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The blog address Debunking Creationism appears to have changed hands \u2013 and has witnessed some interesting recent posts, including one on the Biblical texts assuming that the earth is flat<\/a>, and another on the scientific meaning of \u201ctheory\u201d<\/a> in such phrases as \u201cthe theory of evolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

In related news, Jim Kidder links<\/a> to a CFSI blog post he wrote on the\u00a0genetic evidence for evolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The blog address Debunking Creationism appears to have changed hands \u2013 and has witnessed some interesting recent posts, including one on the Biblical texts assuming that the earth is flat, and another on the scientific meaning of \u201ctheory\u201d in such phrases as \u201cthe theory of evolution.\u201d In related news, Jim Kidder links to a CFSI […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nDebunking Creationism, DNA, and the Flat Earth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The blog address Debunking Creationism appears to have changed hands - and has witnessed some interesting recent posts, including one on the Biblical\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/debunking-creationism-dna-and-the-flat-earth.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Debunking Creationism, DNA, and the Flat Earth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The blog address Debunking Creationism appears to have changed hands - and has witnessed some interesting recent posts, including one on the Biblical\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/01\/debunking-creationism-dna-and-the-flat-earth.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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