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Saturday, July 18th, 2015

Republican presidential candidates flock to small creationist church in Iowa

Author:     Eric W. Dolan
Source:     The Raw Story
Publication Date:     Eric W. Dolan
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Stephan:   This story, which got zero coverage in the corporate media, tells the real truth about the Republican Party. Do you think it would be a good idea in the second decade of the 21st century to elect a President who thinks the world is 6,000 years old and was created by an elderly man in the sky in six days? The corporate media simply will not accurately cover the story of the Theocratic Right's ascendency in the Republican Party. Just as they won't properly report on Bernie Sanders, even though his events draw more people than any other candidate. American media is a rigged game.
Republican Governor Bobby Jindal Credit: Derek Bridges/Flickr

Republican Governor Bobby Jindal
Credit: Derek Bridges/Flickr

A small Iowa church that teaches the universe is only 6,000 years old is a big draw for Republican presidential candidates.

White House hopefuls Ben Carson and Mike Huckabee have already visited the First Assembly of God Church in Indianola, and Bobby Jindal is scheduled to be at the church Saturday, according to the Des Moines Register.

The church hosted a five-day conference on young Earth creationism called the Indianola Hope Conference last year. Rev. Jordan Cleigh of the First Assembly of God Church told the Des Moines Register at the time that fossils discovered by scientists were evidence of the Great Flood described in Genesis.

“For the past 50 to 60 years public schools have been teaching evolution even though evolution doesn’t have all of the answers either,” Cleigh told the Register. “(Creationism) lets people believe in the Bible and Jesus.”

The conference featured a debate between Iowa State University professor Hector Avalos and Iglesia Centro […]

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