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Creationism is being taught at the University of Florida! No, not really. That’s just Pastor Short. Creationist exhibit on Plaza of the Americas causes controversy<\/a><\/p>\n

Ten-foot tall posters displaying creationist beliefs stirred up controversy on the Plaza of the Americas on Monday and left many students arguing.<\/p>\n

The display was part of a three-day exhibit by traveling pastor Tom Short, said Megan Lisle, an 18-year-old UF anthropology freshman and member of Gator Christian Life, which helped bring Short to UF.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Megan Anderson, a 22-year-old University of North Florida elementary education junior, took a semester off to intern with Short. She said the mission was to spread the creationist point of view, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153because you aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t taught that in school.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Creationism is being taught at the University of Florida! No, not really. That’s just Pastor Short. Creationist exhibit on Plaza of the Americas causes controversy Ten-foot tall posters displaying creationist beliefs stirred up controversy on the Plaza of the Americas … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-vF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2443,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2443","url_meta":{"origin":1963,"position":0},"title":"He’s itching for a fight","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"April 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Andrew Scholberg, a freelance writer and member of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Gainesville, wrote a guest column for the Gainesville Sun entitled Gainesville\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s evolution vs. creation saga. 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