Grand Canyon University<\/a>, “a private Christian university.”<\/p>\nAnd then “Terry Denson” wants me to link to his or her article about creation versus evolution.<\/p>\n
If there is one contentious topic that I have never heard Pagans discuss, it is “creation versus evolution.” All this “science versus religion” stuff seems like a non-issue in Pagandom, at least in my experience.<\/p>\n
In yours?<\/p>\n
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