{"id":57,"date":"2006-10-04T19:55:14","date_gmt":"2006-10-04T23:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=57"},"modified":"2008-08-05T10:50:01","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T14:50:01","slug":"i-think-i-found-the-missing-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=57","title":{"rendered":"I think I found the missing link"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another letter to the editor<\/a>. Another missing link exposed. The letter is in response to this stuff here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Has anyone seen the “missing link” lately?<\/p>\n

Here are my thoughts on “Intelligent Design Creationism a \u00c3\u201dCon,’ ” a letter published on Sept. 23.<\/p>\n

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is exactly what the name implies – a theory that has yet to be proven and will never be proven.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Smith, the letter writer, is adamant that Darwin’s theory of evolution is the gospel and “intelligent design” creationism is a fraud.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Jonathan has seen the “missing link” through his rose-colored glasses?<\/p>\n

Archy McNally<\/p>\n

Lake Hamilton<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another letter to the editor. Another missing link exposed. The letter is in response to this stuff here. Has anyone seen the “missing link” lately? Here are my thoughts on “Intelligent Design Creationism a \u00c3\u201dCon,’ ” a letter published on … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-V","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=53","url_meta":{"origin":57,"position":0},"title":"Darwin or Design letters","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"September 30, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"FlCfS board member Jonathan Smith got our news release published in Winter Haven's News Chief newspaper. 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