I am always concerned when an individual whom is charged with decision making powers that affect other people’s lives, an elected official as an example, makes decisions that are contrary to the facts.

Now I do believe that anyone should be able to be elected. I also believe in freedom of speech. However, when someone like Steve Fielding, a Senator for the State of Victoria in Australia, who appears incapable of forming the right conclusions when presented with the facts, get into power.

Now I realise that a Senator in Australia does not wield much power but it is symbolic of those that are charged to govern us. Also, he does claim that the Australian Prime Minister, Julie Gillard, also ignores the evidence and believes as he does that evolution is not how humans came into being and that the Earth is less than ten thousand years old. The evidence against this position is overwhelming.

When someone that is responsible for making decisions that effect other peoples lives and wellbeing ignores the facts and goes with their ‘gut feeling’, then they need to go. We would not accept this from other professions; surgeons, engineers etc. I do not want anyone who has an influence on the laws that govern me to make careless decisions because they believe differently from the facts.

The approximate age of the Earth and evolution is not just a random opinion and open to ignoring. I expect our leaders to act on the facts and make decisions accordingly. If they believe in creation and a young Earth, then they have proven they are incapable to being in charge. In my opinion anyway.