Has Evolution Disproved God?: The Fallacies in the Apparent Triumph of Soft Science

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Volume 4 Issue 1 Article 2

October 2010

Has Evolution Disproved God?: The Fallacies in the Apparent Has Evolution Disproved God?: The Fallacies in the Apparent

Triumph of Soft Science Triumph of Soft Science

Tim Newton

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