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Depending on where you are coming from, you can regard this as highlighting the absurdity of trying to treat the YEC interpretation of the flood story as factual, or as laying the groundwork for another theme park, Ark Encounter II.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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