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Tyler Francke has created another meme image<\/a>. This one highlights the fact that young-earth creationists say there was no death in God\u2019s original creation, prior to Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge. Yet there was supposedly a tree of life eating from which would allow humans to live forever. And there was no need for such a tree in a world in which death did not exist.<\/p>\n

Young-earth creationists don\u2019t just ignore and distort science. They treat what the Bible actually says every bit as badly. And they certainly don\u2019t care about its literal meaning, except when it suits them to do so.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"