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For the record, I’ve never quite gotten the conflict between creationism and evolution. Why couldn’t God have used evolution as part of his creation plan? <\/p>\n

But aside from that whole argument, The Onion News Network<\/a> came up with an amusing question. Not about how to teach kids about the beginning of life on Earth — but how it will end. View Video.<\/a>
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