Thursday, May 26, 2011

Speaking of a religious agenda

From gordon mullings' blog, specifically from his page On the Scientific Inference to Design:

http://www.angelfire.com/pro/kairosfocus/resources/Info_design_and_science.htm


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Yep, all scientific so far!  And ID isn't religious!  LMAO!