{"id":998,"date":"2009-04-11T13:34:21","date_gmt":"2009-04-11T17:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=998"},"modified":"2009-05-31T19:38:47","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T23:38:47","slug":"is-it-the-whole-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=998","title":{"rendered":"Is it the whole truth?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A column in the Polk County Democrat today starts off just fine talking about the religious significance of Easter. But then it descends into a mindless, parroting rant against evolution<\/a>. Finally, the writer hits rock bottom with a good ol’ fashioned scare tactic: “So far no black helicopters have appeared to hover above as men in ski masks board up the doors of our churches and burn our Bibles.” The stupid, it burns.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many worship at the University of Science instead of the Altar of God. Reason has replaced faith; thus, evolution is taught in schools as cries of objection arise if any hint creationism, or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153intelligent design\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is inserted into the curriculum.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A column in the Polk County Democrat today starts off just fine talking about the religious significance of Easter. But then it descends into a mindless, parroting rant against evolution. 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