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Ham\u2019s false dichotomy between a system where \u201cman decides truth\u201d and \u201cGod\u2019s word is truth\u201d serves well to keep his audience skeptical of both evolution and mainstream geology. Ultimately, however, we must deal with the fact that to read and understand God\u2019s word, we utilize the same cognitive abilities that allow us to reconstruct the common ancestry of life on Earth over millions of years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The quote above comes from the blog Questioning Answers in Genesis<\/a>, in a post about the detrimental effect of pseudoscience on our society.<\/p>\n
Of related interest<\/a>, IO9 had a post<\/a> on why acceptance of astrology is not harmless. Conservatives are not the only ones to fall for conspiracy theories<\/a>. Naomi Oreskes<\/a> makes a case for acceptance of science. Panda\u2019s Thumb<\/a> continues to offer assistance to those trying to understand creationism.<\/p>\n
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Ham\u2019s false dichotomy between a system where \u201cman decides truth\u201d and \u201cGod\u2019s word is truth\u201d serves well to keep his audience skeptical of both evolution and mainstream geology. Ultimately, however, we must deal with the fact that to read and understand God\u2019s word, we utilize the same cognitive abilities that allow us to reconstruct the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":24931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137,108],"tags":[2272,3217,3340,6131],"class_list":["post-24929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evolution-science","category-young-earth-creationism","tag-creationism","tag-evolution-science","tag-false-antithesis","tag-ken-ham"],"yoast_head":"\n
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