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Fred Clark posted<\/a> about young-earth creationism\u2019s approach to the Bible and its historical connection to the hermeneutic used in defense of slavery. Here is a diagram that he shared, with a quote from the post superimposed:<\/p>\n

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See too Arni Zachariassen\u2019s post<\/a> objecting to Ken Ham\u2019s claim that Darwin was a racist, and Pete Lefevre\u2019s post<\/a> about Ken Ham\u2019s case for young-earth creationism.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"