Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin is once again coming under attack because of her Christian faith.
A recent Los Angeles Times story claimed that as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Sarah Palin espoused young-earth creationism. The report prompted liberal Internet columnist Robert Paul Reyes to brand Palin a "religious fanatic" with a "Neanderthal faith" who "thinks that 'The Flinstones' is a reality show." Reyes suggests that during tonight's vice-presidential debate, Palin should be questioned about her reported belief that God created the earth 6,000 years ago and that dinosaurs and men coexisted. Mark Looy is co-founder of the creation apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis. He says many members of Palin's church, Wasilla Bible Church, are supporters of Answers in Genesis and believe that humans and dinosaurs did coexist. Looy says although it is unclear whether Palin also holds that view, such a belief is not extreme. "That is not that bizarre a concept, especially when you note that there are pictures of dinosaurs that appear in caves all around the world, [and] that three years ago a T-Rex bone was found in Montana -- it was broken open and had soft tissue and blood vessels in it, indicating that that dinosaur was around in relatively recent times," Looy explains. "And plus, the Bible, I think, refers to dinosaurs when it discusses dragons and also the creature called 'behemoth' in Job, Chapter 40." Looy points out there are many scientists, albeit a small minority, who believe that dinosaurs have been around in the last few hundred years. (See related video from Answers in Genesis, "The Bible Explains Dinosaurs")
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