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Diglotting discusses the \u201cTweet Your Creed Meme\u201d<\/a> and proposes the Golden Rule. Daniel Manastireanu has a sermon that does something similar<\/a>, asking\u00a0what single verse encapsulates his life philosophy,\u00a0and proposes Micah 6:8<\/a>: \u201cDo justice, love kindness and walk humbly with your God.\u201d <\/p>\n

Like A Child asks for testimonies<\/a> about how people who embrace evolution and reject Biblical inerrancy have managed to preserve Christian faith.<\/p>\n

Hemant Mehta shares a statistic<\/a> that 13% of American school teachers of science advocate creationism.<\/p>\n

Jerry Coyne met with a group of liberal Christians<\/a>, seemingly for the first time. John Pieret thinks<\/a> it is about time.<\/p>\n

Jen McCreight shares<\/a> this video of Ken Ham seeking to defend the Noah\u2019s Ark Theme Park as worthy of state support. <\/p>\n

And Irtiqa shares a clip<\/a> of Bill Maher discussing climate change with some politicians, and in the process Congressman Jack Kingston\u2019s stance on evolution (which he doesn\u2019t understand) becomes apparent as well.
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