Richard Dawkins- the believer


	Richard Dawkins- the believer

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9-30-2008 7:33 AM

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9-30-2008 9:29 AM

lifecyce1898

why?
Maybe when your fat and happy, ignorance is bliss.

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<B>THE BELIEVER:</B> Why do you think it is that in the United States in particular, the level of ignorance about, and resistance to, Darwinian evolution is so high?
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