deadman_932
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An article by Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times today (Sept. 23) led me to this -- from Wasilla, Alaska music teacher and composer Phil Munger :
Quote | In June 1997, both Palin and I had responsibilities at the graduation ceremony of a small group of Wasilla area home schoolers. I directed the Mat-Su College Community Band, which played music, and she gave the commencement address. It was held at her church, the Wasilla Assembly of God.
Palin had recently become Wasilla mayor, beating her earliest mentor, John Stein, the then-incumbent mayor. A large part of her campaign had been to enlist fundamentalist Christian groups, and invoke evangelical buzzwords into her talks and literature.
As the ceremony concluded, I bumped into her in a hall away from other people. I congratulated her on her victory, and took her aside to ask about her faith.
Among other things, she declared that she was a young earth creationist, accepting both that the world was about 6,000-plus years old, and that humans and dinosaurs walked the earth at the same time.
I asked how she felt about the second coming and the end times. She responded that she fully believed that the signs of Jesus returning soon "during MY lifetime," were obvious. "I can see that, maybe you can't - but it guides me every day." http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2008....ns.html |
Of course, Phil Munger is a "Progressive" blogger and DaveTard will scarcely accept those credentials. However, Munger has lots of good info (and links to other Alaskan blogs with info) at his site. His "reasons why the Palin investigation should continue" is nice.
-------------- AtBC Award for Thoroughness in the Face of Creationism
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