al consensus among geologists is that the Colorado River basin has developed in the past 40 million years and that the Grand Canyon itself is probably less than five to six million years old. The result of all this erosion is one of the most complete geologic columns on the planet.”
The Inappropriate Intrusion of Religion in American Public Life
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It’s surprising how often I hear people claim that the GCNP is “forbidden” to answer questions about the canyon’s age, long after the rumor has been squelched. Further proof that of all the groups that interfere with scientific enquiry — and there really are quite a few — religious groups are the ones most easily ignored.
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Me again. Just to show you how sticky this rumor is, here’s a popular comic strip, as late as January 13:
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That Doonesbury strip was one of my links, though from a different direction – the “much” of “much bloggy outrage”.
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Which is dafter – believing in a load of Bronze Age folklore, or a load of 21st century bullshit? Or, which is more evil – preaching a lot of folklore, or deliberately telling lies?
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