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Hemant Mehta<\/a> shared the above as well information about a Kickstarter campain for the comic strip\u00a0series it is from.<\/p>\n

Some years ago I explored a different approach to \u201cproportional time\u201d for evolution and young-earth creationism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I would point out, however, that not all religion is committed to the false \u201cteach both sides\u201d dichotomy. Unfortunately, on the other hand, some atheists are<\/a> just as committed<\/a> to the false dichotomy<\/a> as their religious fundamentalist counterparts, being concerned to dismiss religion as nonsense precisely because they share the religious fundamentalists\u2019 assumption that religion offers competing\u00a0explanations for what science studies.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"