Lets assess the possibility…

Senator Marco Rubio of the Republican party in America has raised a lot of eyebrows in a recent GQ interviewwhen quizzed on the age of the earth. It is worth quoting his response before we discuss his (probable) origins science beliefs. Here is the senator’s response:

“I’m not a scientist, man. I can tell you what recorded history says, I can tell you what the Bible says, but I think that’s a dispute among-st theologians and I think it has nothing to do with the gross domestic product or economic growth of the United States. I think the age of the universe has zero to do with how our economy is going to grow. I’m not a scientist. I don’t think I’m qualified to answer a question like that. At the end of the day, I think there are multiple theories out there on how the universe was created and I think this is a country where people should have the opportunity to teach them all. I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says. Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to answer that. It’s one of the great mysteries.”

Quote taken from GQ Magazine interview

A post quote analysis from Daylight Origins

If you ask us, Senator Marco Rubio sounds like another Bobby Jindal with the exception that Bobby is a qualified scientist and can lay claim to what he believes regarding the age of the earth if he really wanted. To further illustrate our similarities claim, take a look at this TV interview with Senator Jindal and listen to the language used. Now both men work in the political field, and both men are republican, and know the importance of getting their vote. So to spout out what you feel to be the case, or how you really see it can prove costly to your election prospects, and good leaders are often prudent. Rubio like Bobby is the son of an immigrant family as is also seen as a rising star in the Republican Party, securing himself a U.S. Senate seat in 2009. While Jindal has Hindu parents from India, Rubio’s parents herald from Cuba, a country steeped in Catholicism. So it seems that God maybe using two unlikely candidates to shake America to it core and help regain her Christian heritage that has been so badly undermined over the last few decades. What is most encouraging is, that these men are Catholics, and so the instruments for positive change is happening not from the evangelicals who have embraced creationism, but from Catholic leaders who see that creationists hold some merit worth investigating further.

The future is bright with Rubio and Jindal

Senator Marco Rubio and Bobby Jindal may one day make for a future ticket and run as presidential candidates. We say this with hope, and not in prophecy, and the last time a Catholic president got elected to the White House sent eruptions across America’s influential who then had a fight on their hands. With Rubio and Jindal, you can expect the similar fight coming from ardent and influential evolutionists who are perhaps dogmatic about evolution and feel threatened by creationism. So much so that Rubio had to explain himself in a later scheduled interview with Mike Allen of Politico, as to what age the earth is, and for this cornered senator, he had to address the question more solidly. For evolutionists, the origins science debate revolves around their lens of evolution, and there can be no license given to creationists who desire to challenge the theory of evolution through rational debate. A challenge from Jindal with his scientific credentials would serve as a knock out punch to those evolutionist who refuse to abandon their pet paradigm.

Is Senator Rubio then a Catholic creationist?

The truth is, we can not say for certain that he is, we can only agree with Rubio when he says “I think it [the age of the earth] has nothing to do with the gross domestic product or economic growth of the United States.” It is certainly true to assert that Senator Rubio is open to questioning the theory of evolution, as we can deduce this from line: “I think there are multiple theories out there on how the universe was created and I think this is a country where people should have the opportunity to teach them all.” This is very much Bobby Jindal speak, and one which Daylight Origins Society welcomes. If Senator Marco Rubio really is a Catholic creationist, well praise God for sending good men to restore the foundations of our Catholic faith. Get more info on Origins Science with Daylight Magazine.