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\u2026and that fact is under discussion over at the Register<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 I hope this piece does not, but expect this piece may<\/em>, generate a bit of controversy with Fundamentalists\u2013whether atheist, Protestant or (embarrassingly, since they should know better) Catholic\u2013since it points out that, no, Jacob did not have a grasp of modern genetics (a science pioneered by the Augustinian Gregor Mendel with the enthusiastic support of his order) and subscribed to the ordinary ignorant Bronze Age folk beliefs of his time and culture.\u00a0 And that\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"