- I hope Darwin and those who teach Darwinism rot in hell for eternity. --- I can see it now. --- Darwin waking up in hell and saying, "Damn I was wrong, and God can't you forgive me?" --- Life on earth is short, whereas HELL is everlasting. ------- REALLY
truesoy
Nov 9, 2012 7:45 AM CST
I often wonder whether religion actually 'dumb down' people, and my answer often is, yes, religion has a tendency to dumb down people, but why it happens is a question with a more complicated answer, I think. Sincerely, Truesoy
RossR
Nov 9, 2012 7:39 AM CST
Evolution is the tool kit that God used to create man.  I bet that concept will confuse some small minds...

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