Natural science in England, as Darwin already knew to his cost, was still the purview of Christian scholars. But here was a question that Darwin found compelling: if God had created all the creatures of the world, what possible reason could there be for the variations found in the Galápagos? Jonathan Clements
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  1. In the Modern Age, there are still those who refuse to contradict a single word of the Bible, even though the Bible contradicts itself.
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