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COULD it really be possible? Did Noah’s flood create the fossil record that we see today? Or perhaps God designed the fossil record to make it look as though evolution had happened. These are just two of the ideas put forward by creationists for dispensing with Darwinian evolution. The first has been tested and found wanting. The second is impossible to test, though it seems highly implausible.

Bizarre they may be, but these kinds of ideas are attracting growing support – not only in America’s Bible Belt but in other countries too. Christian creationists are even linking up with like-minded…

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