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Yes, Virginia, there really are YECs

By tfk on January 18, 2010.

Max Lampenfeld of Lehigh Township is upset. The Allentown, PA Morning Call had an illustration referencing the Big Bang, and Max won't take that lying down:

The disturbing part of the article is the way the ''Big Bang'' is presented as fact, when it is only a theory and cannot be proven, at least not yet.

Forget about ''In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth'' -- what really happened was, there was this Big Bang!

Mr. Lampenfeld notes that the paper recently re-ran the famous "Yes, Virginia" letter, and concludes by summarizing the entire conflict:

Evolution, global warming, and the Big Bang -- I think I'll put my money on God and Santa Claus!

So long as people like Mr. Lampenfeld keep putting money behind science denial, this fight won't go away.

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