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\"Acts<\/p>\n

Unvirtuous Abbey shared this on Facebook. This isn\u2019t what I have pictured when I have read Acts 8. But it may be what I end up picturing from now on.<\/p>\n

But I have thought often about the tendency of science fiction to depict miracles and gods as real, but the products of advanced technology or alien biology.<\/p>\n

The question, of course, is whether that approach undermines the legitimacy of religion, or proves its literal truthfulness.<\/p>\n

Or can it do both simultaneously?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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