Can you tell the difference between sincere creationism and parody?

By tsmith on April 1, 2007.

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Ouch Ouch Ouch Ouch Ouch Ouch Ouch ... that must have really hurt....

Richard Dawkins does pretty good in the debate or discussion format. But here we have an example of Dawkins' skill combined with a bit of luck, the hubris of the interviewer, and other particularistic circumstances converging on a moment. A moment you absolutely have to hear to believe. There…

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Makes you wonder though, doesn't it? I mean, if you had to backtrack...

To answer the question in the title:

Absolutely not.

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