{"id":4983,"date":"2012-05-13T06:01:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T13:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2012-05-12T23:03:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-13T06:03:47","slug":"evolution-moms-with-3-arms-and-church-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/2012\/05\/13\/evolution-moms-with-3-arms-and-church-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolution, Mom&#8217;s with 3 Arms, and Church Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/4\/2011\/05\/Slide11.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2600\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/4\/2011\/05\/Slide11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"454\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what do you think?  I found this church sign last year at a church near my hometown. If you read this blog on a regular occasion, you probably know what I think \ud83d\ude42  The sign is clever and quite honoring to moms, but the attack on science makes Christians look anti-intellectual.  Its time to move beyond this debate and allow the Scriptures to form an accurate worldview free from our preconceived notions about truth.  For more on Evolution and the Bible, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/2012\/05\/07\/evolving-evangelicalism-1\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Originally posted last Mother\u2019s Day.<\/strong><em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So what do you think? I found this church sign last year at a church near my hometown. 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