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Abnormal Interests<\/a> and Notes From Off Center<\/a> respond to a very strange question about evolution asked by Jim West. Jim has moved on to other subjects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thoughts in a Haystack<\/a> discusses a Bible-toting science teacher. Amused Muse<\/a> has an Expelled<\/em> round up. Further Thoughts<\/a> covers a news story making the rounds in the blogosphere, which suggests I might need to redo my picture of Ben Stein<\/a> as follows:<\/p>\n

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Higgaion<\/a> has a great quote from James McKeown, a former professor of mine, about Genesis and \u201cflood geology\u201d. Sandwalk<\/a> shares 24 myths and misconceptions about evolution from New Scientist<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In other news, James Tabor<\/a> points to another online piece on the statistics of names in the Talpiot tomb. Also, does God hate trailers<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Abnormal Interests and Notes From Off Center respond to a very strange question about evolution asked by Jim West. Jim has moved on to other subjects. Thoughts in a Haystack discusses a Bible-toting science teacher. Amused Muse has an Expelled round up. Further Thoughts covers a news story making the rounds in the blogosphere, which […]<\/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-3776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nAround the Evolving Blogosphere<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Abnormal Interests and Notes From Off Center respond to a very strange question about evolution asked by Jim West. 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