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Via Wishing Doesn\u2019t Make It So<\/a>, I\u2019ve ended up participating in a discussion at the New England Pastor blog<\/a> on \u201cThe Mythical Book of Genesis<\/a>\u201c. I suspect many regular readers may also find the discussion interesting and worth joining in.<\/p>\n

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Via Wishing Doesn\u2019t Make It So, I\u2019ve ended up participating in a discussion at the New England Pastor blog on \u201cThe Mythical Book of Genesis\u201c. I suspect many regular readers may also find the discussion interesting and worth joining in.<\/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-3607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWishing The Book Of Genesis Unmythical Doesn't Make It So<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Via Wishing Doesn't Make It So, I've ended up participating in a discussion at the New England Pastor blog on "The Mythical Book of Genesis". 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