{"id":1918,"date":"2009-11-19T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/11\/freethinkers-are-finally-being-organized\/"},"modified":"2009-11-19T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T09:55:00","slug":"freethinkers-are-finally-being-organized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/11\/freethinkers-are-finally-being-organized.html","title":{"rendered":"Freethinkers Are Finally Being Organized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe><br>(HT <a href=\"http:\/\/boulders2bits.com\/archives\/2009\/11\/18\/letting-the-message-be-discovered\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Karyn Traphagen<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a provocative video aimed at young-earth creationists and their ilk (with entertaining images accompanying its challenge):<br><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Creationists: Put Up or Shut Up\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A6aU7zakKBs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br>(HT <a href=\"http:\/\/aigbusted.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/creationists-put-up-or-shut-up.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AIGBusted<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-8197725188272805467?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(HT Karyn Traphagen) There\u2019s also a provocative video aimed at young-earth creationists and their ilk (with entertaining images accompanying its challenge): (HT AIGBusted).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Freethinkers Are Finally Being Organized<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(HT Karyn Traphagen)There's also a provocative video aimed at young-earth creationists and their ilk (with entertaining images accompanying its\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/11\/freethinkers-are-finally-being-organized.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Freethinkers Are Finally Being Organized\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(HT Karyn Traphagen)There's also a provocative video aimed at young-earth creationists and their ilk (with entertaining images accompanying its\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/11\/freethinkers-are-finally-being-organized.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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