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AZ8theist

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1. Boy, I hate the phrase "Explosion"

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Mon May 1, 2023, 04:01 PM

May 2023

It lends credence to the creationist BS.

Estimates of the Cambrian PERIOD are upwards of 30 MILLION YEARS.

That's nearly half the time between us and the dinosaur extinction.

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