About this episode
The episode discusses the origins of humans from fish and critiques Young Earth Creationism's influence in society.
No, humans did not arise out of apes. We arose out of fish! And we bear many scars and souvenirs from that journey. Yes, again!  We are indeed talking about Young Earth Creationism again, because folks: YECism is alive and well in large swathes of Western society. And they’re building a giant cultural silo — […]
People in this episode
Host: Luke Jeffrey Janssen
Topics covered
- Young Earth Creationism
- evolution
- cultural beliefs
- human origins
- religion
Keywords
- Young Earth Creationism
- evolution
- human origins
- cultural silo
- religion
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Young Earth Creationism
Places: Western society
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