a Catholic approach to this issue<\/a>:\u00a0why it\u2019s often used as a bogus \u2018gotcha\u2019 question by the equally agenda driven media, and the better approach to answering the question for Catholics who have such a rich and deep intellectual heritage at their disposal. \u00a0Well worth the read.<\/p>\nI would add that I think Rubio, like most Mark speaks of, may not have been uninformed of his Catholic faith, but rather, may simply not have cared about this particular subject. \u00a0 Otherwise, kudos for Mark for\u00a0noting\u00a0that what Rubio was raked over the coals for was an answer to the question not unlike the same answer given by Barrack Obama. \u00a0Like so many things today, the question of evolution seems to \u00a0be less a desire for knowledge than a yearning to win arguments and advance agendas.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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