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But the truth may surprise a lot of nonspecialists, and the myth lives robustly on.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Although I haven\u2019t done a systematic survey, my sense is that the argument made in this brief article is pretty much the standard view now among historians who\u2019ve considered the matter. \u00a0It\u2019s not really even controversial: \u00a0 https:\/\/blogs.thegospelcoalition.org\/evangelical-history\/2017\/02\/01\/who-is-to-blame-for-the-greatest-myth-in-the-history-of-science-and-religion-these-two-guys\/ \u00a0 But the truth may surprise a lot of nonspecialists, and the myth lives robustly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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