Show Notes
No, humans did not arise out of apes. We arose out of fish! And we bear many scars and souvenirs from that journey. Yes, again! We are indeed talking about Young Earth Creationism again, because folks: YECism is alive and well in large swathes of Western society. And they’re building a giant cultural silo — […]
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