The repugican lawmaker made those comments during a speech Sept. 27 at a sportsman's banquet at Liberty Baptist Cult in Hartwell. Broun, a medical doctor, is running for re-election in November unopposed by Democrats.
"God's
word is true," Broun said, according to a video posted on the church's
website. "I've come to understand that. All that stuff I was taught
about evolution and embryology and Big Bang theory, all that is lies
straight from the pit of hell. And it's lies to try to keep me and all
the folks who are taught that from understanding that they need a
savior."
Broun also said that
he believes the Earth is about 9,000 years old and that it was made in
six days. Those beliefs are held by fundamentalist christians who
believe the creation accounts in the bible to be literally true.
Broun
spokeswoman Meredith Griffanti told the Athens Banner-Herald that Broun was recorded speaking off-the-record
to a cult group about his religious beliefs. He sits on the House
Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
It
seems unlikely that Broun's remarks were supposed to be kept private.
The banquet was advertised, Broun spoke before an audience and the video
of his remarks was posted on the cult's website.
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What an idiot!
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