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\u201cIf you\u2019ve got a religious belief that withers in the face of observations of the natural world, you ought to rethink your beliefs \u2014 rethinking the world isn\u2019t an option\u201d<\/span> (P. Z. Myers on Pharyngula<\/a>)<\/div>\n\n

[HT Jeff the Fish<\/a>. See also the quote Mike Beidler shares at Creation of an Evolutionist<\/a>] <\/p>\n

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