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Updated:Ron Paul Doesn't "Accept Evolution as a Theory"

Discover Ron Paul's evolution position and the unexpected nuance surrounding his views on science and the presidency.

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By Jon WinsorUpdated: See below. Update 2: Commenter Thomas J. Webb points me to Ron Paul's latest book, where Paul lays out his current position on evolution--which differs from what he says below. Paul writes, "My personal view is that recognizing the validity of an evolutionary process does not support atheism, nor should it diminish one's view about God and the universe." (Earlier, I checked Paul's website and could not find his position on evolution.) In his book, Paul still has doubts about science questions being relevant to the presidency (as he does in the video below). -------------------------------- Et tu, Ron Paul?

This is very disappointing. I always thought of the Ron Paul wing as made up of Republicans that were largely immune to this kind of motivated reasoning

. You might fault the Ron Paul people for their heterodox theories on going back to the gold standard

, or ...

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