{"id":25434,"date":"2014-07-31T23:14:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T03:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=25434"},"modified":"2014-07-31T23:14:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T03:14:56","slug":"common-myths-about-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2014\/07\/common-myths-about-evolution.html","title":{"rendered":"Common Myths About Evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/iframe>\n<\/p><a href=\"http:\/\/whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/30\/mashable-video-common-myths-about-evolution\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jerry Coyne<\/a> was the first to draw my attention to the above\u00a0video which has been circulating, tackling <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2014\/07\/29\/evolution-myths-debunked\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">five myths about evolution<\/a>.<\/p>\nLarry Moran\u00a0offered <a href=\"http:\/\/sandwalk.blogspot.com\/2014\/07\/michael-behe-and-edge-of-evolution.html#more\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a demonstration on his blog<\/a> that Michael Behe\u2019s claims in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0743296222\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0743296222&linkCode=as2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=QHPAC5WN3ZHR4D22\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Edge of Evolution<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0743296222\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/em> have been disproved. He also <a href=\"http:\/\/sandwalk.blogspot.com\/2014\/07\/idiot-book-by-stephen-meyer-cant-be.html#more\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">highlights ID proponents\u2019 approach to damage control<\/a> in relation to Stephen Meyer\u2019s book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0062071483\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0062071483&linkCode=as2&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=KSRDSRJTJSVRTWZU\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Darwin\u2019s Doubt<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important;margin: 0px !important\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0062071483\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\"><\/em>.<\/p>\nSee also <a href=\"http:\/\/pandasthumb.org\/archives\/2014\/07\/the-last-word-o.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Matt Young\u2019s post with the latest about the ark park<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jerry Coyne was the first to draw my attention to the above\u00a0video which has been circulating, tackling five myths about evolution. 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