{"id":844,"date":"2010-10-23T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-23T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/10\/have-a-happy-and-humorous-creation-day\/"},"modified":"2010-10-23T16:37:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-23T16:37:00","slug":"have-a-happy-and-humorous-creation-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2010\/10\/have-a-happy-and-humorous-creation-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Have a Happy (and Humorous) Creation Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

According to the calculations of James Ussher, the world was created 6013 years ago<\/a>. So happy creation day<\/a>!<\/p>\n

How better to celebrate such an amusing occasion than by sharing some amusing things that were shared on blogs I read.<\/p>\n

First, here\u2019s a video advertising fundamentalist video games (via Stuff Fundies Like<\/a>):
http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XSt4uAYO3kU?fs=1<\/a><\/p>\n

And here\u2019s a bit of street art suggesting that Jesus might not have all the answers \u2013 but don\u2019t worry, he suggests someplace else to look for them (via Religion Bulletin<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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I can definitely see myself using that<\/i>\u00a0one in a powerpoint when I discuss looking for information online\u2026<\/p>\n

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