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Several posts related to the bogus claims of proponents of young earth creationism and intelligent design have appeared in the blogosphere over the past 24 hours or so\u2026<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ Karl Giberson asked why Evangelicals prefer to get their information from the discredited Ken Ham rather than an actual Evangelical scientist like Francis Collins<\/a>. Darrell Falk responded to Ken Ham\u2019s video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Questioning Answers in Genesis addressed faith-science conflicts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dennis Vennema offered insight into human speciation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The British Center for Science Education<\/a> shared this video about alleged irreducible complexity, highlighting the dishonesty of the Discovery Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several posts related to the bogus claims of proponents of young earth creationism and intelligent design have appeared in the blogosphere over the past 24 hours or so\u2026 Karl Giberson asked why Evangelicals prefer to get their information from the discredited Ken Ham rather than an actual Evangelical scientist like Francis Collins. 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