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Criticisms of Evolution

I have been struggling with what direction to take this blog.  If anyone is actually reading this, you'll probably note it has been a long time since my last entry.  I do not want to create data for the sole sake of creating data.  Lately, I have been researching both the Theory of Evolution (TOE) as well as some of the attacks on the TOE.  As I get up to speed on this subject, I will be making some posts.  My goal here is to bring to light some of the bad attacks on the TOE that are often used by opponents and to discuss why they are bad from a view that is, while hopefully fair and balanced, from a fellow believer.  I am not going to go so far as to plan this entire series out before I start, so it may be a little chaotic chronologically speaking.

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