{"id":1190,"date":"2010-05-17T06:32:18","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T10:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2010-05-17T06:32:18","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T10:32:18","slug":"age-of-earth-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1190","title":{"rendered":"Age of earth debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t find the original article online at the Lakeland Ledger site, but there was a letter to the editor recently disputing the age of the earth and advocating a young earth: here<\/a>. Today, two responses trash him. Good stuff: here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can’t find the original article online at the Lakeland Ledger site, but there was a letter to the editor recently disputing the age of the earth and advocating a young earth: here. Today, two responses trash him. 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Good stuff: here.\u00c2\u00a0 In a follow up letter to the Lakeland Ledger, the original writer is complaining of his treatment. He also\u00c2\u00a0trots out the same\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","block_context":{"text":"With 1 comment","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1193#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1771,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1771","url_meta":{"origin":1190,"position":1},"title":"Rubio takes another stab at it …","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Florida's very own U.S. Senator Marco Rubio had previously told GQ that the age of the earth was in question. I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says. 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