Recovering Evangelicals

#210 – YECist and ID proponents re-think snakes and wasps

Recovering Evangelicals

Show Notes

Dr Joel Duff helps us critique Young Earth Creationist and Intelligent Design ideas about predation strategies in particular, and science in general This week, we talked to Dr. Joel Duff about the focus of our previous episodes on venomous snakes and the Green Jewel Wasp. Joel not only has decades of experience at a state […]

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