{"id":1809,"date":"2013-01-18T18:21:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T22:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1809"},"modified":"2013-01-18T18:21:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T22:21:34","slug":"give-a-mouse-a-cookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1809","title":{"rendered":"Give a mouse a cookie …"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve been watching the saga in Orange County of the distribution of bibles to students in schools with interest, but haven’t commented because our mission doesn’t really fit here. But now the situation is crossing into our science territory. Give a mouse a cookie and he’ll want <\/a>…<\/p>\n

Rutherford, who grew up and attended public schools in Orange County, said he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to see schools incorporate bible verses and religious teaching in schools as well as offering Creationism as a competing theory to evolution.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Folks, it’s time to pay special attention to World Changers of Florida<\/a> and their president Jerry Rutherford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve been watching the saga in Orange County of the distribution of bibles to students in schools with interest, but haven’t commented because our mission doesn’t really fit here. But now the situation is crossing into our science territory. 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