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There is an open letter from Richard Dawkins<\/a>, replying to a letter sent to Michael Shermer, all of which revolves around the movie Expelled<\/em>. More on the movie at Skeptic.com<\/a>. Lots of interesting stuff to talk about\u2026<\/p>\n

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There is an open letter from Richard Dawkins, replying to a letter sent to Michael Shermer, all of which revolves around the movie Expelled. More on the movie at Skeptic.com. Lots of interesting stuff to talk about\u2026<\/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-3763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nOpen Letter To A Victim Of Ben Stein's Lying Propaganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There is an open letter from Richard Dawkins, replying to a letter sent to Michael Shermer, all of which revolves around the movie Expelled. 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