9 Oct 2012 1:50 pm
U.S. Rep. Paul Broun: Evolution a lie 'from the pit of hell'.Evolution, embryology and the Big Bang theory are major underpinnings of mainstream science. And Georgia Republican Rep. Paul Broun, a physician who sits on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, says they are lies straight from the pit of hell.Broun, who is unopposed for reelection in November, made the comments in a videotaped Sept. 27 speech at a sportsman's banquet at Liberty Baptist Church in Hartwell, Ga., according to the Associated Press.Here are his remarks:Gods word is true. Ive come to understand that. All that stuff I was taught about evolution, embryology, Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell. Its lies to try to keep me and all the folks who are taught that from understanding that they need a savior. Theres a lot of scientific data that I found out as a scientist that actually show that this is really a young Earth. I believe that the Earth is about 9,000 years old. I believe that it was created in six days as we know them. Thats what the Bible says. And what Ive come to learn is that its the manufacturers handbook, is what I call it. It teaches us how to run our lives individually. How to run our families, how to run our churches. But it teaches us how to run all our public policy and everything in society. And thats the reason, as your congressman, I hold the Holy Bible as being the major directions to me of how I vote in Washington, D.C., and Ill continue to do that.Broun spokeswoman Meredith Griffanti told the Athens Banner-Herald that Dr. Broun was speaking off the record to a large church group about his personal beliefs regarding religious issues.Read MoreBroun said the Bible teaches us how to run all our public policy and everything in society, and that he holds the Holy Bible as being the major direction to him of how he votes in Washington, so the statement that he was just talking off the record about his personal beliefs is a bunch of crap.Broun sits on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee along with Missouri Rep. Todd 'Legitimate Rape' Akin.