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On the other hand, I find the idea of Noah\u2019s flood being before the ice age hilarious \u2013 but I suspect that the maker of the cartoon didn\u2019t intend\u00a0that<\/em> to be the joke.<\/p>\n

Does this mean that, since young-earth creationism is itself laughable, none of their attempts at humor will seem funny?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"