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The quotation comes from a comment on Facebook, and is used with permission.<\/p>\n

The comment was on this post from \u201cQuestioning Answers in Genesis\u201d<\/a> which I shared, which addresses a specific claim that Ken Ham made in his debate with Bill Nye, as well as the broader issue of what young-earth creationists say about radiometric dating.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"