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As if in answer to my earlier question<\/a>, George Takei posted this on Facebook:<\/div>\n
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That is also the attitude of progressive Christians, and many others, despite the existence of a vociferous minority who thinks that they can use ancient human texts to deny the realities before our eyes, or under our microscopes, or glimpsed through telescopes. <\/p>\n

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