1.0Virtual Talmudhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmudRabbi Joshua Waxmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/author/jwaxmanThe Taxonomy of Wonder - Virtual Talmudrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="BoykqJe6UD"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/01/taxonomy-of-wonder.html">The Taxonomy of Wonder</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/virtualtalmud/2006/01/taxonomy-of-wonder.html/embed#?secret=BoykqJe6UD" width="600" height="338" title="“The Taxonomy of Wonder” — Virtual Talmud" data-secret="BoykqJe6UD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Let me start by saying that I think that evolutionary science provides the best description we have of how life came to exist in its present form, that intelligent design is junk science (at best), and that Judge Jones made exactly the right decision in the Dover School Board case. I.D., which is just creationism…