Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said in a 2011 speech speech that he thought scientist Charles Darwin was “encouraged by the adversary,” using another word for Satan, when he came up with the theory of evolution.
Carson spoke on “creation vs. evolution” and the “flaws in the evolutionary theory,” according to the description on the YouTube video uploaded by user Three Angels Messages, which has uploaded a variety of news and political videos. The video was flagged on Tuesday by the website BuzzFeed News.
“According to the creation model, in which we have an adversary, it’s very easy to explain why people act that way. It’s because they have choice and because there is an adversary out there,” Carson told the crowd.
Carson discussed Darwin’s theory of evolution and its intersection with religion.
“I personally believe that this theory that Darwin came up with was something that was encouraged by the adversary and it has become what is scientifically politically correct,” he said.
Watch Carson’s comments, which happen around 45:07:
h/t: BuzzFeed News
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Satan must be pretty damn smart because evolution makes a lot more sense than the story of Adam and Eve.
Why is it all “black conservatives” end up sounding like the old minstrel show “darky” character, “Step’n Fetchitt”?
“politically correct”
Teatroll Rosetta Stone: “Whenever everyone else agrees about something after having reviewed the evidence and reached consensus, leaving me looking like a batshit mental patient for disagreeing.”
Now wait a minute, this man is trying to get special treatment. How can you sell your soul TWICE?
Now, now. How can you not believe in the beauty and majesty of a fully formed adult human being plopped onto the face of the planet out of nowhere, a woman ripped from his chest that he gets to plow, and their offspring grow up and have incestuous sex with each other in the name of the Lord?
I dare you to show a more perfect scientific theory of our origins that is also in line with traditional family values.