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http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xokMcO3T0SY<\/a>\n<\/p>

But it adds a more consistent Biblical literalism rather than the dishonesty about the Bible\u2019s teaching on the Earth\u2019s fixity one encounters among typical young-earth creationists.<\/p>\n

They share many of the same emphases and approaches, the only real difference being whether they will deny anything<\/em> that science says that disagrees with the Bible, or only the stuff that it is popular among large numbers of conservative Evangelicals to deny.<\/p>\n

HT Joel Watts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"